Official UK procurement notice
City Place, Chester – Main Contractor
Authority: Clarion Housing Group (Housing)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionJCT Design & Build - 126 New Build Apartments at City Place, Chester
- How the procedure runs: PSQ Responses will be used in the first step of selecting suitably qualified and experience suppliers to be invited to tender. It is intended that the Client will shortlist a maximum of three suppliers who will be invited to submit tenders in line with section 20(4)(a) of the Act. A short negotiation period will follow prior to award of contract
CPV: Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£25,500,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to Project Specific Questionnaire on the Atamis Portal
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to Project Specific Questionnaire on the Atamis Portal
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 (1)
- PSQ Criteria: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- PSQ Criteria: 2 questions relating to Experience and Social Value, questions and evaluation criteria can be found in more detail in the Project Specific Questionnaire attached
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to Project Specific Questionnaire on the Atamis Portal
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to Project Specific Questionnaire on the Atamis Portal
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
- Awarded
- 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
- 20 May 2025, 15:05 BST
- Last source update
- 27 May 2026, 15:51 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
C1221- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030676- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051916Find a Tender
- How it runs
PSQ Responses will be used in the first step of selecting suitably qualified and experience suppliers to be invited to tender. It is intended that the Client will shortlist a maximum of three suppliers who will be invited to submit tenders in line with section 20(4)(a) of the Act. A short negotiation period will follow prior to award of contract
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 2 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 2 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Principal Contractor Procurement To register with Atamis please use the following link: atamis-clarionhousing.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗ Select "Register here" to register your organisation onto the Supplier Portal. Once registered, navigate to "Find opportunities" and search for the tender using the Title DN0123 City Place, Chester - Principal Contractor PSQ Click "Register" to register your interest.
Timeline
20 May 2025 → 27 May 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published20 May 2025, 15:05 BST
- Market engagement30 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Preliminary market engagement via submission of an expression of interest to: 1.) Confirm the requirements and approach to the procurement; 2.) Identify Suppliers that may be able to supply the Works required; 3.) Gauge market capability and capacity to deliver the project in accordance with the programme
- Next notice expected2 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published6 Jun 2025, 15:31 BST
- Clarification questions by2 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline2 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by8 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent359 days ago29 Oct 2025
- Contract starts347 days ago10 Nov 2025
- Standstill ends237 days ago27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published148 days ago27 May 2026, 15:51 BST
Notice history
11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 May 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 May 2025, 15:05 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 May 2025, 15:58 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published6 Jun 2025, 15:31 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active6 Jun 2025, 15:31 BST
- Procurement method changed6 Jun 2025, 15:31 BST
- Contract award notice published18 Feb 2026, 14:51 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete18 Feb 2026, 14:51 GMT
- Buyer details updated18 Feb 2026, 14:51 GMT
- Contract signature expected3 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published27 May 2026, 15:51 BSTUK7
- Buyer details updated27 May 2026, 15:51 BST
Published amendments (1)
Additional details provided within Scope
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-05: 2 releases · 20 May 2025, 20 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galliford Try Construction LimitedCity Place, Chester3 Mar 2026 – 29 Feb 2028 | £27,321,514 | 29 Oct 2025standstill to 27 Feb 2026 | Standstill |
| Galliford Try Construction Limited | £26,900,000 inc. VAT † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
City Place, Chester – Main Contractor · Galliford Try Construction Limited
- Signed
- 27 May 2026
- Value
- £26,900,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 28 May 2026 – 15 Oct 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: KPIs are set out in the JCT Contract. See 'Schedule 2 -Supplemental Provisions', point 9 relating to 'Performance Indicators and Monitoring'.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonGALLIFORD TRY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED · Greater London
- did not winWINVIC CONSTRUCTION LIMITED · East Midlands
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- CLARION HOUSING PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITEDContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Clarion Housing GroupContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- GALLIFORD TRY CONSTRUCTION LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- WINVIC CONSTRUCTION LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender