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Skerton School and Mainway Regeneration - Preliminary Market Engagement

Lancaster City Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Lancaster City Council is launching this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to seek responses from developers and investors on potential partnership and investment structures to help shape and lead the delivery of two mayor housing schemes. The Council seeks partnership approaches that bring forward investment, delivery expertise, and innovative funding and risk-sharing solutions and bridge viability challenges in the early years of operation. This PME is designed to explore opportunities for partnership that will enable immediate delivery and bring forward the Council’s long-term regeneration respectively for: Skerton School is a planning-approved scheme for around 135 affordable and social homes. It is ready to proceed either as a stand-alone development or as the enabling first phase of the Mainway regeneration. The Council is seeking a partner to lead delivery of this scheme, providing the additionality and decant capacity needed to support a rolling programme of renewal at Mainway and to establish early delivery momentum. Mainway Estate Regeneration is a long-term regeneration and investment opportunity. The emerging masterplan envisions up to 400 new dwellings across a mixed tenure development, delivered through phased regeneration with the opportunities to incorporate our Council Housing building ambitions within wider partner-led regeneration and redevelopment of the estate. Together, Skerton and Mainway present an opportunity for partners lead delivery of a planning-ready scheme and the long-term investment in a transformational regeneration programme

Classification

  • CPV45000000 — Construction work
  • CPV66000000 — Financial and insurance services
  • CPV70000000 — Real estate services
  • CPV71000000 — Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

Lots

  • Lot 0Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN795733
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
works

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
0
Status
planning

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2029, 23:59
Starts
1 Apr 2027, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
0
Related Lot
0

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
45000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Construction work
Entry 2
Id
66000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Financial and insurance services
Entry 3
Id
70000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Real estate services
Entry 4
Id
71000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
070500-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
3 Nov 2025, 14:34

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
12 Dec 2025, 23:59
Description
Suppliers can engage with this pre market engagement by: 1. Going to https://procontract.due-north.com/opportunities 2.Select 'Lancaster City Council' from the Organisation list 3. Search for Project ref. DN795733 or title 'Skerton School and Mainway regeneration' 4. Select 'express interest in this opportunity.' 5 Download the Request for information pack and complete the provided question response form by the deadline date. The deadline for responses is 12:00 Friday December 2025

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PTQG-8236-WVNZ
Name
Lancaster City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD44
Country
GB
Locality
Lancaster
Postal Code
LA1 1PJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Lancaster Town Hall, Dalton Square

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PTQG-8236-WVNZ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Mr Andrew Whittaker

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Lancaster · UKD44 · LA1 1PJ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05d918-2025-11-03T14:34:53ZPreliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·