Official UK procurement notice
DLD Sports Dome Works · UK public procurement notice
Authority: THE UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Project will involve construction of a 15,700m² indoor sports and leisure air dome on the Northland Road, Derry~Londonderry. It will be a first-of-its-scale facility for Northern Ireland. The Ulster University Dome will transform the old Foyle College site in the city into a shared sporting space equipped with full-size pitches suitable for soccer, Gaelic games and rugby as well as other sports, and community events.
With an external perimeter and recreational trail, the dome will be connected to the Ulster University Derry~Londonderry campus and carparking facilities, becoming a hub for community events in the city.
The €10.86m investment through PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB), will be match funded by Ulster University to deliver a significant enhancement to its student and community facilities in the Northwest.
CPV: Construction work · Construction work for buildings relating to leisure, sports, culture, lodging and restaurants · Construction work for sports facilities · Construction work of leisure facilities · Multi-purpose sports facilities construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 10 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064313- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ad10Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Oct 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published375 days ago10 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST
- Market engagement361 days ago24 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
RFI questionnaire can be accessed via CFT 6193581in the documents area. Interested suppliers can post their reply via eTendersNI.
- Contract starts50 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Oct 2025, 16:00 BSTUK2
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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender