Official UK procurement notice
Development of New Build Council Housing at Trawscoed, Llandrinio, Powys
Authority: Powys County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPowys County Council is seeking to appoint a contractor (or a group of contractors acting as a consortium) to develop 24 units of new build council housing on a green field site adjacent to Trawscoed, Llandrinio, Llanymynech, Powys.
The scheme comprises of the following house types:
- x6 1-bed walk-up flats
- x4 2-bed walk-up flats
- x5 2-bed bungalows
- x1 4-bed dormer bungalow
- x4 2-bed houses
- x4 3-bed houses
The scheme has been designed to meet Welsh Development Quality Requirements 2021 (WDQR 2021), Secured by Design Gold and Lifetime Homes. The dwellings have been designed to meet EPC A rating.
CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£7,399,036
- Economic & financial standing
It is a condition of participation (minimum requirement) of the Council that Bidders must:
- Be registered within the Central Digital Platform.
- Demonstrate sufficient financial standing.
- Confirm acceptance to provide a performance bond equal to not less than 10% of the total contract value.
- Confirm their agreement to use a Project Bank Account as the primary method of payment for all eligible sub-contractors.
- Provide evidence of existing, or agree to put in place, insurances to the following levels:
(a) Public Liability Insurance - 10,000,000 GBP
(b) Employer's Liability Insurance - 5,000,000 GBP
(c)Professional Indemnity Insurance - 5,000,000 GBP
- Confirm acceptance of the Contract Conditions.
- Agree to work in accordance with the Council's Disclosure & Barring Service Policy.
- Agree to fully abide by and work in accordance with the Council's Contractors Guidance for Safer Recruitment Policy.
- Be accredited as a Real Living Wage Employer through the Living Wage Foundation or must commit to gaining accreditation within six (6) months of contract award.
- Technical & professional ability
It is a condition of participation (minimum requirement) of the Council that Bidders must:
- Be certified to Constructionline Gold, or to any other Common Assessment Standard by a Recognised Assessment Body
- Have a valid registration with a Safety Schemes in Procurement (“SSIP”) accredited scheme (or demonstrably equivalent).
- Provide clear evidence of demonstrable experience of delivering contracts that are comparable in nature, scope, value and duration to the requirement of this procurement.
- Agree to work collaboratively with the Council to reduce the financial, environmental, and carbon impact of the scheme.
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 (8)
- Design: 12%
- Delivery Team: 12%
- Health & Safety: 6%
- Programme: 10.5%
- Ensuring Quality Control and Defect Management: 10.5%
- Community Benefits: 4.5%
- Price: 40%
- Sustainability - approaching known sustainability risks: 4.5%
Published award criteria (8)
- Price
- Design
- Delivery Team
- Health & Safety: Bidders should note that this is a pass/fail requirement and that bidders must achieve a minimum score as described within the Instructions to Tenderers document.
- Programme
- Ensuring Quality Control and Defect Management
- Community Benefits
- Sustainability - approaching known sustainability risks
- Economic & financial standing
It is a condition of participation (minimum requirement) of the Council that Bidders must:
- Be registered within the Central Digital Platform.
- Demonstrate sufficient financial standing.
- Confirm acceptance to provide a performance bond equal to not less than 10% of the total contract value.
- Confirm their agreement to use a Project Bank Account as the primary method of payment for all eligible sub-contractors.
- Provide evidence of existing, or agree to put in place, insurances to the following levels:
(a) Public Liability Insurance - 10,000,000 GBP
(b) Employer's Liability Insurance - 5,000,000 GBP
(c)Professional Indemnity Insurance - 5,000,000 GBP
- Confirm acceptance of the Contract Conditions.
- Agree to work in accordance with the Council's Disclosure & Barring Service Policy.
- Agree to fully abide by and work in accordance with the Council's Contractors Guidance for Safer Recruitment Policy.
- Be accredited as a Real Living Wage Employer through the Living Wage Foundation or must commit to gaining accreditation within six (6) months of contract award.
- Technical & professional ability
It is a condition of participation (minimum requirement) of the Council that Bidders must:
- Be certified to Constructionline Gold, or to any other Common Assessment Standard by a Recognised Assessment Body
- Have a valid registration with a Safety Schemes in Procurement (“SSIP”) accredited scheme (or demonstrably equivalent).
- Provide clear evidence of demonstrable experience of delivering contracts that are comparable in nature, scope, value and duration to the requirement of this procurement.
- Agree to work collaboratively with the Council to reduce the financial, environmental, and carbon impact of the scheme.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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- Procedure method
- Open 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
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 May 2025, 16:49 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jul 2026, 14:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
itt_123945- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-065224- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051795Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Tenderers must be submitted electronically via the Jaggaer eTenderWales portal - etenderwales.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/home.html ↗
Timeline
19 May 2025 → 25 Feb 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published19 May 2025, 16:49 BST
- Market engagement10 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
The Council is seeking to engage with contractors experienced in delivery of council/social housing projects to attend an online presentation and question and answer session (to be held via Microsoft Teams) with the Council and its consultants for the Council to provide an update and seek feedback from contractors on:
a) the market's expectations in respect of design detail to be provided, including the architectural and mechanical information;
b) the market's expectations in respect of site information;
c) the market's expectations in respect of risk allocation; and
d) any other risks or issues that could affect successful delivery of the Llandrinio Trawscoed project that might need to be taken into account when preparing the procurement.
The Council proposes to hold this online meeting (held via Microsoft Teams) on 10th June 2025.
Contractors should contact the Council officer listed in this notice to confirm attendance by no later than end of business on 5th June 2025. Details of the arrangements will be sent to interested contractors once finalised.
Non-participation in this market engagement process does not preclude any potential contractors from participating in the formal procurement process.
- Next notice expected30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published104 days ago10 Jul 2026, 14:31 BST
- Clarification questions by55 days ago28 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline48 days ago4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 35 days25 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 126 days25 Feb 2027
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 May 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 May 2025, 16:49 BSTUK2
- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 10:43 BSTUK1
- Status changed to planned23 May 2025, 10:43 BST
- Tender notice published10 Jul 2026, 14:31 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £7,399,03610 Jul 2026, 14:31 BST
- Status changed to active10 Jul 2026, 14:31 BST
- Procurement method changed10 Jul 2026, 14:31 BST
- Deadline published: 4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST10 Jul 2026, 14:31 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender