Official UK procurement notice
APX056 - Competitive Land, Design and Build Competition for Westbank Derry
Authority: Apex Housing Association (Housing)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEach Development (an individual Development Contract) is for the provision of social
housing units in the Westbank Derry Area by means of design and build, where the
Developer provides the land, designs, constructs and completes the scheme for Apex in
accordance with the DfC Housing Association Guide, Employers Design Brief and
statutory body requirements. Apex will consider mixed tenure developments that is where
some of the homes are designed and built to be social housing and some may be
affordable standard homes.
In the interests of providing an efficient housing management service, any one site must
provide a minimum of 10 units.
The developers proposals must ensure each site includes a range of house types. It is a
normal assumption from NIHE that 10% of any development should consist of standard
wheelchair accommodation.
The estimated value is indicative only. The final contract value will depend on the site
tendered, achievable development capacity, final approved housing mix and tendered
Development Price per Unit. No minimum expenditure or contract value is guaranteed.
- How the procedure runs: Each Development (an individual Development Contract) is for the provision of social housing units in the Westbank Derry Area by means of design and build, where the Developer provides the land, designs, constructs and completes the scheme for Apex in accordance with the DfC Housing Association Guide, Employers Design Brief and statutory body requirements. In the interests of providing an efficient housing management service, any one site must provide a minimum of 10 units. The developers proposals must ensure each site includes a range of house types. It is a normal assumption from NIHE that 10% of any development should consist of standard wheelchair accommodation. The estimated value is indicative only. The final contract value will depend on the site tendered, achievable development capacity, final approved housing mix and tendered Development Price per Unit. No minimum expenditure or contract value is guaranteed.
CPV: Building construction work · Construction work · Construction work for houses · Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses · Sheltered housing construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 40%
- Total Cost Per Person Accomodated: 50%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Total Cost Per Person Accomodated
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Sept 2026, 11:42 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Sept 2026, 11:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
APX056- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082565- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ef5aFind a Tender
- How it runs
Each Development (an individual Development Contract) is for the provision of social
housing units in the Westbank Derry Area by means of design and build, where the
Developer provides the land, designs, constructs and completes the scheme for Apex in
accordance with the DfC Housing Association Guide, Employers Design Brief and
statutory body requirements.
In the interests of providing an efficient housing management service, any one site must
provide a minimum of 10 units.
The developers proposals must ensure each site includes a range of house types. It is a
normal assumption from NIHE that 10% of any development should consist of standard
wheelchair accommodation.
The estimated value is indicative only. The final contract value will depend on the site
tendered, achievable development capacity, final approved housing mix and tendered
Development Price per Unit. No minimum expenditure or contract value is guaranteed.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
1 Sept 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published50 days ago1 Sept 2026, 11:42 BST
- Submission deadline23 days ago28 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 10 days31 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 40 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published1 Sept 2026, 11:42 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender