Official UK procurement notice
Glengormley Environmental Improvement Scheme - Antrim and Ballyclare Roads
Authority: Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe contract is for the provision of a Contractor to deliver the Glengormley Environmental Improvement Scheme – Antrim and Ballyclare Roads project.
The project is located in Glengormley town centre. The project seeks to address the strategic, economic and environmental need to improve the public realm in Glengormley town centre and help meet the challenges facing all high streets across the UK. The project aims to visually transform the area, reduce the current vehicular dominance and sustain footfall in the area, thereby improving the perception of the area, its businesses and adding to its vibrancy and appeal to business, visitors and residents.
Project Scope will include:
- Excavation and disposal of existing footpath and carriageway
- High quality natural stone paving and kerbing (approx. 6,500m²)
- Footpath realignment works
- High quality street furniture, sustainable features, signage and railings
- Landscaping inc. tree planting
- Carriageway resurfacing, ramping, parking and line marking (approx. 12,000m²)
- Works to existing services and utilities
- Drainage works
- Construction of event infrastructure
- New civic shared spaces and pedestrian gateway features
- High quality street and feature lighting (to be undertaken separately by the Department for Infrastructure)
- How the procedure runs: Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council would like to nvite Suppliers to apply in an Participation Stage. It is anticipated that the 6 Suppliers that: satisfy the requirements as to legal and financial capacity; have not been excluded and who achieve the highest overall scores in the Participation Stage evaluation, may be shortlisted for the Tender Stage. Where there is a tie for 6th place, then all Suppliers in 6th place will be invited to tender. For the purposes of this exercise a tie for 6th place is deemed to occur where two or more Suppliers have identical scores or a score within 2 marks (out of a score of 120) of the 6th place score. The six shortlisted suppliers (and ties) from Participation Stage will be invited to tender for the project. One supplier, the MAT, will be awarded the contract for the Glengormley Environmental Improvement Scheme. Draft tender documentation has been provided at the Paticipation Stage. The Council reserves the right to refine and amend this documentation, including the award criteria, prior to the Invitation to Tender Stage.
- No preliminary market engagement: No preliminary market engagement has been carried out.
CPV: Construction work for highways, roads · Paving and asphalting works · Pedestrian ways construction work · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£5,100,000
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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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 award criteria (3)
- Quality: As per tender documentation. The Authority may, during the process refine an award criterion in line with section 24 of the PA 2023. Where this is the case, revised tender documentation will be provided to those suppliers who were successful at the ItP stage clearly indicating any refinements made.
- Social Value: As per tender documentation. The Authority may, during the process refine an award criterion in line with section 24 of the PA 2023. Where this is the case revised tender documentation will be provided to those suppliers who were successful at the ItP stage clearly indicating any refinements made.
- Price: As per tender documentation. The Authority may, during the process refine an award criterion in line with section 24 of the PA 2023. Where this is the case revised tender documentation will be provided to those suppliers who were successful at the ItP stage clearly indicating any refinements made.
- Economic & financial standing
Please see documentation
- Technical & professional ability
Please see documentation
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible 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)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Jul 2026, 15:12 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Aug 2026, 09:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
FI/PRO/TEN/485- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-069269- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d117Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
As stated in the procurement documentation.
- How it runs
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council would like to nvite Suppliers to apply in an Participation Stage.
It is anticipated that the 6 Suppliers that: satisfy the requirements as to legal and financial capacity; have not been excluded and who achieve the highest overall scores in the Participation Stage evaluation, may be shortlisted for the Tender Stage.
Where there is a tie for 6th place, then all Suppliers in 6th place will be invited to tender. For the purposes of this exercise a tie for 6th place is deemed to occur where two or more Suppliers have identical scores or a score within 2 marks (out of a score of 120) of the 6th place score.
The six shortlisted suppliers (and ties) from Participation Stage will be invited to tender for the project. One supplier, the MAT, will be awarded the contract for the Glengormley Environmental Improvement Scheme.
Draft tender documentation has been provided at the Paticipation Stage. The Council reserves the right to refine and amend this documentation, including the award criteria, prior to the Invitation to Tender Stage.
- Risks
The Authority has identified the following risks as risks that satisfy the criteria of Schedule 8 sub-paragraph (6)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023 i.e. that the risk/s could jeopardise the satisfactory performance of the contract but, because of its/their nature, cannot be addressed in the contract as awarded:
- Construction is on a live site and will require traffic and pedestrian management.
- The project is funded.
- Utilities
The Authority has concluded that there is a possibility that the contract may have to be modified as a result of a materialisation of the known risk/s at a later date in accordance with Schedule 8 paragraph 5 of the Procurement Act 2023.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 25 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 25 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant PQQ/ITT opportunity on eSourcingNI.
Hardcopy, faxed or emailed tenders will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Authority.
The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL e-sourcingni.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗.
Timeline
22 Jul 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 6 dates- Tender notice published96 days ago22 Jul 2026, 15:12 BST
- Clarification questions by76 days ago11 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published70 days ago18 Aug 2026, 09:02 BST
- Submission deadline62 days ago25 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 81 days15 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 97 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Jul 2026- Tender notice published22 Jul 2026, 15:12 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published18 Aug 2026, 09:02 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Submission deadline was extended to 25 August 2026 at 12noon.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Documents will be provided via eSourcingNI.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender