Official UK procurement notice
Development of New Build Council Housing at Llanrhaedr-ym-Mochnant, Powys
Authority: Powys County Council (Local council)
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Wales (UKL24)
Published estimate£5,100,000≈ £3.8m / year · £5,100,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update24.8% below published estimate
Submissions closed 26 Aug 2025awarded 6 Feb 2026
Awarded to S J Roberts Construction Limited
Contract term 1 yr 4 moends 28 Feb 2027 · starts 27 Oct 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPowys County Council has entered into a contract with S.J. Roberts Construction Limited following a competitive tender process, to develop 18 units of new build council housing on a green field site in Llanrhaedr-ym-Mochnant, Powys, Mid Wales.
The scheme comprises of the following house types:
- x4 1-bedroom walk-up flat
- x2 1 bedroom semi-detached bungalow
- x4 1 bedroom semi-detached house
- x6 2 bedroom semi-detached house
- x2 3 bedroom semi-detached house
The scheme has been designed to meet Welsh Development Quality Requirements 2021 (WDQR 2021), Secured by Design Gold and Lifetime Homes. The dwellings have been designed to meet EPC A rating.
It is anticipated that the scheme will now start on site in MM-YYYY.
The three key KPIs for the contract are as follows:
- Resident Satisfaction - Claims received from residents / members of the public resulting from the contractor's work. Response from new tenant questionnaires.
- Defects:
- Number of defects encountered and timely rectification of these defects within timescales specified.
- Number of total project defects
- Number of workmanship related defects
- The time required to reverse defects
- Community Benefits - Adherence to Contractors Tender submissions and agreed Council targets.
CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£5,100,000
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
- Economic & financial standing
It is a minimum requirement of the Council that Bidders must:
- Be registered with the Central Digital Platform.
- Demonstrate sufficient financial standing.
- Confirm their to provide a performance bond equal to not less than 10% of the total contract value, if successful in this procurement process.
- Agree to use a Project Bank Account for payment of sub-contractors.
- Provide evidence of existing, or agree to put in place, insurances to the following levels:
(a) Public Liability Insurance - 10,000,000 GBP
(b) Employer's Liability Insurance - 10,000,000 GBP
(c)Professional Indemnity Insurance - 10,000,000 GBP
- Confirm acceptance of the Contract Conditions.
- Agree to work in accordance with the Council's Disclosure & Barring Service Policy.
- Agree to fully abide by and work in accordance with the Council's Contractors Guidance for Safer Recruitment Policy.
- Technical & professional ability
It is a minimum requirement of the Council that Bidders must:
- Have a valid Constructionline Silver registration (or demonstrably equivalent accreditation) with work categories relevant to the subject matter of the contract.
- Have a valid registration with a Safety Schemes in Procurement (“SSIP”) accredited scheme (or demonstrably equivalent).
- Provide clear evidence of demonstrable experience of delivering contracts that are comparable in nature, scope, value and duration to the requirement of this procurement.
- Agree to work collaboratively with the Council to reduce the financial, environmental, and carbon impact of the scheme,
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (10)
- Design: 9%
- Delivery Team: 9%
- Communications and Stakeholder Management: 6%
- Management of Project Related Traffic: 6%
- Health & Safety - management of subcontractors: 7.5%
- Programme: 6%
- Ensuring Quality and Defect Management: 7.5%
- Community Benefits: 4.5%
- Cost: 40%
- Sustainability - approaching known sustainability risks: 4.5%
Published award criteria (10)
- Cost
- Design
- Delivery Team
- Communications and Stakeholder Management
- Management of Project Related Traffic
- Health & Safety - management of subcontractors
- Programme
- Ensuring Quality and Defect Management
- Community Benefits
- Sustainability - approaching known sustainability risks
Conditions of participation2
- Economic & financial standing
It is a minimum requirement of the Council that Bidders must:
- Be registered with the Central Digital Platform.
- Demonstrate sufficient financial standing.
- Confirm their to provide a performance bond equal to not less than 10% of the total contract value, if successful in this procurement process.
- Agree to use a Project Bank Account for payment of sub-contractors.
- Provide evidence of existing, or agree to put in place, insurances to the following levels:
(a) Public Liability Insurance - 10,000,000 GBP
(b) Employer's Liability Insurance - 10,000,000 GBP
(c)Professional Indemnity Insurance - 10,000,000 GBP
- Confirm acceptance of the Contract Conditions.
- Agree to work in accordance with the Council's Disclosure & Barring Service Policy.
- Agree to fully abide by and work in accordance with the Council's Contractors Guidance for Safer Recruitment Policy.
- Technical & professional ability
It is a minimum requirement of the Council that Bidders must:
- Have a valid Constructionline Silver registration (or demonstrably equivalent accreditation) with work categories relevant to the subject matter of the contract.
- Have a valid registration with a Safety Schemes in Procurement (“SSIP”) accredited scheme (or demonstrably equivalent).
- Provide clear evidence of demonstrable experience of delivering contracts that are comparable in nature, scope, value and duration to the requirement of this procurement.
- Agree to work collaboratively with the Council to reduce the financial, environmental, and carbon impact of the scheme,
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- 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, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 May 2025, 11:10 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2026, 19:34 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 24 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
itt_117927- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036540- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052166Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
- Submission deadline
- 26 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Instructions for Suppliers – Registration on eTenderwales
Powys County Council will be conducting this tender through the Value Wales e-Tendering portal. This can be found at etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html ↗, all information may be downloaded and returnedthrough this channel.Internet address(es): etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html ↗
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender
- Register your company on the eTenderwales portal (this is only required once):
- Browse to the eSourcing Portal: etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html ↗
- Click the “Click here to register” link- Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
- Enter your correct business and user details
- Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
- You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)
- Express an Interest in the tender
- Login to the portal with the username/password
- Click the “Open Access ITTs” link.
- Click on the relevant ITT to access the content.
- Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
- This will move the ITT into your “My ITTs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only).
- Click on the ITT code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box
- Responding to the tender
- You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
- You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT
- There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)
If you require any further assistance use the online help, or the eTendering Helpdesk is available Mon – Fri (8am – 6pm) on:- Phone: 0800 069 8634
Timeline
23 May 2025 → 10 Jun 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published23 May 2025, 11:10 BST
- Next notice expected30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published1 Jul 2025, 16:37 BST
- Clarification questions by19 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline26 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by357 days ago24 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts355 days ago27 Oct 2025
- Assessment summaries sent250 days ago9 Feb 2026
- Standstill ends240 days ago18 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published128 days ago10 Jun 2026, 19:34 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 11:10 BSTUK1
- Tender notice published1 Jul 2025, 16:37 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £5,100,0001 Jul 2025, 16:37 BST
- Status changed to active1 Jul 2025, 16:37 BST
- Procurement method changed1 Jul 2025, 16:37 BST
- Deadline published: 26 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST1 Jul 2025, 16:37 BST
- Contract award notice published9 Feb 2026, 16:06 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete9 Feb 2026, 16:06 GMT
- Contract signature expected6 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published10 Jun 2026, 19:34 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 23 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £3,835,8131 award exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 15 May 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| S J Roberts Construction LimitedSMEAward of Development of New Build Council Housing at Llanrhaedr-ym-Mochnant, Powys9 Mar 2026 – 4 Oct 2027 | £3,835,813 | 6 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Land Opposite Maes Yr Escob, Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant · S J Roberts Construction LimitedSME
- Signed
- 15 May 2026
- Value
- £3,835,813
- Period
- 31 Jul 2026 – 10 Jan 2028
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: Resident Satisfaction · Defects · Community Benefits
- Resident Satisfaction
- Defects
- Community Benefits
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 6 at stage one | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- S. J. Roberts Construction LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender