Acquisition and Development of Land - North West Quadrant, Slough

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and is the trading name of the Homes and Communities Agency, a statutory corporation established by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008. In line with its statutory objectives, Homes England intends to acquire the freehold of a site currently owned by Slough Borough Council (the Council) at William Street, Slough (known as North West Quadrant (the NWQ Site)), to enter into a novated option agreement with Community Solutions for Regeneration (Slough) Limited (CSR) as described below, and subsequently to enter into a development agreement with CSR to develop the NWQ Site. To the extent that this transaction would otherwise require a call for competition pursuant to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) or the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (CCR), then entry into it is permitted by PCR reg 32(2)(b)(iii) or CCR reg 31(6)(b)(iii) because of the exclusive rights enjoyed by CSR or associated entities.