AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Choice Housing Ireland Limited has awarded and signed a works contract for redevelopment of its May Street headquarters in Belfast. The contract covers refurbishment of existing office and adjoining commercial buildings into a combined headquarters.
Published outcomeFELIX O'HARE & COMPANY LIMITED is the verified supplier for award 1 and contract 1. The contract is active, was signed on 12 October 2026, and is scheduled from 19 October 2026 to 16 October 2027.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold open-competition construction opportunity with a published gross contract value of £5,519,320.82. An earlier award record reports £5,900,843.93; the notices do not explain the difference.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
FELIX O'HARE & COMPANY LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £5,519,320.82 gross contract value; separately, the award record reports £5,900,843.93 GBP · Verified supplier; active award and active contract
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Supplier verification identifies company number NI001808 and verified company name FELIX O'HARE & COMPANY LIMITED. Award 1 names this supplier and contract 1 is linked to award 1.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Procurement status
99% confidenceComplete
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Tender status is "complete" in the supplied notice data.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 status is "active".
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 status is "active".
Contract signed
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Contract 1 gives dateSigned as 2026-10-12.
Scheduled contract period
99% confidence19 October 2026 to 16 October 2027
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Contract 1 period gives startDate 2026-10-19 and endDate 2027-10-16.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract value
99% confidence£5,519,320.82 gross
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Contract 1 value is amountGross 5519320.82 GBP.
Published award-record value
99% confidence£5,900,843.93
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The supplied awards record for award 1 lists value_amount 5900843.93 GBP.
Value reconciliation
99% confidenceTwo different published values are present; no explanation or value basis for the difference is supplied.
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The contract value is £5,519,320.82 gross, while the award record value is £5,900,843.93.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
99% confidence20 August 2026
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Award 1 lists award_date as 2026-08-20.
Award notice first seen
98% confidence26 August 2026
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Award 1 lists first_seen_at as 2026-08-26; release history records a Contract award notice on that date.
Contract signed
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-12.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Contract document 095947-2026 gives datePublished as 2026-10-12.
Scheduled start
99% confidence19 October 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-19.
Scheduled end
99% confidence16 October 2027
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2027-10-16.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceExternal and internal refurbishment of existing office and commercial buildings into a combined Choice Housing Ireland headquarters.
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Procurement description.
Site
99% confidence31-41 May Street, Belfast, including Leslie Morrell House at 37-41 May Street and the adjoining former Kennedy Recruitment building at 31-35 May Street.
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Procurement description.
Procurement category
99% confidenceWorks
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is "works".
Classifications
98% confidenceBuilding construction work (CPV 45210000); construction work for commercial and related buildings (CPV 45213000).
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Award 1 item additional classifications.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne lot (lot 1); no lot title or description supplied.
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Tender and award data identify lot 1 only; supplied lot record has null title and description.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen competition
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Tender procurementMethod is "open".
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold - open competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails is "Below threshold - open competition".
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of bids, bidder identities, evaluation scores and award rationale are unknown.
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract title
99% confidencePRN25093 LMH Redevelopment
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Contract 1 title.
Contract duration
98% confidenceApproximately 12 months, from 19 October 2026 to 16 October 2027.
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Contract 1 stated period.
Performance metrics
96% confidenceConstruction Progress; Certified Costs monitored monthly; Accepted Variations monitored monthly.
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Contract 1 agreedMetrics lists these measures; the latter two include monthly observation frequency.
Extensions and options
99% confidenceUnknown.
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Delivery focus
94% confidenceThe procurement consolidates refurbishment of two existing May Street buildings into a modern combined headquarters, indicating a substantial building-redevelopment delivery requirement.
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Procurement description.
Contract-management visibility
96% confidencePublished metrics indicate monitoring of construction progress, certified costs and accepted variations; cost and variation reporting is stated as monthly.
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Contract 1 agreedMetrics.
Value interpretation
99% confidenceThe contract-level gross value should not be treated as identical to the separate award-record value without further source clarification.
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Published contract value (£5,519,320.82 gross) differs from award-record value (£5,900,843.93).
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting published values
99% confidenceThe award record reports £5,900,843.93, whereas the signed contract record reports £5,519,320.82 gross. The supplied data provides no reconciliation.
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Supplied awards and contracts records.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no supplied title, description or individual value.
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Supplied lot record contains null title, description and value.
Competition and evaluation
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: bid count, tenderers, scores, evaluation rationale and pricing breakdown.
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No such fields are included in the supplied data.
Contract terms
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: extension options, renewal terms and detailed pricing or scope documents.
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No such fields or documents are included in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Two different values are published for the same award/contract relationship: £5,900,843.93 in the award record and £5,519,320.82 gross in the contract record. No reconciliation or explanation is supplied.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description, individual value or pricing breakdown.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes bid count, bidder identities, evaluation scores, award rationale, extension options and renewal terms.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Choice Housing IrelandMay Street Belfast redevelopmentFELIX O'HARE & COMPANY LIMITEDPRN25093construction contract awardheadquarters refurbishment
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the May Street headquarters redevelopment contract?
FELIX O'HARE & COMPANY LIMITED, verified under company number NI001808.
What is the contract value?
The contract record gives a gross value of £5,519,320.82. A separate award record lists £5,900,843.93, and the supplied data does not explain the difference.
When does the contract run?
It was signed on 12 October 2026 and is scheduled to run from 19 October 2026 to 16 October 2027.
What work is included?
The works cover external and internal refurbishment of existing May Street office and commercial buildings into a combined Choice Housing Ireland headquarters in Belfast.
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