Notice Information
Notice Title
Homes England - Quayside West at Forth Yards, Newcastle upon Tyne - Development Partner Procurement
Notice Description
Homes England and its Public Sector Partners ("Partners"), Newcastle City Council (Council), the North East Combined Authority (North East CA) and Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (NRIL), comprise the "Forth Yards Public Sector Partnership", and are seeking to secure, a long term Development Partner for "the Forth Yards Scheme", which in the first instance will include the delivery of "the Project". The Project is defined as redevelopment of Quayside West, Phase 1 of the Highline and all associated and connected infrastructure at Forth Yards. The appointed Development Partner and its proposed plans for the Project must align with the vision for the Forth Yards Scheme. The proposed procurement will also include the necessary flexibility to enable Homes England and the Partners to consider future development opportunities within the Forth Yards Scheme being led by the appointed Development Partner. Homes England will lead on the procurement process and will enter the contractual documents with the selected Development Partner to form a Development Partnership. The Development Partnership will need to work closely with the Partners to ensure the Project and the Forth Yards scheme is a success. The value of the opportunity is the envisaged gross development value of the Project. No differential between the inclusive of VAT and exclusive of VAT values are noted as the VAT treatment has not been determined. Please note the FVRA document (referenced in the documents in the financial standing section) will be added to the procurement documents on Friday, 17 October 2025.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Due to the conditionality of the award on planning, grant and other dependencies the development timetable may be subject to revision.
Planning Information
The market testing exercise commences from 14th April 2025. Please email forthyards@homesengland.gov.uk to request the document package. These documents outlines the proposed approach to procurement. At the discretion of Homes England one or more information days may be held at which feedback may be provided on a face-to-face basis. These documents includes a number of questions to stakeholders. The responses to these documents should be returned to Homes England by 12th May 2025 and e-mailed to: forthyards@homesengland.gov.uk
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05027e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065812-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
-
- CPV Codes
45000000 - Construction work
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £330,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £330,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 10 Nov 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 31 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Jan 2027 - 31 Dec 2042 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HOMES ENGLAND (THE NAME ADOPTED BY THE HOMES AND COMMUNITIES AGENCY)
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- etendering@homesengland.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- Postcode
- NE4 5BZ
- Post Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC43 Tyneside
- Delivery Location
- TLC22 Tyneside
-
- Local Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Electoral Ward
- Arthur's Hill
- Westminster Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065812-2025
16th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065623-2025
15th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014954-2025
14th April 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=11ba47db-dea8-f011-813a-005056b64545&fromRfxSummary=True&rfxId=b3619687-c1a9-f011-813a-005056b64545
Procurement documents can be found at the above link.
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