Official UK procurement notice
Hargrave House Development Scheme
Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEstablished in 2016, Essex Housing has a wealth of public sector and private sector experience in residential and commercial development. From conception to completion, we have expertise in project managing complex construction projects in a political environment on an end-to-end basis. The team has a live programme of 1,033 homes and community assets across the county, around half of which are for specialist and affordable housing.
Essex County Council is procuring on behalf of Essex Housing, with the resulting contract between Essex Housing and the successful Bidder, to deliver the following construction works at
Hargrave House (based in Chelmsford, Essex) Development site, through an Open Tender Sourcing Procedure:
Demolition of two buildings on the existing site, followed by:
- Construction of a new building for use by a third party charity organisation.
- Construction of 10nr general needs private market houses, including associated external works, drainage, and services.
CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 7 May 2025, 12:39 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jul 2025, 08:57 BST
- Authority reference
EHDLLP_PL0116- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-044070- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050dc1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
7 May 2025 → 2 Feb 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published7 May 2025, 12:39 BST
- Market engagement2 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
The Market Engagement Information Pack is available on the Proactis ProContract web portal.
Interested parties are invited to download and engage with this Preliminary Market Engagement by:
- Go to: procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities ↗
- Search for Essex County Council from the organisation list
- Search for Project ref: DN778289 or title "EHDLLP_PL0116 Hargrave House Development Scheme"
- Select "express interest" in this opportunity
- Download the Market Engagement Information Pack and complete the attached questionnaire by the deadline date.
The deadline for responses is 2nd July 2025.
Important information:
This notice is not a call for competition to procure any works or services and is not published to reduce time limited for the receipt of tenders.
Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or (lack) to this notice. Nor shall a response to this notice guarantee an invitation to participate a future procurement process that Essex County Council may conduct. The Council may at its sole discretion hold further conversations with individual organisations.
Essex County Council is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party responding to this notice or any party who may participate in the market consultation exercise.
Please direct all queries through the ProContract messaging function. Anyone contacting the Council directly via email will be directed to the portal for communications.
A registered supplier account is needed to access information, but registration is free of charge. The Proactis supplier helpdesk
(www.proactis.com/uk/support-login/sup… ↗) can help with registration queries.
Please direct any technical queries to the helpdesk in the first instance, selecting the Supplier Support option on the home page.
- Latest notice published30 Jul 2025, 08:57 BST
- Tender notice expected393 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts270 days ago2 Feb 2026
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 May 2025- Pipeline notice published7 May 2025, 12:39 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Jun 2025, 14:08 BSTUK2
- Published value updated12 Jun 2025, 14:08 BST
- Pipeline notice published30 Jul 2025, 08:57 BSTUK1
- Published value updated30 Jul 2025, 08:57 BST
Published amendments (1)
Contact email address has changed. All other details remain the same.
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
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender