Delivery Partner Panel 3

BIDDERS PLEASE NOTE: The latest Q & A document has been uploaded. BIDDERS PLEASE NOTE: The latest Q & A document has been uploaded to the extranet. Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is seeking to establish a framework of delivery partners who will work with the HCA and other contracting authorities who may decide to take advantage of this framework.

The framework (known as DPP3) will be for 4 years and be split into 5 regional lots each with 35 suppliers dependent upon receiving sufficient compliant bids.

It is intended to be used for the procurement and development of housing-led sites. This will include all activities necessary to construct housing and associated infrastructure, marketing and sales and transfer of freehold to eventual owners.

The Scope of Works includes all activities necessary to deliver completed homes, including raising of development finance; means to share development risk and reward; planning promotion including masterplanning; obtaining planning permission; supply chain management; design and construction of homes; provision of starter homes and other forms of affordable housing (in association with a registered provider, Local Authority or alternative provider); design and construction of infrastructure to support housing; sales and marketing of homes; aftercare and maintenance; management of completed units/developments; soft market testing. Specifically this will include development and disposal of sites for residential use; development and disposal of mixed-use housing-led sites, mixed-use elements could include community facilities, retailor commercial development, open space ancillary to and in support of housing; construction of housing and other associated buildings to include community facilities, retail or commercial development ancillary to and in support of housing; direct commissioning of homes; refurbishment / retrofit of existing homes, residential buildings, empty homes and associated buildings; refurbishment, restoration, conversion of heritage or other buildings for residential led use; demolition, site remediation and enabling works to prepare sites for residential or mixed-use development; construction of infrastructure to support residential and mixed-use development; development of Extra Care accommodation, Independent Living accommodation, other accommodation for vulnerable people and private rented housing; development of student accommodation; off-site manufacture of homes, modular construction, system build; maintenance and site management; construction or development of buildings to provide social infrastructure to support residential or residential-led development, provision of custom build homes, provision of serviced self-build plots; provision of serviced development parcels within a larger development site.

It is likely that many of the projects procured through the panel will have long build-out durations and it is anticipated that some of these will take up to 10 ye

Additional information: PLEASE NOTE: The latest Q & A responses are available.

The first Q&A document has been published and available via the upload link.

The contract value of 8 billion GBP is a combination of the gross development value of development opportunities and funded works to be procured via the framework.

Further information is available in the OJEU Contract Notice (2016/S 224-407921).

All discussions, meetings and communications will be conducted in English. The contract will be subject to English law. Tenders and all supporting documents must be priced in GBP and all payments under the contract will be made in GBP.

This procurement and award is subject to the transparency arrangements being adopted by the UK Government. These arrangements include the publication of tender documentation issued by the HCA and the contract between the HCA and supplier. Candidates are advised that the HCA is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ('The Act').

The HCA takes a zero-tolerance approach to bribery and corruption and sets high standards of impartiality, integrity and objectivity in relation to the stewardship of public funds and the management of its activities.

The HCA wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for use by itself and the following UK public sector bodies (and any future successors to these organisations): Combined Authorities established under Section 103 of the Local Democracy Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, http://www.local.gov.uk/devolution/map,All Ministerial and Non Ministerial UK Government Departments, including their Executive Agencies and other subsidiary bodies; Other parts of Central Government holding Crown Status employing Civil Servants; All non-Crown Status Government Companies wholly or partly owned by Central Government Departments and their subsidiaries; The non-Departmental Public Bodies, other Public Bodies, Public Corporations and their subsidiary bodies sponsored by Central Government Departments which are not covered by the above categories; Local Authorities Registered Providers; Any successor bodies to any of the above; and All new bodies created which fall within the criteria above.

The following links: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/publicsectorclassificationguide, https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/local-enterprise-partnerships-leps-and-enterprise-zones?page=2, https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations, http://openlylocal.com/councils/all,http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.hxtml sets out details of the bodies that fall within the categories set out above and may be referred to as a point of reference. DPP3 will cover all areas of England with the exception of London, as HCA does not operate in London.

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely