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Published 8 Apr 2025, 14:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Willow House Construction · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: City of York Council (Local council)

WorksAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£10,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 23 Sept 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yr 7 moends 19 May 2028 · starts 20 Oct 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Construction of Housing at the former Willow House site in York.

CPV: Construction work · Timber · Timber roof trusses

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 yr 7 moSME
Contract period: 20 Oct 2026 – 19 May 2028 (1 yr 7 mo)
Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
8 Apr 2025, 14:42 BST
Last source update
23 May 2025, 12:17 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-026181
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Construction workTimberTimber roof trusses
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

8 Apr 2025 → 20 Oct 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    8 Apr 2025, 14:42 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    23 May 2025, 12:17 BST
  3. Market engagement
    30 May 2025, 23:59 BST

    City of York Council have a Preliminary Market Engagement Opportunity for a new housing scheme in the city, Willow House.

    PLEASE NOTE: This is the first of two market engagement notices that will be published for this scheme. This first notice is targeted towards the Timber Frame aspect of the housing scheme. A second Preliminary Market Engagement Notice will be published which will target the construction contractor market for this scheme.

    The Preliminary Market Engagement document containing further information, detail and market engagement questions can be found via YORtender (yortender.eu-supply.com/login.asp ↗) with the reference number 99413.

    The submission deadline for the premarket engagement is Monday 9th June 2025 at 12pm.

    All of City of York Council's procurement opportunities are published on YORtender, in order to bid for this your organisation will need to be registered to the portal. You can register your organisation here: yortender.eu-supply.com/login.asp ↗

    All suppliers who wish to bid for City of York Council procurement opportunities must be registered on the Central Digital Platform, with all supplier information submitted and kept up to date. Your organisation can register on the Central Digital Platform here: supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk ↗

    To see all upcoming opportunities, City of York Council publish a pipeline of all upcoming procurement which can be found here: data.yorkopendata.org/dataset/cyc-procurem… ↗

  4. Tender notice expected396 days ago
    23 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts5 days ago
    20 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Apr 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    8 Apr 2025, 14:42 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 May 2025, 12:17 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

City of York Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQVW-9426-LDJV West Offices, Station Rise, York, Yorkshire & Humber, YO1 6GAContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure