Official UK procurement notice
PRN25086 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Choice Housing Ireland Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGrove Community Housing Association Limited (‘Grove’) has appointed Choice Housing Ireland Limited as Development Agent for a new build social housing project at North Queen Street, Belfast.
Grove wishes to appoint a main contractor to undertake new build construction works to deliver a development of 31 no. units at the above location to deliver the following mix of accommodation:
- 15 no. 3 person 2 bedroom general family houses
- 8 no. 5 person 3 bedroom general family houses
- 1 no. 3 person 2 bedroom wheelchair bungalow
- 1 no. 6 person 4 bedroom wheelchair bungalow
- 2 no. 3 person 2 bedroom wheelchair apartments
- 4 no. 3 person 2 bedroom apartments for over-55s
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1 Invitation to Participate Stage 2 Invitation to submit a final tender
CPV: Building construction work · Construction work · Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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 (2)
- Quality including Technical: 40%
- Cost: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality including Technical: Stage 1 Quality/Technical Stage 2 Quality including Social Value
- Cost: Stage 2 Cost
- 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
- Closed
- 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
- 5 Nov 2025, 13:20 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Nov 2025, 13:20 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
North Queen Street, Belfast: Works on behalf of Grove Housing Association- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071259- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05daf1Find a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1 Invitation to Participate
Stage 2 Invitation to submit a final tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 Nov 2025 → 23 Mar 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published355 days ago5 Nov 2025, 13:20 GMT
- Clarification questions by336 days ago24 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline329 days ago1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts218 days ago23 Mar 2026
- Award decision expected by217 days ago23 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published5 Nov 2025, 13:20 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender