Official UK procurement notice
Works Contract for Social Housing Scheme at Main Street Claudy
Authority: Woven Housing Association Ltd (Housing)
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£6,500,000≈ £3.3m / year · £7,800,000 inc. VAT5% below published estimate
Submissions closed 20 Jan 2026awarded 11 Mar 2026
Awarded to P K MCKAIGUE LTD
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2028 · starts 31 Mar 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis proposal will deliver 33no. new build social housing units (16 Apartments and 17
Houses) and associated external works on a 0.88 Ha site, located between 1 Braefield, 3 Creggmount and Main Street in the Village of Claudy, Londonderry, BT47 4BF. The site was previously occupied by a dwelling which has since been demolished.
- How the procedure runs: Request to Participate Stage and Invitation to Tender Stage
CPV: Architectural and related services · Building completion work · Building installation work · Site preparation work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£6,500,000
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
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality Submission (including Social Value Submission): 30%
- Price Submission: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Submission (including Social Value Submission)
- Price Submission
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Dec 2025, 12:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Apr 2026, 15:27 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Jan 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-081736- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ecd5Find a Tender
- How it runs
Request to Participate Stage and Invitation to Tender Stage
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 20 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 20 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
2 Dec 2025 → 29 Apr 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published326 days ago2 Dec 2025, 12:27 GMT
- Tender notice published317 days ago11 Dec 2025, 08:21 GMT
- Clarification questions by284 days ago13 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline277 days ago20 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by265 days ago31 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent226 days ago12 Mar 2026
- Standstill ends213 days ago24 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts207 days ago31 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published178 days ago29 Apr 2026, 15:27 BST
Notice history
9 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Dec 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Dec 2025, 12:27 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published11 Dec 2025, 08:21 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active11 Dec 2025, 08:21 GMT
- Procurement method changed11 Dec 2025, 08:21 GMT
- Tender notice published7 Jan 2026, 14:15 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published12 Mar 2026, 10:47 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete12 Mar 2026, 10:47 GMT
- Contract signature expected25 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published29 Apr 2026, 15:27 BSTUK7
Published amendments (1)
Tender Modification - an extension to deadline. Deadline of tender has been changed from 13/01/2026 to 20/01/2026.
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-12: 2 releases · 2 Dec 2025, 11 Dec 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £6,176,6391 award exc. VAT
Bids received 71 from SMEs
Named bidders 7published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Mar 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| P K MCKAIGUE LTDSME31 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 | £6,176,639 | 11 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Works Contract for Social Housing Scheme at Main Street Claudy · P K MCKAIGUE LTDSME
- Signed
- 27 Mar 2026
- Value
- £6,176,639
- Period
- 30 Mar 2026 – 29 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: Delivery Against Programme · Quality of Housing Units · Health & Safety Compliance
- Delivery Against Programme, Percentage of construction milestones achieved on or before agreed dates. ≥ 90% on-time completion of project stages.
- Quality of Housing Units, Percentage of completed units passing quality inspections at first handover (defect-free). ≥ 90% of homes defect-free on practical completion; all defects resolved within 10 days.
- Health & Safety Compliance, Number of RIDDOR-reportable incidents and compliance with site safety inspections. Zero RIDDOR incidents; 100% compliance with H&S audits.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonP&K McKaigueSME · Northern Ireland
- did not winAndrew Bradley Ltd · Northern Ireland
- did not winEH Allingham Ltd · Northern Ireland
- did not winGeda Construction · Northern Ireland
- did not winKevin Watson Construction Ltd · Northern Ireland
- did not winLowry Construction Ltd · Northern Ireland
- did not winMJ McBride · Northern Ireland
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
7 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- Andrew Bradley LtdBidder / tenderer
- EH Allingham LtdBidder / tenderer
- Geda ConstructionBidder / tenderer
- Kevin Watson Construction LtdBidder / tenderer
- Lowry Construction LtdBidder / tenderer
- MJ McBrideBidder / tenderer
- P K McKaigueAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices 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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender