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Published 27 Aug 2025, 16:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PRN25069 Ballymoney Area Land, Design & Build

Official notice

Authority: Choice Housing Ireland Limited (Public body)

WorksOpen procedureAbove threshold
Published estimate£5,880,000≈ £3.9m / year · £5,880,000 inc. VAT4.2% above published estimate
Submissions closed 1 Oct 2025awarded 28 Jan 2026
Awarded to Mathewson Square Limited
Contract term 1 yr 6 moends 21 May 2027 · starts 21 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Choice Housing seeks to appoint Developer(s) to provide Competitive Land, Design and Build works opportunities in the Ballymoney area to deliver social housing projects as part of the Social Housing Development Programme (SHDP).

The competition will seek developments of up to 40 no. units from each potential supplier with the ability to award contracts to multiple Developers.

CPV: Architectural and related services · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Architectural, engineering and planning services · Architectural, engineering and surveying services · Building construction work · Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses · Houses construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical/Quality: 30%
  • Price/Cost: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price/Cost
  • Technical/Quality
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
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)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
27 Aug 2025, 16:43 BST
Last source update
6 Feb 2026, 14:53 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 19 Nov 2025
Authority reference
PRN25069
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051724
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Architectural and related servicesArchitectural, construction, engineering and inspection servicesArchitectural, engineering and planning servicesArchitectural, engineering and surveying servicesBuilding construction workConstruction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual housesHouses construction work
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058edf Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Clarification deadline
24 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Tenders to be submitted via etendersni.gov.uk ↗

Clarifications should be submitted via the etendersNI messaging portal

Timeline

27 Aug 2025 → 6 Feb 2026 · 7 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    27 Aug 2025, 16:43 BST
  2. Clarification questions by393 days ago
    24 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Submission deadline386 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Award decision expected by337 days ago
    19 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts336 days ago
    21 Nov 2025
  6. Assessment summaries sent260 days ago
    5 Feb 2026
  7. Latest notice published258 days ago
    6 Feb 2026, 14:53 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Aug 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    27 Aug 2025, 16:43 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    6 Feb 2026, 14:53 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    6 Feb 2026, 14:53 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    27 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £6,125,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Mathewson Square LimitedPRN2506931 Mar 2026 – 1 Oct 2027£6,125,00028 Jan 2026Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders00—

Who bid

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

Choice Housing Ireland Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-COH: NP000408 37-41 May Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 4DNContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Mathewson Square LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: NI640786 23-25 Queen Street, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1BGContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender