Planning

Merchants' Quay, St Helier Jersey - identification and appointment of a development partner.

PORTS OF JERSEY

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Planning

29 Jul 2025 at 09:15

Planning Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Ports of Jersey is planning a public procurement process to identify and appoint a development partner for a significant project at Merchants' Quay in St Helier, Jersey. The tender focuses on hotel, restaurant, and retail trade services within the services industry category. This planned procurement is at the planning stage, with a key date for submission responses by 11 September 2025 at 23:59. Market engagement events will occur in Jersey on 22-23 September and in London around 15 October 2025. The venue for this opportunity is set within the Channel Islands, UKZ, highlighting the unique socio-cultural context of Jersey and the prospective development of a heritage-sensitive hotel project.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses, particularly those experienced in architectural, construction, and development services, to engage in Jersey’s medium to long-term strategy centred around its tourism market. The procurement method will be a flexible, competitive process inviting innovative solutions, making it suitable for companies that excel in iterative project development. The opportunity is particularly promising for developers adept at integrating heritage conservation requirements with commercial infrastructure. Businesses involved in non-residential real estate development and hotel construction are well-suited to compete, offering the potential to collaborate with local partners and contribute to revitalising Jersey’s harbour assets whilst boosting the tourism sector.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Merchants' Quay, St Helier Jersey - identification and appointment of a development partner.

Notice Description

Ports of Jersey is looking to engage with an experienced, committed development partner to, design, build, fund, and operate (itself or through an experienced third party) a hotel on the Merchants' Quay site in Jersey, Channel Islands (the "Opportunity"). For more information about this Opportunity, please see the description at II.2.4 below.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Opportunity, which is part of Jersey's broader Harbour Master Plan, is a rare occasion for a developer to play a wider role in Jersey's medium to long-term development strategy, collaborate with an array of local partners, and leverage Jersey's socio-cultural assets to support a thriving, but underserved, tourism market. A preliminary study suggests that a hotel development of approximately 10,000m2 could be delivered, which, depending on required room sizes, could deliver 125-150 guest rooms (subject to Planning). Supplementing this, a comprehensive facilities programme could include: (i) an all-day dining restaurant; (ii) a rooftop or upper-level bar; (iii) a destination bar and restaurant (La Folie Inn), (iv) a spa and wellness area; and/or (v) event/meeting spaces. Any future development must carefully respect the significance of both the Grade 1 listed harbour infrastructure and the Grade 3 and 4 listed buildings. The vision for La Folie Inn and South Pier House is to have them restored and integrated into the overall development. The Opportunity must strike a careful balance between commercial viability and the conservation of these important heritage assets. The objective of the market engagement document is to enable potential development partners to provide insights and recommendations to Ports of Jersey in respect of its approach to the Opportunity. Ports of Jersey may, at its discretion, invite certain organisations to participate in market engagement events on Monday 22 September and Tuesday 23 September 2025 in Jersey and/or in London on or around 15 October 2025. These events will likely include: (i) a Site visit (in Jersey), and (ii) discussions with Ports of Jersey in a one-to-one setting to allow organisations to better understand the Opportunity, ask questions, and provide initial thoughts. This will provide Ports of Jersey with the opportunity to confidentially discuss the feedback provided in more detail, and support Ports of Jersey to shape its thinking on the Opportunity, competitive process and contract. Ports of Jersey intends to run a process that upholds similar principles to public procurement, and which engages potential development partners in a manner that is consistent with the spirit of a fair, transparent, and collaborative competitive process. At this stage, Ports of Jersey intends to use a flexible, competitive process that will allow for solutions to be developed iteratively to help ensure the highest quality of final proposals. Organisations should note that engaging in this pre-market engagement exercise, including in particular completing and returning a questionnaire response, is not a prerequisite to participating in any subsequent competitive process. In this regard, Ports of Jersey intends to make all market engagement documents available to organisations once any competitive process has commenced. Participation in this market engagement exercise (including attendance at a market engagement event) will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this process will be reimbursed by Ports of Jersey. This market engagement exercise and any associated documents or communications should not be regarded as an investment recommendation by Ports of Jersey or its appointed advisers. No information contained in the documents or in any communication made between Ports of Jersey and any organisation in connection with the market engagement exercise shall be relied upon as constituting a contract, agreement or representation that any contract shall be awarded. Please submit your responses through the Portal by 23:59 (11:59 PM) on 11 September 2025.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0567b1
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043714-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

70 - Real estate services

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

45212350 - Buildings of particular historical or architectural interest

45212411 - Hotel construction work

55000000 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

70112000 - Development of non-residential real estate

71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Jul 20254 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
3 Nov 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
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
PORTS OF JERSEY
Contact Name
Procurement Department
Contact Email
procurement@ports.je
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
ST PETER
Postcode
JE1 1BY
Post Town
Not specified
Country
Channel Islands
Major Region (ITL 1)
Not specified
Basic Region (ITL 2)
Not specified
Small Region (ITL 3)
Not specified
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Channel Islands
Electoral Ward
L99999999
Westminster Constituency
L99999999

Further Information

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