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Contract Award Notice

Belfast City Council Private Sector Partner (PSP)

  • First published: 08 May 2025
  • Last modified: 08 May 2025
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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-03b0dd
Published by:
Belfast City Council
Authority ID:
AA20440
Publication date:
08 May 2025
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

Belfast City Council (“Council”) has appointed a Private Sector Partner (“PSP”) to act as a master developer with the financial means and relevant experience, skills, and resources to make a significant contribution to achieving the Council’s vision for Belfast City via participation in a public private development partnership (“the Partnership”) with the Council.

The Council and the PSP will form a long term contractual joint venture (“Joint Venture”) that will be the basis of the Partnership. This will take the form of an overarching agreement, which Council is calling the Strategic Partnership Agreement (or SPA), which will, amongst other things, set out the process by which the Council and the PSP will enter into Site Specific Development Agreements.

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Belfast City Council

9-21 Adelaide Street

Belfast

BT2 8DJ

UK

E-mail: cps@belfastcity.gov.uk

NUTS: UKN06

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.belfastcity.gov.uk

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5) Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Belfast City Council Private Sector Partner (PSP)

Reference number: T2482

II.1.2) Main CPV code

45000000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Works

II.1.4) Short description

Belfast City Council (“Council”) has appointed a Private Sector Partner (“PSP”) to act as a master developer with the financial means and relevant experience, skills, and resources to make a significant contribution to achieving the Council’s vision for Belfast City via participation in a public private development partnership (“the Partnership”) with the Council.

The Council and the PSP will form a long term contractual joint venture (“Joint Venture”) that will be the basis of the Partnership. This will take the form of an overarching agreement, which Council is calling the Strategic Partnership Agreement (or SPA), which will, amongst other things, set out the process by which the Council and the PSP will enter into Site Specific Development Agreements.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 630 000 000.00  GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

70000000

70110000

70111000

70112000

70120000

70121000

70122000

71000000

71530000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKN06


Main site or place of performance:

Belfast, Northern Ireland

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Construction Works.

Construction Professional Services.

Real Estate Services.

The Council is a local authority and therefore is a “contracting authority” for the purposes of

the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“PCR 2015”) and the Concession Contracts

Regulations 2016 (“CCR 2016”). The Council used the Competitive Dialogue process

pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (PCR)

which involved the following core stages:

Stage 1 – Selection Stage -a Selection Questionnaire (SQ) stage to shortlist Tenderers based

on their capacity, capability, and financial standing;

Stage 2 – Dialogue Stage – issue of the the Invitation to Participate in Dialogue (ITPD) stage

comprised of the submission of Outline Solutions with detailed Dialogue.

Stage 3 - Final Tender Stage - Close of Dialogue and the submission and evaluation of Final

Tenders, following which the winning Tenderer will be selected.

Stage 4 – Contract Award Stage - Finalisation with Preferred Bidder and Award.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Approach to Concept Design / Weighting: 25

Quality criterion: Approach to Delivery / Weighting: 40

Quality criterion: Approach to Social Value / Weighting: 15

Cost criterion: Overage / Weighting: 20

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

II.2.14) Additional information

Stage 1 Selection Stage: five Tenderers submitted a response. The three compliant & highest scoring Tenderers progressed to Stage 2.

Stage 2 Dialogue Stage: Outline Solution submissions were received from two Tenderers.

Stage 3 Final Tender Stage: Following completion of feedback on Outline Solutions and conclusion of the final phase of dialogue, final tenders were received from two Tenderers.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Competitive dialogue

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S:

2023/S 000-032131

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: T2482

Title: Belfast City Council Private Sector Partner (PSP)

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

13/12/2024

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 5

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

John Graham Construction Ltd

Belfast

UK

NUTS: UKN06

The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 630 000 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

The SPA commenced on 7th April 2025 and will run for 180 months, with the ability to extend for a further 120 months.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Royal Courts of Justice

Chichester Street

Belfast

BT1 3JF

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

25/04/2025

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
71000000 Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services Construction and Real Estate
70121000 Building sale or purchase services Buying and selling of real estate
70120000 Buying and selling of real estate Real estate services with own property
71530000 Construction consultancy services Construction-related services
45000000 Construction work Construction and Real Estate
70112000 Development of non-residential real estate Development services of real estate
70111000 Development of residential real estate Development services of real estate
70110000 Development services of real estate Real estate services with own property
70122000 Land sale or purchase services Buying and selling of real estate
70000000 Real estate services Construction and Real Estate

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

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About the buyer

Main contact:
cps@belfastcity.gov.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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