Official UK procurement notice
LAND, DESIGN AND BUILD COMPETITION FOR MID AND EAST ANTRIM COUNCIL AREA
Authority: Radius Housing Association (Housing)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEach Development (an individual Development Contract) is for the provision of social housing units in the Mid and East Antrim Council Area by means of design and build, where the Developer provides the land, designs, constructs and completes the scheme for Radius in accordance with the DfC Housing Association Guide, Employers Requirements and statutory body requirements. Radius will consider mixed tenure developments that is where some of the homes are designed and built to be social housing and some may be private or affordable standard homes.
It is a programme requirement to commence the construction of the units no later than March 2026 with an envisaged construction period of no more than 24 months.
The units can be delivered over a number of sites or on one site. In the interests of providing an efficient housing management service, any one site must provide a minimum of 10 units.
The developers proposals must ensure each site includes a range of house types. It is a normal assumption from NIHE that 10% of any development should consist of standard wheelchair accommodation.
- How the procedure runs: This procurement is subject to all necessary funding and approvals being obtained. Radius Housing reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any stage. The appointment of a developer as a successful tenderer is not a guarantee by Radius Housing of the development commencing. The contract is estimated to be above the threshold were the Procurement Act 2023 applies. The Procurement method to be utilised is Competitive Flexible Procedure as set out at Regulation 20(2(b)) of The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act or PA23). This Competitive Flexible shall consist of a number of stages outlined below and explained in further detail throughout this document and in subsequent documents as the procurement exercise will progress: STAGE 1: Conditions of Participation (CoP) & Tender Stage This Competitive Flexible shall consist of an initial stage where tenderers will submit their Conditions of Participation, and their quality and cost (Award Stage) offer. The Contracting Authority may award the procurement competition to the Most Advantageous Tender after the assessment of this initial stage. STAGE 2: Clarification, Refinement and Negotiation Stage (Optional) At Radius’ sole discretion further tender stages may be carried out in order to best reflect any clarifications, changes in housing mix, planning conditions, specifications or for any other reason. STAGE 3: Post Tender Negotiation (Optional) The Contracting Authority may award the procurement competition to the Most Advantageous Tender / Lowest Acceptable Cost after the assessment of either Stage 1 or Stage 2. The Contracting Authority also reserves the right at its sole discretion following the completion of the evaluation of all responses and the identification of the Most Advantageous Tender / Lowest Acceptable Cost Offer according to the award criteria to enter dialogue with the most advantageous tenderer in order to refine elements of the contract, service, specification, social value offer, sustainability and or cost prior to the execution of the contract. Nothing stated in this ITT or during the Competition is or shall be relied on as a promise or representation as to the future or a commitment by the Authority to award or enter into any contract. The Association reserves the right to not award to the lowest or any tender or to discontinue this Procurement Competition at any time. Radius have considered the use of Lots for this contract but do not believe the use of Lots are suitable. Radius intend to award up to 5 contracts from this Procurement competition. Due to the nature of the requirement contracts may progress towards completion at different times and may not follow the tender ranking.
CPV: Building construction work · Construction work · Construction work for houses · Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses · Houses construction work · Sheltered housing construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£20,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
Refer to Tender Documents
- Technical & professional ability
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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 (3)
- Design Submission: 30%
- Cost Per Unit: 60%
- Social Value Delivery Plan: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Design Submission: Developers Proposal and design submission
- Social Value Delivery Plan: Developers proposal to meet social value requirements.
- Cost Per Unit: Developer submits a total Development cost and this is used to calculate a per unit cost for evaluation.
- Economic & financial standing
Refer to Tender Documents
- Technical & professional ability
Refer to Tender Documents
- 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
- Awarded
- 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
- 6 Nov 2025, 14:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Apr 2026, 16:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
RAD177- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071681- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dbf0Find a Tender
- How it runs
This procurement is subject to all necessary funding and approvals being obtained. Radius Housing reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any stage. The appointment of a developer as a successful tenderer is not a guarantee by Radius Housing of the development commencing.
The contract is estimated to be above the threshold were the Procurement Act 2023 applies. The Procurement method to be utilised is Competitive Flexible Procedure as set out at Regulation 20(2(b)) of The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act or PA23).
This Competitive Flexible shall consist of a number of stages outlined below and explained in further detail throughout this document and in subsequent documents as the procurement exercise will progress:
STAGE 1: Conditions of Participation (CoP) & Tender Stage
This Competitive Flexible shall consist of an initial stage where tenderers will submit their Conditions of Participation, and their quality and cost (Award Stage) offer. The Contracting Authority may award the procurement competition to the Most Advantageous Tender after the assessment of this initial stage.
STAGE 2: Clarification, Refinement and Negotiation Stage (Optional)
At Radius’ sole discretion further tender stages may be carried out in order to best reflect any clarifications, changes in housing mix, planning conditions, specifications or for any other reason.
STAGE 3: Post Tender Negotiation (Optional)
The Contracting Authority may award the procurement competition to the Most Advantageous Tender / Lowest Acceptable Cost after the assessment of either Stage 1 or Stage 2. The Contracting Authority also reserves the right at its sole discretion following the completion of the evaluation of all responses and the identification of the Most Advantageous Tender / Lowest Acceptable Cost Offer according to the award criteria to enter dialogue with the most advantageous tenderer in order to refine elements of the contract, service, specification, social value offer, sustainability and or cost prior to the execution of the contract.
Nothing stated in this ITT or during the Competition is or shall be relied on as a promise or representation as to the future or a commitment by the Authority to award or enter into any contract.
The Association reserves the right to not award to the lowest or any tender or to discontinue this Procurement Competition at any time.
Radius have considered the use of Lots for this contract but do not believe the use of Lots are suitable.
Radius intend to award up to 5 contracts from this Procurement competition. Due to the nature of the requirement contracts may progress towards completion at different times and may not follow the tender ranking.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Submission to be via Etenders NI etendersni.gov.uk ↗
The tender documents provide full instructions.
The Etenders NI website provide instructions (FAQs) for Tenderers to register and use the system.
Timeline
6 Nov 2025 → 15 Apr 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published344 days ago6 Nov 2025, 14:41 GMT
- Clarification questions by323 days ago27 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline316 days ago4 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent262 days ago28 Jan 2026
- Award decision expected by256 days ago2 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends252 days ago6 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts200 days ago31 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published184 days ago15 Apr 2026, 16:47 BST
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Nov 2025- Tender notice published6 Nov 2025, 14:41 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published28 Jan 2026, 11:09 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete28 Jan 2026, 11:09 GMT
- Procurement method changed28 Jan 2026, 11:09 GMT
- Buyer details updated28 Jan 2026, 11:09 GMT
- Contract signature expected20 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published15 Apr 2026, 16:47 BSTUK7
- Buyer details updated15 Apr 2026, 16:47 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| QSTREET ASSETS LIMITEDSME31 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 | £11,522,500 inc. VAT | 28 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Montague Avenue · QSTREET ASSETS LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2026
- Value
- £11,522,500 inc. VAT
- Period
- 31 Mar 2026 – 30 Jun 2029
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: KPI 1 · KPI 2 · KPI 3
- KPI 1
- KPI 2
- KPI 3
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonQSTREET ASSETS LIMITEDSME · Northern Ireland
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- QSTREET ASSETS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
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