--- title: "Estate Buildings Residential Development, Huddersfield" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0594dd" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0594dd" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0594dd.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0594dd.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF KIRKLEES" published: "2026-03-17" --- # Estate Buildings Residential Development, Huddersfield Buyer: THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF KIRKLEES Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0594dd [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0594dd) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0594dd.json) ## Summary The Council of the Borough of Kirklees is initiating the tender process for the Estate Buildings Residential Development located in Huddersfield Town Centre, under the Huddersfield Blueprint initiative. This procurement seeks to regenerate the historic Estate Buildings into desirable residential apartments, emphasising high-quality design, energy efficiency, and community integration. The procurement process follows the Competitive Flexible Procedure, structured into multiple stages, with a submission deadline amended to the 25th of March 2026. Key evaluations will occur during tender stages, culminating with an award period ending on the 31st of August 2026. This development is categorised within the Construction and Residential Real Estate industry, aiming to attract young professionals and graduates to revitalise the local housing market. The tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses with expertise in historic building restoration and residential development. Given the scale of the £13 million project, it offers growth potential for developers adept in navigating the complexities of Grade II* and Grade II listed buildings. Successful bidders will navigate through planning consents and project funding, presenting an ideal opportunity for firms specialising in construction of heritage structures. Businesses must illustrate capabilities in site investigation, risk management, and delivering social value, as outlined in the procurement documentation, to seize a foothold in the growing Huddersfield market. The final design and construction phase is set to begin from February 2027, thereby offering long-term engagement and sustainable business growth for adept contractors. ## Notice The Huddersfield Blueprint is a ten-year vision to create a thriving, modern-day town centre. The vision for Huddersfield is that it will be a busy, family-friendly town centre that stays open for longer with a unique culture, arts and leisure offer and a variety of thriving businesses. The scale of investment and transformation, including high quality, innovative culture, arts and leisure offers will improve the attractiveness of the town centre as a place to live, providing new opportunities for residential development. Estate Buildings is located in the heart of the town centre and forms part of Station Gateway area, one of the six key areas to be regenerated through the Huddersfield Blueprint. Kirklees Council is presenting an exciting opportunity to convert and acquire Estate Buildings, a listed and historically significant property in Huddersfield Town Centre, for residential use. Most of the property is Grade II* listed with nos. 3-7 Station Street being Grade II listed. The Council is seeking a developer with proven experience in regenerating historic buildings for residential use, as well as an awareness of the associated risks and complexities. The Council's vision is for Estate Buildings to be an aspirational place to live within the Town Centre. The homes delivered as part of this contract will be high quality, beautiful, spacious, energy efficient, and safe, and the development will foster a strong sense of place and community. It is expected that any housing units provided meet or surpass Nationally Described Space Standards. In terms of housing mix and tenure, the Council is open to all proposals from bidders so long as they help to achieve the Council's Blueprint ambition of providing a high-quality housing offer that could potentially attract new residents in the Town Centre, in particular recent graduates of Huddersfield University and young professionals wishing to commute to larger, neighbouring city centres. The successful developer will be required to submit a funding application, develop a complete design for the conversion of the asset into a residential property (apartments), obtain planning and listed building consents and complete the construction of the works following receipt of the appropriate level of funding for the development. The contract for this requirement will be structured into three stages, ensuring the Council have control of the asset throughout the delivery phase up until the practical completion of the construction stage. These stages are, Option Agreement, Building Lease and Transfer of the Freehold. The Council is following the Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) under the Procurement Act 2023 to maximise supplier engagement and allow for a more focused procurement process. There will be a two-stage process under this route to market. The Council are initially advertising the procurement opportunity with site and scope information and Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) including Conditions of Participation. This stage requires interested parties to submit a qualification response form. The Council intends on using this stage to shortlist a maximum of 3 bidders through a compliance, financial and quality evaluation (further information is available in the tender documentation). Bidders shortlisted will be invited to participate in stage 2, with the Invitation to Submit Final Tenders (ISFT) for their proposal of delivering the requirements on the site. The submission will be evaluated based on the evaluation criteria listed in the procurement documentation identified in the initial Invitation to Tender. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Renewal: The initial contract period identifies the anticipated term for the provision of all services under the option agreement to complete the necessary services (such as completion of a design, receipt of funding, planning approval and listed building consent etc) and attain the necessary approvals obligated under stage one of the contract. The contract will be extended, with the Council entering a building lease for the redevelopment (construction) in the conversion of the building into residential use, should the developer satisfy all obligations and wish to exercise the option to enter the building lease to commence the construction. ### Planning Information Responses to this Preliminary Market Engagement are required by 12noon on Friday 26th September 2025. Kirklees Council are seeking market feedback on the upcoming Estate Buildings Residential Development opportunity. The Council wish to engage with the market via a market feedback questionnaire. Organisations are required to access and respond to the Preliminary Market Engagement document. This can be accessed via the Council's tendering portal - https://yortender.eu-supply.com/ To provide a response to this Preliminary Market Engagement, an organisation must sign up to the YORTender portal (this can be done free of charge). Responses must be submitted via the YORTender portal. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024240-2026 | | Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Works | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Competitive flexible procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 17 Mar 2026 | | Submission deadline | 25 Mar 2026 | | Future notice date | 12 Jan 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Feb 2027 - 1 Mar 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £11,000,000 | | Lots value | £11,000,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF KIRKLEES | | Locality | HUDDERSFIELD | | Post town | Huddersfield | | Postcode | HD1 2TA | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE44 Calderdale and Kirklees | | Local authority | Kirklees | | Electoral ward | Newsome | | Westminster constituency | Huddersfield | | Delivery location | TLE44 Calderdale and Kirklees | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 45 - Construction work - 70 - Real estate services ### Codes - 45000000 - Construction work - 70111000 - Development of residential real estate ## Release History - 17 Mar 2026 at 16:09 - TenderUpdate - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024240-2026 - 13 Feb 2026 at 16:36 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013612-2026 - 5 Sep 2025 at 11:48 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054261-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024240-2026 17th March 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013612-2026 13th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054261-2025 5th September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender - https://yortender.eu-supply.com/ All tender documents are available free of charge from YORtender at the following Website; https://yortender.eu-supply.com/ Bidders may be required to sign up to the YORtender portal to provide a tender response. This can be done free of charge. ## Notice URLs - http://www.kirklees.gov.uk - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0594dd. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0594dd.json.