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Published 3 Feb 2025, 16:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

The Provision of Loughborough University Student Accommodation (LUSA) Development

Official notice

Authority: Loughborough University (Education)

WorksCompetitive dialogue
Published estimate£58,000,000exc. VAT1.9% above published estimate
Submissions closed 5 Mar 2025awarded 12 Dec 2025
Awarded to John Graham Construction Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Student accommodation consisting of circa 550 bedrooms on the Loughborough University campus.

CPV: Building construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£58,000,000
Delivery: East Midlands · Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Variant bids: not allowed

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: 20%Price: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 20
  • Price: 80
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Competitive dialogue
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Awarded
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
3 Feb 2025, 16:05 GMT
Last source update
6 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
Authority reference
LU00957
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000801
Classification (CPV)
Building construction work
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04db23 Find a Tender

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1004435784 GO Reference: GO-202616-PRO-34019411

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
5 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
360 days from the deadline

Timeline

5 Mar 2025 → 6 Jan 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    5 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Notice published293 days ago
    6 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £59,096,0741 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 9
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
John Graham Construction Ltd£59,096,074 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • The Provision of Loughborough University Student Accommodation (LUSA) Development · John Graham Construction Ltd

    Signed
    12 Dec 2025
    Value
    £59,096,074
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
9bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Loughborough University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Epinal Way, Loughborough, East Midlands, LE11 3TUContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.