Official UK procurement notice
Westlands Drive · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Oxford City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: South East (UKJ14)
Published estimate£5,000,000≈ £1.6m / year · £6,000,000 inc. VAT5.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 18 Aug 2025awarded 3 Nov 2025
Awarded to LIFE Build Solutions Limited
Contract term 3 yrs 1 moends 22 Dec 2028 · up to 21 Dec 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOX Place are seeking competitive tenders for the completion of the design and construction of 15 residential units on land adjacent to Elizabeth Place and Westlands Drive in Oxford.
CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,000,000
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).
How bids were scored
- Simple description: Quality/Technical 40% Financial 60%
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
- 9 Jun 2025, 15:05 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Apr 2026, 10:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 24 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
OCC000753- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031003- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054573Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 18 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Aug 2025, 18:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
9 Jun 2025 → 28 Apr 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published9 Jun 2025, 15:05 BST
- Clarification questions by4 Aug 2025, 18:00 BST
- Submission deadline18 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent353 days ago3 Nov 2025
- Standstill ends341 days ago14 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected by331 days ago24 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts325 days ago1 Dec 2025
- Latest notice published177 days ago28 Apr 2026, 10:05 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Jun 2025- Tender notice published9 Jun 2025, 15:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published5 Nov 2025, 12:36 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete5 Nov 2025, 12:36 GMT
- Contract signature expected24 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published28 Apr 2026, 10:05 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £4,713,2891 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 8 Apr 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIFE Build Solutions Limited1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2027 · up to 3 Nov 2028Extensions: JCT Contract subject to extension · Options: extension to end date | £4,713,289 | 3 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Westlands Drive · LIFE Build Solutions Limited
- Signed
- 8 Apr 2026
- Value
- £4,670,981
- Period
- 30 Apr 2026 – 30 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- JCT Contract subject to extension
- Options
- extension to end date and possible Financial updates
3 agreed KPIs: Adherence to contract price · Adherence to contract programme · Effective Management of Building Safety Act Compliance
- Adherence to contract price, Suppliers ability to provide the works within the contractual price and any agreed milestone payments.
- Adherence to contract programme, Suppliers ability to remain within the contract programme (excluding where delay has not been as a result of the supplier).
- Effective Management of Building Safety Act Compliance, Suppliers management of all Building Safety Act Compliance
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 5 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonLife Build Solutions LimitedSME · South East England
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
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Life Build Solutions LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Signed contract Redacted Westlands Drive Contract
- Bidding documents and specifications All documents are available to download from the Oxfordcc in-tend portal
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender