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Lancaster Canal Quarter: Coopers Fields - Affordable Housing Development Opportunity Site

Lancaster City Council · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 20:07.

Opportunity overview

Lancaster City Council is seeking to appoint a preferred housing developer partner to assist in delivering its housing regeneration ambitions for a specific city council owned site designated for early release within the Lancaster Canal Quarter regeneration area. The council has issued a Tender Notice and Invitation to Participate (ITP) for parties interested in taking forward the 0.9ha Coopers Fields site to deliver a mix of affordable and social housing in line with its adopted objectives. The council is particularly interested to hear from Registered Providers (RPs), developers with registered provider status in their business group, those with demonstrable capacity to partner with RPs, or those who are interested and may not fit in the above categories but would still be capable of delivering the same outcomes. The regeneration of the Canal Quarter area is critical to enhancing Lancaster’s role as a sub-regional centre and boosting its housing, commercial, cultural and leisure offer. Our ambitious vision is for a vibrant, sustainable and active Canal Quarter, integrated with the Lancaster Canal and served by areas of new public open space. A Quarter where contemporary development and hidden heritage can combine to create a diverse residential, commercial, cultural and recreational neighbourhood.

Classification

  • CPV45100000 — Site preparation work
  • CPV45200000 — Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
  • CPV70000000 — Real estate services
  • CPV71000000 — Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

Lots

  • Lot 1£36m · Including VAT

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
DN812408
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Main Procurement Category
works
Above Threshold
Yes
How to submit
The Invitation to Participate (ITP) in this Competitive Flexible procedure is available on the Proactis ProContract web portal 'The Chest'. Interested parties who meet the criteria above, are invited to download the relevant information and engage with this invitation by: 1. Going to https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities 2. Select 'Lancaster City Council' from the Organisation list 3. Search for Project ref. DN812408 or title 'Lancaster Canal Quarter: Coopers Fields Affordable Housing Site' 4. Select 'express interest in this opportunity'. 5. Download the ITP material and return the completed Procurement Specific Questionnaire and Supplementary Questions Response Form using the forms provided together with details of relevant examples by the deadline date. The deadline for responses is 12:00 Monday 18th May 2026.
Expression Of Interest Deadline
18 May 2026, 12:00

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure

Features
Following Pre-Market Engagement (054546-2025), the selected process aims to progressively develop a solution with suppliers that best meets the council’s requirements. A Competitive Flexible with Dialogue approach has been selected due to the development’s technical, legal and financial complexity. The council aims to run an effective and efficient process that seeks to build the solution stage by stage to minimise the time taken by the process and both the suppliers and council effort and costs. This participatory approach enables the development proposals and the contract terms to be collaboratively developed and optimised in a way that a more traditional procurement could not achieve. The procurement stages are as follows: Stage 1 - Invitation to Participate (ITP). Completion of Procurement Specific Questionnaire and Supplementary Questions. This will be followed by an officer assessment and down selection to a maximum of 5no. suppliers. Stage 2 - Invitation to Submit Outline Tender (ITSOT). Tenderers will be require to submit their outline proposals and agree to the draft legal agreements. This will be followed by an officer assessment and down selection to a maximum of 3no. tenderers. Stage 3 - Invitation to Participate in Dialogue (ITPD). Tenderers will be able to gain feedback on their outline proposal and review and progress commercial and legal matters. Tenderers will have the option to pursue a pre-planning application protocol. Stage 4 - Invitation to Submit Final Tenders (ITSFT) - Tenderers will be invited to submit final proposals and accept final draft legal agreements.

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Enquiry period

Ends
11 May 2026, 12:00

Expected award period

Ends
1 Dec 2026, 23:59

Lot Details

No Lots Division Rationale
The project comprises a single site for redevelopment.

Contract terms

Financial Terms
As per the documents issued on the Chest.

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active

Value

Including VAT
36,000,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
quality
Name
PSQ / SQ - Legal, Financial and Technical Capabilty and Experience
Description
As per the Invitation to Participate documents issued on the Chest - ref. DN812408. Criteria for future stages will be advised to qualifying suppliers.

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
100
Weight
percentageExact

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
technical
Description
As per the Invitation to Participate documents issued on the Chest - ref. DN812408.

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Feb 2027, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2030, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
45100000
Description
Site preparation work
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
71000000
Description
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
45200000
Description
Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
70000000
Description
Real estate services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD4
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Entry 2
Id
L-1
Document Type
technicalSpecifications
Entry 3
Id
L-2
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 4
Id
035706-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
20 Apr 2026, 14:50
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PTQG-8236-WVNZ

Address

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

Contact

Name
Kate Smith
Telephone
+44 1524582337

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

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

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Lancaster · UKD44 · LA1 1PJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD4 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 035706-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·