College Heath Road Development

What the buyer is asking for

The Procurement is for the design and construction of a residential development at College Heath Road, Mildenhall, comprising 40 affordable homes together with all associated infrastructure, external works, roads, drainage, utility connections, landscaping and statutory approvals. The Contract will be delivered under a JCT Design and Build Contract 2024, as amended by the Authority. The successful Contractor will assume responsibility for completing and coordinating the design and for constructing the Works in accordance with the Employer's Requirements, accepted Contractor's Proposals and all Contract requirements. The Contract includes sectional completion requirements and associated milestone obligations. Tenderers will be required to achieve the sectional completion dates, handover requirements and related delivery milestones specified within the Tender Documents. The Contractor shall be responsible for programming, managing and coordinating the Works to ensure achievement of all sectional and overall completion requirements. The Contractor will be responsible for design development, statutory approvals, Building Regulations compliance, NHBC Social Housing Warranty requirements, utility infrastructure, highway and drainage adoption processes, testing, commissioning, certification, handover and defects management. The development is located on a brownfield site formerly occupied by council offices. Previous demolition works have been undertaken; however, some hardstanding, foundations and spoil remain on site. An existing dwelling located in the south-west corner of the site is to be demolished as part of the Works. The successful Contractor shall be responsible for the demolition of the remaining dwelling, completion of all associated site clearance and enabling works, management of existing site constraints and integration of the completed development with existing infrastructure and service networks. Tenderers are expected to satisfy themselves as to the nature of the Site and any constraints relevant to the delivery of the project. The Authority places particular importance on programme certainty, design quality, build quality, building safety, regulatory compliance, competence management, defect prevention, successful handover and customer satisfaction. The Contractor will be required to manage planning condition discharge, utility infrastructure, statutory approvals, adoption processes, testing, commissioning, certification and sectional completion requirements in accordance with the Tender Documents.

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• 40%qualityQualityProject Team & Resources - 4% Site Analysis & Risk Mitigation - 5% Programme - 7% Design Management, Innovation & Design Assurance - 7% Building Safety, Compliance & Competence - 4% Construction Quality & Defects - 5% Sustainability - 3% Relationship & Community - 2% Social Value Delivery Plan 3%
• 60%pricePrice

What you must already have

Conditions of participation. These are pass or fail, so check them before writing anything.

• economic

  Minimum turnover: Minimum annual turnover of £14.25m. Net assets: Positive net assets in the most recently available accounts or provision of satisfactory alternative security acceptable to the Authority. Liquidity: Current ratio of at least 1.0 or provision of additional evidence satisfactory to the Authority. Bonding: Ability to provide a performance bond equal to 10% of the contract value if required. Cashflow: Sufficient cashflow and working capital facilities to deliver the contract.

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice published57 days ago

   27 Jul 2026, 11:46 BST
2. Submission deadlinein 42 days

   2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
3. Award decision expected byin 106 days

   5 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

1. Tender notice27 Jul 2026, 11:46 BST070720-2026

Documents

• All Tender documents are available from the web link. Participation requires registration on the E-Sourcing platform for any Tenderer who does not have an existing user account.
• Tender notice on Find a Tender