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Homes England - Warwick Bar Phase 2 Digbeth, Birmingham - Development Partner

Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

PlanningUpdate

01 Sep 2026 at 16:38

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

31 Jul 2026 at 12:02

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

20 May 2026 at 16:24

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Homes England intends to appoint a development partner or partners for Warwick Bar Phase 2 in Digbeth, Birmingham. The project covers approximately 7.84 hectares of brownfield land on the eastern edge of Digbeth. The appointed partner will be expected to deliver a high-quality, housing-led mixed-use creative urban scheme, including residential development and space for creative industries. The scheme should support regeneration, integrate innovative placemaking, and respect the area’s industrial heritage and context. The work is a major construction and urban regeneration project, with Birmingham City Council and the West Midlands Combined Authority’s vision for Digbeth forming part of the wider context. The sites are constrained and the project is expected to be complex to deliver.

This procurement is at the planning stage: Homes England has stated its intention to procure but has not yet issued an invitation to tender. The procurement route has not been determined. The indicative Gross Development Value is £500 million excluding VAT, and the estimate is subject to change. One planned lot is currently identified, with the contract period expected to run from 1 April 2028 to 31 October 2032. Homes England currently expects the tender notice to be issued by 30 October 2026, although this date may change. Preliminary market engagement is taking place through a questionnaire, with responses requested by 18 September 2026. Responses will inform market understanding only and will not be evaluated or used in any later tender assessment.

The project is likely to suit established development partners, housebuilders, construction-led regeneration businesses and consortia able to deliver complex, large-scale brownfield schemes. Relevant strengths include land remediation and site constraint management, residential development, mixed-use construction, creative-industry workspace, infrastructure coordination and urban placemaking. Suppliers should be able to demonstrate the financial capacity, delivery resources and experience needed for a multi-year regeneration programme with a substantial development value. Experience of working with public-sector landowners and local authorities, integrating heritage and industrial context into new development, and delivering high-quality sustainable places will be valuable. SMEs are identified as suitable for the planned lot, so smaller specialist developers and construction or professional-services businesses may wish to consider consortium or supply-chain roles.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Homes England - Warwick Bar Phase 2 Digbeth, Birmingham - Development Partner

Notice Description

Homes England's Warwick Bar Phase 2 sites comprise approximately 7.84ha of brownfield land on the eastern edge of Digbeth, Birmingham. The sites present an opportunity for the transformation of significant urban sites in accordance with Homes England's strategic objectives and support Birmingham City Council and the West Midlands Combined Authority's vision for Digbeth. Homes England is seeking to appoint a Development Partner/s capable of delivering a high-quality, housing led mixed use creative urban scheme that integrates innovation in placemaking, helps drive regeneration and respects the area's rich heritage and industrial context. Warwick Bar Phase 2 will be a challenging and complex regeneration scheme to deliver due to the nature of the sites, their constraints, and the requirement to deliver space for the creative industries alongside residential development. This notice references an estimated value of PS500m (exclusive of VAT). This value is an indicative Gross Development Value (GDV) and is subject to change. As no VAT treatment has been established both inclusive and exclusive VAT figures are the same. A property professional services company will support Homes England on this procurement. Details of this will be included in subsequent notices. Please note that the procurement route for this contract opportunity has not yet been determined.

Planning Information

The purpose of this notice is to make available a pre-market consultation questionnaire to understand the level of interest within the market for this procurement. Interested parties are invited to review the Pre-Market Engagement documents and questionnaire which are available via our e-Tendering system, Pro-Contract here: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=8de86a69-c48c-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromRfxSummary=True&rfxId=994e3bcb-ce8c-f111-813c-005056b64545 If not already registered, candidates should register on the Homes England eTendering system at https://procontract.due-north.com/Login The questionnaire does not form part of a formal procurement process and Homes England reserves the right to decide whether to proceed with any tendering procedures in relation to the project. Responses to this Pre-Market Engagement exercise will not be evaluated and will not be assessed or reviewed in any subsequent procurement or tender exercise. Potential bidders who have not participated in this exercise, or whose participation has been limited (e.g. who have submitted a partially completed questionnaire) will not be disadvantaged in any way in any subsequent procurement or tender exercise. The deadline for your completed questionnaire is 1pm on Friday 18th September 2026. Please note that a notice has already been issued and this is a new extended deadline (originally it was 4th September 2026). Interested parties are invited to submit their questionnaire responses via email to: digbeth@homesengland.gov.uk All information provided is to be relied upon for the PME stage only and is subject to change prior to the Tender being issued. It is currently proposed that the tender notice will be issued in October 2026, however, this date is subject to change. If this date is amended we will contact all parties that submit a PME response to let them know. If the deadline for this PME has already passed, you may still submit an email to the above address to be added to the mailing list for this opportunity.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-069e02
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082837-2026
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
Not specified
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
£500,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Sep 2026Today
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
30 Oct 20262 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2028 - 31 Oct 2032 4-5 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
Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode
NE4 5BZ
Postcode Area
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
TLG West Midlands (England)
Local Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Electoral Ward
Arthur's Hill
Westminster Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

Further Information

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