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Conditional Sale & Purchase of Freehold Land and Obligations for Construction for up to 100 Affordable Dwellings

Buyer: West Northamptonshire Council →

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BuyerWest Northamptonshire Council
StatusClosed
Deadline22 May 2026
Value£20,000,000
Published10 Apr 2026

What is being bought

1.1. This Invitation to Tender ("ITT") contains instructions and key information about the procurement process. This ITT constitutes the conditions of the procurement process and by participating, Developers agree to these conditions. West Northamptonshire Council (Council) invites bids for the acquisition of 6.83 acres of Council owned land based on a Public Works Concession Contract, for the development and subsequent management by a Registered Social Housing Provider of up to 100 Affordable Housing units off Conway Close, Kings Heath Northampton. The acquisition will be taken forward via a Development /Sale Agreements between the Council and the successful developer on the principal terms detailed in this tender document. The successful Developer will enter into an initial Development Agreement to allow finalisation of design and obtain all approvals required, such as, but not limited to, Council, Highways and Planning. The Developer may be a Developer or registered Developer of Social Housing. If the tender is completed by a Developer or other non registered Social Housing Provider, then full details of the proposed registered Social Housing Provider must be submitted as part of the tender response.

Delivery location

UKF2, GB

Categories

Urban development construction work 45211360Land sale or purchase services 70122000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£20,000,000
Contract periodFrom 14 Sept 2026 to 14 Sept 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Tenure option, land value — Developers are required to complete the Procurement Specific Questionnaire as part of the Conditions of Participation Assessment ("CoP"). This is to be completed and submitted via In-Tend. The Procurement Specific Questionnaire (assessment of Developer) is designed to assess Developer's legal and financial capacity and technical ability to perform the contract. The Award of this project will be decided on a cascade/tiered bases, using the following steps: • Step 1 (Pass / Fail): Assess initial Specific Procurement Questionnaire • Step 2 (Pass / Fail): Commitment to adhere to building quality standards • Step 3 (scored and ranked): Number of social rent units offered (not to exceed 70), highest is best. (Obtain preferred Developer) • Step 4 (Pass / Fail): If more than one offers 70 SR units OR if the highest number offered is offered by two or more Developers: • Step 4 (scored and ranked): Total number of units (not to exceed 100), highest is best. (Obtain preferred Developer) If more than one offers 100 units OR if the highest number offered is offered by two or more Developers: • Step 5 (scored and ranked): Financial value offered. (Preferred Developer to highest value offered.) • Upon reaching preferred Developer stage, the preferred Developer will have up to 3 months to provide detailed draft plans of the proposed site and fully detailed cost plan. • Upon satisfactory agreement from the Council both parties shall enter into the Development Agreement. • If satisfactory agreement cannot be reached, the Council may end discussions with that Developer and commence preferred Developer discussions with the next highest scoring Developer, until such times as a Development Agreement has been entered into.

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Urban development construction work, Land sale or purchase servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 45. The category anchor is Urban development construction work (45211360); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 4510,6484 median · 26 average (2,824 of 10,648 with a bid count)3.7 average (3,104 of 10,648 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer16Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKF2467 median · 21.2 average (11 of 46 with a bid count)3.1 average (12 of 46 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)7696.5 median · 29.5 average (4 of 769 with a bid count)6.8 average (4 of 769 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeconcession
Covered byGPA
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationalePre-market testing has been carried out by the Council, though a notice was not published.
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-067ff2
Latest release ID032808-2026
Latest release timestampFri Apr 10 2026 11:55:46 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032808-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryworks
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-05-22T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-05-15T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-05-29T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsAll tender documents can be accessed free of charge. Completed tenders must be submitted via this e-procurement portal only. All clarifications must be made via this e-procurement portal. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wnc PUBLIC WORKS CONCESSION CONTRACT IN RESPECT OF THE Conditional Sale & Purchase of Freehold Land and Obligations for Construction for up to 100 Affordable Dwellings. Ref WNC00000638
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£20,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
10 Apr 2026tender032808-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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