Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Wheatley Housing Group Limited
25 Cochrane Street
Glasgow
G1 1HL
UK
Contact person: Annemarie Hannaway
Telephone: +44 8004797979
E-mail: annemarie.hannaway@wheatley-group.com
NUTS: UKM82
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.wheatley-group.com
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10306
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
New Town Quarter, Edinburgh
Reference number: PR0083
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
The New Town Quarter development, located on Dundas Street, on the northern edge of Edinburgh’s New Town World Heritage Site. This brief is to deliver the affordable housing component (consisting of 108 Mid-Market Rent (MMR) homes delivered across a single block) of the wider mixed-use redevelopment of the former Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters, representing one of the city’s most significant brownfield regeneration opportunities.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
30 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45211360
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Edinburgh
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The New Town Quarter development, located on Dundas Street, on the northern edge of Edinburgh’s New Town World Heritage Site. This brief is to deliver the affordable housing component (consisting of 108 Mid-Market Rent (MMR) homes delivered across a single block) of the wider mixed-use redevelopment of the former Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters, representing one of the city’s most significant brownfield regeneration opportunities.
II.2.14) Additional information
Requests for clarification relating to this PIN must be sent via the Q and A Section on PCS web portal. Clarifications received through any other channel will not be answered. To ensure equality of treatment, WHE will publish the clarification questions raised together with WHE’s responses (but not the source of the questions) to all interested parties on the PCS web portal on an anonymous basis.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
22/05/2026
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=828313.
(SC Ref:828313)
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/04/2026