Notice Information
Notice Title
Contract for the Development of Flowers Lane and Purchase of 460 Additional Housing Units
Notice Description
The development agreement relates to sale of Torus62 Developments Ltd's Flowers Lane site to the developer, who will provide build-out of 120 x s.106 units and provide a further 460 x housing units to Torus62 Developments Ltd across various additionality sites. The development agreement is being entered into by Torus62 Development's Ltd for the purpose of providing affordable housing that will support the existing and future needs of the local community.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Modification to add Phases 3 & 4 of the Flowers Lane housing development to the existing contract. Includes site preparation, infrastructure, and construction of residential units. Works are to be delivered by Castle Green under Reg. 72(1)(b) PCR 2015, as changing contractor is not possible for economic or technical reasons and would cause significant inconvenience or cost duplication.
Procurement Information
Torus' Flowers Lane site benefits from full planning permission with the Section 106 requirement for a minimum of 30% affordable homes. Provisionally, the site was openly advertised to the market with proposals invited for any of the following: - i)The building out of the site ii)The purchase of the land iii)The building out of the s.106 units and the remainder of the site for the developer iv)Any other proposals. Given exceptional market conditions and significant costs, the building out of the site was not a viable option. Castle Green Homes Limited proposed to buy the land and provide build-out of 120 x Section 106 units and provide a further 460 x housing units to Torus at additionality sites. While alternative offers were received, none were comparable with Castle Green Homes Limited's proposal, which offered Torus three times the amount of additional affordable units via additionality sites compared to any other bid. Under Regulation 32(2)(b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, the contracting authority considers that the works can be supplied only by Castle Green Homes Limited, who hold exclusive rights of ownership over the additionality sites. Further, in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(iii) in conducting a market test prior to use of the negotiated procedure, the contracting authority considers that there has been no artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement and that no reasonable alternative or substitute exists.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-037e20
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034681-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
-
- CPV Codes
45111291 - Site-development work
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £237,600,000 £100M-£1B
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Oct 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TORUS62 DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Procurement Manager
- Contact Email
- procurementteam@torus.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7718707048
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ST.HELENS
- Postcode
- WA9 1LD
- Post Town
- Warrington
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD71 East Merseyside
- Delivery Location
- TLD North West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- St. Helens
- Electoral Ward
- Peasley Cross & Fingerpost
- Westminster Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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