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title: "Lancaster Canal Quarter: Nelson Street - Sustainable Housing Developer Partner"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-040448"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2024-07-15"
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# Lancaster Canal Quarter: Nelson Street - Sustainable Housing Developer Partner

Buyer: LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-040448

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## Summary

The Lancaster City Council is seeking a housing developer partner for the regeneration of the Canal Quarter area in Lancaster. The project aims to enhance the city's role as a sub-regional centre by developing a sustainable housing scheme with a focus on energy efficiency and carbon reduction. The procurement process has reached the award stage, with RP Tyson Construction LTD being the active supplier. The contracting authority is Lancaster City Council, and the procurement method is a selective restricted procedure. The contract was signed on 18th June 2024, with a value of £250,000.

This tender by Lancaster City Council presents an opportunity for housing developers focused on sustainable and energy-efficient construction to contribute to the city's housing regeneration ambitions. Businesses well-suited to compete are those with experience in delivering market housing schemes with a strong emphasis on quality and social value. The selection criteria include both technical and quality aspects, offering a chance for suppliers to showcase their expertise in sustainable building practices and meeting environmental standards. The tender period ends on 30th October 2023, providing interested parties with a defined timeline for submission of bids.

## Notice

Regeneration of the Canal Quarter area is critical to enhancing Lancaster's role as a sub-regional centre and boosting its housing, commercial, cultural and leisure offer. Over the next 10 years it is envisaged that key "gap" sites and dereliction within the 6.5 ha wider site envelope will be addressed, and development progressed for a mix of uses that will complement the existing town centre and provide for balanced place-making. Lancaster City Council is seeking to appoint a preferred housing developer partner to assist in delivering its housing regeneration ambitions for a city council owned site designated for early release within the Lancaster Canal Quarter regeneration area. The council is seeking bids from housing developers (and their associates) or consortium (with identified lead organisation) to promote and develop an early phase market housing scheme. it is expected that development will achieve the highest possible degree of energy efficiency and provide an exemplar in terms of sustainable build and achievement of carbon reduction targets The council has been awarded Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLFR) money for the site, the aim of which is to unlock new homes on derelict and underused brownfield land through the One Public Estate programme. The money will help the council to bring forward plans for this early phase housing site which would see new homes delivered to the council's exacting environmental standards.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Regeneration of the Canal Quarter area is critical to enhancing Lancaster's role as a sub-regional centre and boosting its housing, commercial, cultural and leisure offer. Over the next 10 years it is envisaged that key "gap" sites and dereliction within the 6.5 ha wider site envelope will be addressed, and development progressed for a mix of uses that will complement the existing town centre and provide for balanced place-making. Lancaster City Council is seeking to appoint a preferred housing developer partner to assist in delivering its housing regeneration ambitions for a city council owned site designated for early release within the Lancaster Canal Quarter regeneration area. The council is seeking bids from housing developers (and their associates) or consortium (with identified lead organisation) to promote and develop an early phase market housing scheme. it is expected that development will achieve the highest possible degree of energy efficiency and provide an exemplar in terms of sustainable build and achievement of carbon reduction targets The council has been awarded Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLFR) money for the site, the aim of which is to unlock new homes on derelict and underused brownfield land through the One Public Estate programme. The money will help the council to bring forward plans for this early phase housing site which would see new homes delivered to the council's exacting environmental standards.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021602-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Jul 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 30 Oct 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Jun 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £13,000,000 |
| Lots value | £13,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £250,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | LANCASTER |
| Post town | Lancaster |
| Postcode | LA1 1PJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD4 Lancashire |
| ITL 3 | TLD44 Lancaster and Wyre |
| Local authority | Lancaster |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Lancaster and Wyre |
| Delivery location | TLD44 Lancaster and Wyre |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | RP TYSON CONSTRUCTION |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45000000 - Construction work

## Release History

- 15 Jul 2024 at 09:40 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021602-2024
- 27 Sep 2023 at 15:24 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028542-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.lancaster.gov.uk/
- https://www.the-chest.org.uk/

## Provenance

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