Contract Timeline

Publication Date

25th April 2025 13:13:16 PM

Contract Summary

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.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-03b0dd

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

Award, Contract

Procurement Method

Selective

Procurement Method Details

Competitive Dialogue

Procurement Category

Works

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

45000000

CPV Division(s)

45 - Construction work

Awarding Authority

BELFAST CITY COUNCIL

Buyer Name

Buyer Email

cps@belfastcity.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

9-21 Adelaide Street

Belfast

BT2 8DJ

United Kingdom

Awarded Supplier(s)

Supplier Name(s)

JOHN GRAHAM CONSTRUCTION LTD

Contract Timeline

Publication Date

31st October 2023 12:48:51 PM

Tender Deadline

8th December 2023 12:00:00 PM   Expired

Contract Summary

The Council is seeking to appoint 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 vision for Belfast City via participation in a public private development partnership (“the Partnership”) with the Council. The opportunity comprises development opportunities across a number identified and potential sites as follows: 1) "Seed Sites" – These are sites that are largely owned by the Council (with other bodies including public sector bodies currently holding some ownership interest) which will be made available for development by the Partnership. The proposed Seed Sites that will be included in the scope of the Partnership initially are: Site 1 – Lands at Exchange Street and 24-42 Corporation Street Site 2 – Inner North West South – including Smithfield Market and Samuel Street Site 3 – Lands at 22-38 Gloucester Street Site 4 – Lands at Ormeau Avenue 2) "Additional Opportunity Sites" – These are further sites that the Council owns or are in the ownership of other public sector bodies (or other third parties) within Belfast City boundary that may be made available for development by the Partnership at some point in the future which may assist in achieving the Council's objectives if brought within the scope of the Partnership. It is unlikely that the Additional Opportunity Sites will be available for development by the Partnership at the outset but the Council is confident that such sites, particularly the public sector owned sites can be brought forward for development by the Partnership in the future. The opportunity may also significantly increase by the inclusion of third party owned land coming into the Partnership. Please note that the Council will not be obliged to bring forward any Additional Opportunity Sites but the Partnership will be expected to consider any proposals that the Council may put forward in relation to them. Accordingly the extent of the opportunity available to the Partnership extends to these sites. Because the Council is not currently in control of all of the Additional Opportunity Sites it is not possible to be definitive as to the actual value of those site but the Council has put forward an estimate for these Additonal Opportunity Sites below. At the request of the Council the PSP shall advise and assist with formulating any proposals to acquire a title interest in any relevant Additional Opportunity Sites. Only if so requested by and at the direction of the Council, the Partnership shall then take the lead on negotiating commercial terms for the acquisition, and the subsequent development, of the relevant Additional Opportunity Sites. The estimated total value of this opportunity is £630,000,000. For indicative information, this value is anticipated to be allocated between the types of site stated above as follows: - Seed Sites = £280,000,000 - Additional Opportunity Sites = £350,000,000 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. Individual sites will be progressed pursuant to separate development agreements which will be agreed in accordance with the processes set out in the Strategic Partnership Agreement.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-03b0dd

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

Tender

Procurement Method

Selective

Procurement Method Details

Competitive Dialogue

Procurement Category

Works

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

45000000

CPV Division(s)

45 - Construction work

Awarding Authority

BELFAST CITY COUNCIL

Buyer Name

Buyer Email

cps@belfastcity.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

9 - 21 Adelaide Street

Belfast

BT2 8DJ

United Kingdom

Contract Timeline

Publication Date

9th March 2023 11:23:49 AM

Contract Summary

Increasing the city’s population is a key ambition in The Belfast Agenda, the city’s community plan, so Belfast City Council is now seeking to establish a long-term arrangement with an investor / development partner to bring forward sustainable, residential-led regeneration with placemaking, people and connectivity at its heart. Four key city centre sites have initially been earmarked for development, with the potential for further sites across the city to be identified in due course. Below is a sample of the strategic sites identified by Belfast City Council. These may be made available for development by the PSP along with others in the ownership of the council and other public sector bodies, subject to agreement. - Inner North West South – including Smithfield Market and Samuel Street - Lands at Exchange Street and 24-42 Corporation Street - Lands at Ormeau Avenue - Lands at 22-38 Gloucester Street The Council is seeking to appoint a Private Sector Partner (PSP) through a long-term arrangement which will undertake to fund, develop, and where appropriate, own and manage assets as part of comprehensive regeneration schemes. Together with the initial seed sites detailed in this document, it is anticipated that there may be further opportunities across the city. Our key objective is to bring forward sustainable development through a co-ordinated and phased partnership approach with placemaking and people at its core.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-03b0dd

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

Planning

Procurement Method

N/A

Procurement Method Details

N/A

Procurement Category

Works

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

45000000

CPV Division(s)

45 - Construction work

Awarding Authority

BELFAST CITY COUNCIL

Buyer Name

Jessica Way or Adrian Ferguson

Buyer Email

belfasti@belfastcity.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

9 - 21 Adelaide Street

Belfast

BT2 8DJ

United Kingdom