Official UK procurement notice
Development Partner for Keyworker Housing at Rotherhithe New Road and 25 Cherry Garden Street
Authority: London Borough of Southwark (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDevelopment Partner for Keyworker Housing at Rotherhithe New Road and 25 Cherry Garden Street
Southwark Council is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to inform the development of its upcoming procurement for a Development Partner that will be responsible for designing, delivering and operating 100% affordable key worker housing across two sites at Rotherhithe New Road and 25 Cherry Garden Street.
This engagement aims to understand current market capability, ability to meet the delivery model, innovation opportunities and commercial considerations to support the design of a proportionate and competitive procurement procedure under the Procurement Act 2023.
This notice does not formally commence a procurement process. Participation in the PME is voluntary and will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future tender.
Scope of the Requirement
The council intends to procure a Development Partner to undertake (indicative scope):
- Appointment of a full design team to develop the design of the Key Worker Housing sites through RIBA stages 2 to 4.
- Construction of the Key Worker Housing blocks on both sites.
- Operation and Management of the Key Worker Housing blocks for the duration of the lease via a Registered Provider.
- Social Value
The final scope may be refined following PME.
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How London Borough of Southwark buys Construction work (CPV 45), and who usually turns up
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Greater London.
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Half of these awards were announced within 81 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid7% / 12%
2–319% / 25%
4–641% / 29%
7+33% / 33%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate42% / 41%
Within ±2%42% / 29%
Above estimate17% / 29%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1Published estimate£1.5m
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1 bid12%
2–325%
4–629%
7+33%
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 26 May 2026, 13:15 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jul 2026, 15:17 BST
- Authority reference
DN817126- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-064814- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a37dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
26 May 2026 → 25 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published149 days ago26 May 2026, 13:15 BST
- Latest notice published105 days ago9 Jul 2026, 15:17 BST
- Market engagement90 days ago24 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Proposed Procurement Approach
The council anticipates using a Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. This will include:
- Stage 1: Conditions of Participation (selection stage)
- Stage 2 : Full tender stage with detailed technical and commercial evaluation
- Dialogue and / or Negotiation Stage
Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) feedback will help shape the specification, KPIs, commercial model, and procurement structure.
PME Activities
The Council intends to undertake the following engagement activities:
- Online supplier briefing session -10:30-11:30am on 24/07/2026.
- One to One technical discussions (subject to demand) - Week commencing 27/07/2026
All suppliers will receive the same core information and any suppliers not able to attend the briefing can receive a copy of the materials presented. Insights gathered will be anonymised and used solely to inform the procurement design.
How to Participate
Suppliers interesting in participating in the PME should register their interest via:
Upon registration, suppliers will receive:
- PME briefing document
All communication regarding this PME must be submitted through the Council's e-tendering poral, ProActis: procontract.due-north.com ↗
- Tender notice expected31 days ago21 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 94 days25 Jan 2027
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 May 2026- Pipeline notice published26 May 2026, 13:15 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published9 Jun 2026, 17:12 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Jul 2026, 15:17 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Updated contact email.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender