Official UK procurement notice
Development Partner at Duxford AvTech on behalf of Imperial War Museum and Gonville & Caius
Authority: Imperial War Museum (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionImperial War Museum (IWM) and Gonville & Caius (G&C) (the “Landowners”) have entered into a landowner’s agreement to seek a development partner to commercially develop land that is jointly owned at IWM Duxford – referred to as “Duxford AvTech', to secure planning permission and deliver an advanced aviation technology campus.
The Landowners are seeking a development partner to commercially develop their land at Duxford to provide circa 45,000 sqm (GEA) of employment space use classes E(g), B2, and B8.
This is a property development and investment opportunity with an unknown contract value. The Landowners wish to appoint and contract an experienced developer to obtain planning permission for Duxford AvTech in line with the Landowners’ strategic objectives, obtain funding, draw-down land for development under a long lease, build the consented scheme, secure tenants, share rental income with the landowners, and manage the estate creating a successful long-term investment.
CPV: Building construction work · Buying and selling of real estate · Development of non-residential real estate · Development services of real estate · Maintenance hangar construction work · Real estate services · Sale of real estate · Site-development work · Urban development construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Development Partner at Duxford AvTech on behalf of Imperial War Museum and Gonville &…AwardedPublished value£1
Development Partner at Duxford AvTech on behalf of Imperial War Museum and Gonville & Caius. Additional information: Please see final paragraph of "II.1.4) Short description" in respect of the contract value.
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- Price
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
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
- Services
- 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
- 24 Jun 2024, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2025, 12:06 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057667- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04721bFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=979059871 GO Reference: GO-2025918-PRO-32391216
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Aug 2024 → 18 Sept 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline2 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected9 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published18 Sept 2025, 12:06 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete18 Sept 2025, 12:06 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Boot Developments Limited | £1 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 057667-2025-1 · Henry Boot Developments Limited
- Signed
- 20 Feb 2025
- Value
- £1
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Henry Boot Developments LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria