Official UK procurement notice
Joint Venture Partner for the Durham Innovation District
Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDurham County Council are seeking a Joint Venture Partner to develop the council owned
Aykley Heads site, as a catalyst for the new Durham Innovation District.
The 15ha site is within single council ownership; has outline planning permission for 39,000 square metres of commercial floorspace for up to 4,000 jobs. It sits within a wider 60ha area
of the city that is the emerging Durham Innovation District, encompassing the new University Business School and Milburngate, a 450,000 sq ft mixed-use development.
Aykley Heads and the Durham Innovation District will provide a platform to maximise the benefits of economic growth. It will identify key areas of opportunity, including research and
advanced manufacturing, green jobs, electronics, digital and creative, fintech, life sciences and satellite applications sectors. Inward investment will also be directly focused on these
specialisms and ecosystems to create sustainable supply chains and jobs across the county and beyond.
Although the Joint Venture will initially focus on the Aykley Heads location, the JV scope (of goods, works and services) may be expanded in the future to cover wider County Durham area opportunities in order to support the strategic objectives of the Council and it's Partners.
CPV: Architectural and related services · Banking and investment services · Construction work · Construction-related services · Design and execution of research and development · Engineering services · Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services · Miscellaneous business and business-related services · Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services · Monitoring and control services · Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy · Public utilities · +7 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
What it takes to wini
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 sub-criteria (1)
- Financial: 20
Published award criteria (1)
- Financial: 20
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 20 of 20 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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 · 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
- 27 Sept 2023, 17:18 BST
- Last source update
- 29 May 2025, 09:41 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028324- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040454Find a Tender
- Performance terms
As identified in the procurement documentation and supporting information.
Publisher note: • The Council reserves the right to terminate the process at any time prior to award of contract • The Council does not bind itself to accept any tender received and reserves the right to call for new tenders should they consider this necessary • The Council shall not be liable for any cost or expenses incurred by any tenderer in connection with the completion and return of information requested in this contract notice or the completion of submission of any tender.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 Oct 2023 → 31 Dec 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected9 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline10 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published29 May 2025, 09:41 BST
- Bids must remain valid until295 days ago31 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Oct 2023- Status changed to active10 Oct 2023, 18:11 BST
- Procurement method changed10 Oct 2023, 18:11 BST
- Deadline published: 10 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT10 Oct 2023, 18:11 BST
- Buyer details updated10 Oct 2023, 18:11 BST
- Status changed to complete29 May 2025, 09:41 BST
- Buyer details updated29 May 2025, 09:41 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muse Places Limited | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 028324-2025-1 · Muse Places Limited
- Signed
- 30 Apr 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham County Council are seeking a Joint Venture Partner to develop the council owned | 1bids | — | — | £1 – £5,000,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £1 – £5,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Muse Places LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria