Official UK procurement notice
Belfast City Council Private Sector Partner (PSP)
Authority: Belfast City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBelfast City Council (“Council”) has appointed a Private Sector Partner (“PSP”) to act as a master developer with the financial means and relevant experience, skills, and resources to make a significant contribution to achieving the Council’s vision for Belfast City via participation in a public private development partnership (“the Partnership”) with the Council.
The Council and the PSP will form a long term contractual joint venture (“Joint Venture”) that will be the basis of the Partnership. This will take the form of an overarching agreement, which Council is calling the Strategic Partnership Agreement (or SPA), which will, amongst other things, set out the process by which the Council and the PSP will enter into Site Specific Development Agreements.
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Building sale or purchase services · Buying and selling of real estate · Construction consultancy services · Construction work · Development of non-residential real estate · Development of residential real estate · Development services of real estate · Land sale or purchase services · Real estate services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Construction WorksAwardedRenewalPublished value£630,000,000
Construction Works.
Construction Professional Services.
Real Estate Services.
The Council is a local authority and therefore is a “contracting authority” for the purposes of
the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“PCR 2015”) and the Concession Contracts
Regulations 2016 (“CCR 2016”). The Council used the Competitive Dialogue process
pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (PCR)
which involved the following core stages:
Stage 1 – Selection Stage -a Selection Questionnaire (SQ) stage to shortlist Tenderers based
on their capacity, capability, and financial standing;
Stage 2 – Dialogue Stage – issue of the the Invitation to Participate in Dialogue (ITPD) stage
comprised of the submission of Outline Solutions with detailed Dialogue.
Stage 3 - Final Tender Stage - Close of Dialogue and the submission and evaluation of Final
Tenders, following which the winning Tenderer will be selected.
Stage 4 – Contract Award Stage - Finalisation with Preferred Bidder and Award. Additional information: Stage 1 Selection Stage: five Tenderers submitted a response. The three compliant & highest scoring Tenderers progressed to Stage 2.
Stage 2 Dialogue Stage: Outline Solution submissions were received from two Tenderers.
Stage 3 Final Tender Stage: Following completion of feedback on Outline Solutions and conclusion of the final phase of dialogue, final tenders were received from two Tenderers.
What 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 (4)
- Approach to Concept Design: 25%
- Approach to Delivery: 40%
- Overage: 20%
- Approach to Social Value: 15%
Published award criteria (4)
- Approach to Concept Design: 25
- Approach to Delivery: 40
- Approach to Social Value: 15
- Overage: 20
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive dialogue
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 9 Mar 2023, 11:23 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Apr 2025, 14:13 BST
- Authority reference
T2482- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017063- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b0ddFind a Tender
- Performance terms
Refer to procurement documents.
- Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures Belfast City Council will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No.102) (as amended) provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Publisher note: The SPA commenced on 7th April 2025 and will run for 180 months, with the ability to extend for a further 120 months.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
Timeline
1 Sept 2023 → 25 Apr 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected1 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline8 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected29 Jan 2024
- Notice published25 Apr 2025, 14:13 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Oct 2023- Published value updated to £630,000,00031 Oct 2023, 12:48 GMTwas £270,000,000
- Status changed to active31 Oct 2023, 12:48 GMT
- Procurement method changed31 Oct 2023, 12:48 GMT
- Deadline published: 8 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT31 Oct 2023, 12:48 GMT
- Status changed to complete25 Apr 2025, 14:13 BST
- Buyer details updated25 Apr 2025, 14:13 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Graham Construction Ltd | £630,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Belfast City Council Private Sector Partner (PSP) · John Graham Construction Ltd
- Signed
- 13 Dec 2024
- Value
- £630,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- John Graham Construction LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria