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PASSIVHAUS DEVELOPMENT - 305-307 TWYFORD AVENUE, PORTSMOUTH 2025

Portsmouth City Council · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 04:51.

Opportunity overview

Portsmouth City Council ('the council') is inviting requests to participate from suitably qualified suppliers to deliver a Passivhaus small scale housing development at 305-307 Twyford Avenue, Portsmouth. The estimate contract value is £1-1.5m and we expect work to commence on site in November 2025 and to complete in Autumn 2026. The Council are looking to appoint a principal contractor, with the ability to undertake the works directly or through established subcontracting arrangements. The contract is for construction and a design portion. Planning has been secured under references 24/01001/FUL. The Council has decided to use a two-stage process to procure the stated requirements; specifically: • a discrete Conditions of Participation stage to establish a shortlist of up to 6 suppliers • shortlisted suppliers will subsequently be invited to tender for the works. The successful suppliers will be appointed using a JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2024 with Contractors Design Portion. The Council is targeting to have awarded this contract by November 2025. This procurement timetable is indicative and, while the council does not intend to depart from it, it reserves the right to do so at any time. Publish below threshold contract notice on FTS - Friday 27th June 2025 1st Stage - Conditions of Participation (CoP) published on Intend - Friday 27th June 2025 Deadline for requests for clarification - Wednesday 16th June 2025 at 16:00 Stage 1 submission deadline - Friday 25th July 2025 at 12:00 Notification of CoP evaluation results - Friday 8th August 2025 Stage 2 Final procurement documents published on Intend - Monday 18th August 2025 Site Visits TBC Deadline for requests for clarification - Wednesday 17th September 2025 at 16:00 Stage 2 - Tender return deadline - Friday 26th September 2025 at 12:00 Notification of preferred bidder - Thursday 23rd October 2025 Standstill period (Voluntary) - Friday 24th October 2025 to Tuesday 4th November 2025 Contract award - Wednesday 5th November 2025 Mobilisation - 4 weeks Start onsite - Monday 8th December 2025 Complete onsite - Friday 4th December 2026

Classification

  • CPV45000000 — Construction work

Lots

  • Lot 1£1.5m

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
P00005116
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
works
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Tender Period

Ends
25 Jul 2025, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
16 Jul 2025, 16:00

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active

Value

Amount
1,500,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
1,800,000

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Award criteria

Description
As described in the procurement specific questionnaire and the conditions of participation. Up to the top ranked 6 suppliers will be invited to tender. The evaluation criteria are included in the PSQ - Questionnaire - Twyford Avenue 305-7. The evaluation of responses takes place in two stages: • Evaluation of the pass/fail requirements, only when a supplier has satisfied these minimum requirements within the PSQ will evaluation proceed to their case study experience assessment. • Evaluation of the contract case studies. The PSQ focuses on the following sections that will be assessed on a pass/fail basis - 1 to 5 - Preliminary questions, including • Supplier information • Grounds for exclusion • Supplier eligibility 6 to 11 - Additional exclusions, including • Associated Persons • Debarment • Intended Subcontractors 12 to 13 - Financial capacity 14 - Insurance 15 - Relevant experience and contract examples 16 to 20 - Health & Safety, including - • H&S Policy • SSIP Accreditation • Accident Reporting • RIDDOR • HSE FFI Charges 21 - Accreditations - Not Used 22 - Modern Slavery Statement 23 - Confirmation statement Scoring of case studies The case study summary list will firstly be checked to ensure the Supplier has met all the Minimum Requirement Elements stated, the right number of times. This is assessed on a pass/fail basis. Where a Supplier has provided further evidence of a Minimum requirement Element in a Contract Case Study beyond the number that is required on a pass/fail basis, one point is awarded. There are no pass/fail elements or minimum number requirements for the Additional Experience Elements. Each Contract Case Study that can demonstrate evidence of an Additional Experience Element will receive one point. So for example, if Passivhaus Certification has been achieved on all three submitted Contract Case Studies, then three points would be awarded. Beyond the pass/fail element of the assessment of Contract Case Studies, a total of 19 points are available for Suppliers. A worked example is included in PSQ - APP3 CCS Worked Example - Twyford Avenue 305-7 Contract Case Study - Tie Break If multiple suppliers are tied at 6th place through the achievement of identical scores, then a tie-break will apply. The tie-break will take the sum of the scores achieved for the following Technical and Professional Ability Questions: • Minimum Requirement element # 4 - Contract Value • Minimum Requirement element # 5 - Use of JCT • Additional Experience element # 1 - Passivhaus Certification • Additional Experience element # 3 - Managing projects where disruption is likely This will provide one score for each Supplier tied for 6th place and the highest-ranking Supplier will be taken through as 6th place to tender. A worked example is included in PSQ - APP3 CCS Worked Example - Twyford Avenue 305-7

Contract period

Ends
4 Dec 2026, 23:59
Starts
5 Nov 2025, 00:00

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Description
As described in the procurement specific questionnaire and the conditions of participation.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ31
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
45000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Construction work

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
L-1
Description
Add
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 2
Id
035576-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
27 Jun 2025, 08:42

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PCNL-5714-PRZV
Name
Portsmouth City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ31
Country
GB
Locality
Portsmouth
Postal Code
PO1 2AL
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Civic Offices, Guildhall Square

Details

Classifications

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

Identifier

Id
PCNL-5714-PRZV
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Telephone
+44 2392688235

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Portsmouth · UKJ31 · PO1 2AL · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ31 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-055498-2025-06-27T08:42:36+01:00Tender notice on Find a Tender ·