Notice Information
Notice Title
Belfast City Council Private Sector Partner (PSP)
Notice Description
Belfast City Council ("Council") has appointed a Private Sector Partner ("PSP") to act as a master developer with the financial means and relevant experience, skills, and resources to make a significant contribution to achieving the Council's vision for Belfast City via participation in a public private development partnership ("the Partnership") with the Council. The Council and the PSP will form a long term contractual joint venture ("Joint Venture") that will be the basis of the Partnership. This will take the form of an overarching agreement, which Council is calling the Strategic Partnership Agreement (or SPA), which will, amongst other things, set out the process by which the Council and the PSP will enter into Site Specific Development Agreements.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Construction Works. Construction Professional Services. Real Estate Services. The Council is a local authority and therefore is a "contracting authority" for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("PCR 2015") and the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 ("CCR 2016"). The Council used the Competitive Dialogue process pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (PCR) which involved the following core stages: Stage 1 - Selection Stage -a Selection Questionnaire (SQ) stage to shortlist Tenderers based on their capacity, capability, and financial standing; Stage 2 - Dialogue Stage - issue of the the Invitation to Participate in Dialogue (ITPD) stage comprised of the submission of Outline Solutions with detailed Dialogue. Stage 3 - Final Tender Stage - Close of Dialogue and the submission and evaluation of Final Tenders, following which the winning Tenderer will be selected. Stage 4 - Contract Award Stage - Finalisation with Preferred Bidder and Award. Additional information: Stage 1 Selection Stage: five Tenderers submitted a response. The three compliant & highest scoring Tenderers progressed to Stage 2. Stage 2 Dialogue Stage: Outline Solution submissions were received from two Tenderers. Stage 3 Final Tender Stage: Following completion of feedback on Outline Solutions and conclusion of the final phase of dialogue, final tenders were received from two Tenderers.
Renewal: Maximum contract duration - 25 years (300 months) Initial duration of the Partnership pursuant to a Strategic Partnership Agreement - 15 years (180 months) with an optional 10 year (120 month) extension at the discretion of the Council.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03b0dd
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017063-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive dialogue
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
70 - Real estate services
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
45000000 - Construction work
70000000 - Real estate services
70110000 - Development services of real estate
70111000 - Development of residential real estate
70112000 - Development of non-residential real estate
70120000 - Buying and selling of real estate
70121000 - Building sale or purchase services
70122000 - Land sale or purchase services
71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
71530000 - Construction consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £630,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £630,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £630,000,000 £100M-£1B
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Apr 202510 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 8 Dec 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 31 Aug 2023Expired
- Award Date
- 13 Dec 20241 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
- BELFAST CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Jessica Way or Adrian Ferguson
- Contact Email
- cps@belfastcity.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT2 8DJ
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN06 Belfast
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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