Official UK procurement notice
T22-126BUS Former Lisnagelvin Leisure Centre - Development Opportunity
Authority: Derry City and Strabane District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Contracting Authority is seeking a developer to develop the former Lisnagelvin Leisure Centre site in Derry/Londonderry. The Contracting Authority is the freehold owner of the site and intends to sell the site by way of long lease to the appointed developer in accordance with and subject to the terms of a development agreement. The Contracting Authority has high aspirations for the site and is specifically seeking proposals for mixed-use commercial development on the site. Further information is provided in the associated Information Memorandum. Please refer to CfT documents for further detail
CPV: Building construction work · Construction work · Construction work for commercial buildings · Demolition, site preparation and clearance work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no 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 (7)
- Alignment with Contracting Authority’s requirements for the Site: 20%
- Planning Deliverability: 15%
- Concept Design: 5%
- Robustness of Programme: 5%
- Robustness of business case: 15%
- Economic benefit: 10%
- Site Price: 30%
Published award criteria (7)
- Alignment with Contracting Authority’s requirements for the Site: 20
- Planning Deliverability: 15
- Concept Design: 5
- Robustness of Programme: 5
- Robustness of business case: 15
- Economic benefit: 10
- Site Price: 30
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive dialogue
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 11 Nov 2022, 13:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Sept 2025, 11:27 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055735- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Review procedure
As per PCR2015
Publisher note: In relation to the estimated value of the contract: The Contracting Authority is intending to dispose of the Lisnagelvin site by way of a long lease. The Contracting Authority is required to ensure a sound financial return on any disposal of the Lisnagelvin site. By way of guidance, the Contracting Authority expects to receive prices well in excess of £600,000 (excluding VAT), which is the minimum acceptable purchase price for the site. No payments of any kind (including for the required demolition works on the site or for any other costs associated with the development of the site) will be made by the Contracting Authority to the appointed developer. The conditional contract period maximum is 36 months + an additional period of time to complete the development in line with the development conditions. The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers in participating in this competition, including in the event that the competition is abandoned or terminated. At its absolute discretion, the Contracting Authority may elect to terminate this procurement process at any time. Although the envisaged number of candidates to be selected is four, the Contracting Authority reserves the right at its absolute discretion to shortlist fewer or a greater number of candidates for the dialogue stage of the competition.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗
- Submission deadline
- 14 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
Timeline
14 Dec 2022 → 11 Sept 2025 · 2 dates- Submission deadline14 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published11 Sept 2025, 11:27 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete11 Sept 2025, 11:27 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria