Planning

Dewsbury Riverside - Appointment of Master Developer

THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF KIRKLEES

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Planning

11 Jul 2025 at 12:06

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

28 May 2025 at 09:03

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Council of the Borough of Kirklees is planning a procurement process to appoint a master developer for the Dewsbury Riverside development project, scheduled within the West Yorkshire Strategic Place Partnership. This planned procurement, with a focus on construction work, falls under the competitive flexible procedure method. The project aims to deliver approximately 1,988 homes on a site with multiple ownerships, including major stakeholders like Kirklees Council and Savile Estate. The procurement process is currently at the planning stage, with a significant date being the communication of its public notice on 1st September 2025. The contract is anticipated to begin on 1st April 2026 and conclude on 31st March 2030, all located within the UKE44 region of the United Kingdom.

This tender offers robust business opportunities for companies in the construction industry, especially those with expertise in building large residential communities and experience in comprehensive site development, from planning and infrastructure delivery to marketing and community engagement. The project requires a master developer capable of handling complex land assembly, planning phases, and delivering substantial social value. Businesses with a track record in handling strategic partnership developments and collaboration agreements will find this opportunity particularly well-suited for sustaining and accelerating their growth in public sector projects.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Dewsbury Riverside - Appointment of Master Developer

Notice Description

Kirklees Council is seeking interest from suitably qualified and experienced parties for the role of a Master Developer to drive forward the delivery of the Dewsbury Riverside housing allocated site. The site is in multiple ownerships. The two most significant land owners, Kirklees Council and Savile Estate are now progressing the delivery process together under a Collaboration Agreement. It is indicated that these two land ownerships can deliver approximately 2,000 homes. A master developer will be required to deliver a number of phases throughout the contract currently anticipated to include: Masterplan and phasing strategy, land assembly, planning, infrastructure delivery / site servicing, marketing of serviced land, funding strategy, setting up stewardship arrangements, supporting the delivery of appropriate social value and community engagement. The Council has been working closely with Homes England to define a delivery strategy for the site and procurement programme, with the successful master developer proposed to be appointed in Spring 2026. A funding application to Homes England is being progressed in parallel with the developer procurement process. It is envisaged that a substantial proportion of the infrastructure package costs will be capable of being funded through Homes England grant. Technical work produced on behalf of the Council and Homes England has identified the site preparation, infrastructure and development costs throughout the life of the delivery programme amounting to a maximum of PS150 million. The Council have been undertaking works to understand the required infrastructure works and costings to feed into a funding bid, which has identified a viability gap and resulting public sector funding requirement of in the range of PS60 - PS70 million. It is anticipated that the funding bid will be made by the master developer and the grant funding agreement will be between Homes England and the appointed the master developer Further details on the opportunity can be accessed via YORtender - https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=95913&PP=ctm/Supplier/publictenders&B=YORTENDER&PS=1. If the link does not work, then please search for the Prelimary Market Engagement using the details below; Quote/Tender ID - 101259 Reference - KMCHG-026 - Dewsbury Riverside - Appointment of Master Developer This includes a description of scope of works required, information on the proposed route to market, conditions of contract & programme timescales

Planning Information

Further details on the opportunity can be accessed via YORtender - https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=95913&PP=ctm/Supplier/publictenders&B=YORTENDER&PS=1. If the link does not work, then please search for the Prelimary Market Engagement using the details below; Quote/Tender ID - 101259 Reference - KMCHG-026 - Dewsbury Riverside - Appointment of Master Developer The deadline for submitting expressions of interest is 1st August 2025. Interested parties are encouraged to provide feedback via the 'Response Form' and suppliers have the ability to raise any clarification questions via the 'Messaging' function.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-052785
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039263-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

70 - Real estate services

CPV Codes

45100000 - Site preparation work

45211100 - Construction work for houses

45211300 - Houses construction work

45500000 - Hire of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment with operator

70110000 - Development services of real estate

70122000 - Land sale or purchase services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£150,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Jul 20257 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Sep 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
29 Jun 2026 - 30 Jun 2036 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF KIRKLEES
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement@kirklees.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
HUDDERSFIELD
Postcode
HD1 2TA
Post Town
Huddersfield
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE44 Calderdale and Kirklees
Delivery Location
TLE4 West Yorkshire, TLE44 Calderdale and Kirklees
Local Authority
Kirklees
Electoral Ward
Newsome
Westminster Constituency
Huddersfield

Further Information

Notice Documents

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