Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Competitive Land, Design and Build Framework for all NIHE Regions
Authority: Alpha Housing (NI) Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe project is for the delivery of social housing units in NIHE North, South and Belfast Regions by means of a Land Design and Build Framework Agreement in which the Economic Operators provide the land, designs, and constructs the scheme for Alpha Housing in accordance with the DfC Housing Association Guide, Employer's requirements and Statutory Body requirements.
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Construction work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Framework period
- 2 yrs from 1 Mar 2026
Published description of the framework
The Developer who has submitted the Most Advantageous Tender will be ranked first on the Framework Agreement and as such this Framework Member will be first placed to be awarded any Development Agreements called-off under the Framework. The remaining Framework Members will be ranked according to their Quality and Price weightings at the tender phase, i.e. 2nd and 3rd place.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to directly award a Development Agreement to Framework Operators that have planning permission and are ready to begin construction.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£60,000,000
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 award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- 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.
- “Provision of Competitive Land, Design and Build Framework for all NIHE…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Dec 2025, 15:13 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Dec 2025, 15:13 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Feb 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-086180- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fd67Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 19 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
24 Dec 2025 → 1 Mar 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published308 days ago24 Dec 2025, 15:13 GMT
- Clarification questions by289 days ago12 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends282 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown19 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by253 days ago17 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts242 days ago1 Mar 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published24 Dec 2025, 15:13 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