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# Bowlers Yard Development Scheme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bowlers-yard-development-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-03766d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ForHousing Ltd: "Bowlers Yard Development Scheme". Published status: active. Published Value: £12,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [ForHousing Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/forhousing-devco-limited-rsh-l4528)
- **Published Value:** £12,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 November 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Multi-dwelling buildings construction work
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03766d`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bowlers-yard-development-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-03766d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Ftenders%2FUK-title%2F3P6VB95R3U)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bowlers-yard-development-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-03766d#participate

## Description
ForHousing Limited (the “authority”) wish to procure a main contractor to deliver the Bowlers Yard scheme located in the Northern Quarter, Manchester on a fixed price design and build basis, with the intention of starting the enabling works in January 2023 and the development works from March 2023  (the “Contract”). The site, which boarders the Metrolink Ashton line in New Islington, has already been purchased (in September 2022) and is in the ownership of ForHousing. Planning permission for 62 apartments was granted in August 2020, no planning changes are proposed to the current scheme. Properties are being developed for Shared Ownership and the letting and management of the properties will be undertaken by the Group’s commercial subsidiary ForLiving.
The owner of the site, ForHousing will be the ultimate client for the scheme, though it will be contracting through the ForViva’s Group’s development vehicle, ForViva DevCo Limited. Accordingly, ForViva DevCo will be the “Employer”

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** ForHousing Limited (the “authority”) wish to procure a main contractor to deliver the Bowlers Yard scheme located in the Northern Quarter, Manchester on a fixed price design and build basis, with the intention of starting the enabling works in Januar...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029213-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-10-17T15:05:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T04:55:25.872Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03766d