AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Coastline Design and Build Limited awarded and signed a direct-award JCT Design and Build contract with EBC Partnerships Limited for delivery of 30 affordable homes at Ruan Minor Glebe. The contract is active from 16 September 2026 to 6 April 2028.
Published outcomeOne active works award, covering lot 1, is recorded for EBC Partnerships Limited. The signed contract value is £6,559,560 gross.
Market significanceThis is a £6.56m affordable-housing construction award in Cornwall, procured directly because the buyer stated that EBC controlled the only site meeting its identified housing need.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
EBC PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 6559560 GBP · Active
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Award 1 names EBC PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED as supplier; supplier identity is verified against Companies House number 08912263. Contract 1 linked to award 1 states a gross value of GBP 6,559,560.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceComplete
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Tender status is "complete" and the published notice is a Contract details notice.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status "active".
Contract status
99% confidenceActive and signed
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Contract 1 has status "active", dateSigned of 2026-09-16, and a document classified as "contractSigned".
VALUES
Published values explained
Signed contract value (gross)
99% confidence£6,559,560
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 6,559,560 GBP.
Value allocation
95% confidenceAllocated to the sole award and supplier
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The notice contains one award, one supplier and one contract linked to award 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award notice date
95% confidence12 August 2026
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Award 1 records award_date 2026-08-12.
Contract signed
99% confidence16 September 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-09-16.
Contract start
99% confidence16 September 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-09-16.
Contract end
99% confidence6 April 2028
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2028-04-06.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026
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The contract notice document records datePublished 2026-10-14.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Project
97% confidenceRuan Minor Glebe affordable-housing development
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Tender title and description identify "Ruan Minor Glebe" and delivery of 30 affordable homes for Coastline Housing.
Procurement category
99% confidenceWorks: houses construction work
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is "works"; its CPV classification is 45211300, Houses construction work.
Housing output
97% confidence30 affordable homes
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Tender description states "Delivery of 30 affordable homes for Coastline Housing".
Delivery area
90% confidenceUKK3, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly region
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Award item delivery address is region UKK3.
Lot coverage
99% confidenceLot 1
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Award 1 and contract 1 are linked to lot 1. No lot title or separate lot description is published.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceDirect award
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Tender procurementMethod is "direct" and procurementMethodDetails is "Direct award".
Buyer-stated rationale
96% confidenceThe buyer said EBC controlled the only available site meeting its identified housing need and would not dispose of it to another developer.
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Published procurementMethodRationale states that there were no alternative suitable sites and EBC was unwilling to dispose of the site to another developer.
Competition information
99% confidenceBidder count and evaluation information not published
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No bid count, tender submissions, scoring or evaluation results are supplied in the notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Form of contract
96% confidenceJCT Design and Build
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Tender description states that Coastline Design and Build entered into a JCT Design and Build contract with EBC.
Term
99% confidence16 September 2026 to 6 April 2028
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Contract 1 period start and end dates are supplied.
Performance monitoring
95% confidenceQuality and delivery are monitored monthly; health and safety includes at least quarterly independent visits and monthly internal visits.
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Contract agreedMetrics specify monthly quality inspections, quarterly independent health and safety visits plus monthly internal visits, and monthly delivery monitoring.
Extensions or renewal options
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension or renewal terms are supplied in the published notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Site-control dependency
96% confidenceThe direct award was explicitly linked to the supplier's control of the only site stated to meet the buyer's identified need.
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Buyer-stated direct-award rationale says EBC controlled the only available suitable site.
Contract value per planned home
90% confidenceApproximately £218,652 gross per home
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Calculated as £6,559,560 gross divided by the stated 30 affordable homes. This is a simple whole-contract ratio, not a unit-price or cost benchmark.
Funding-linked delivery oversight
94% confidenceDelivery performance is monitored against funding requirements and reported to management and executive level.
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The Delivery agreed metric states this monitoring approach.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Contract conclusion evidence
99% confidenceStrong
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The data provides an active contract record, a signed date, contract period, gross value and a document classified as contractSigned.
Supplier identity
99% confidenceVerified
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The supplier is matched by company number to EBC PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED, number 08912263.
Published scope detail
96% confidenceLimited
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The notice gives the development name, housing quantity and CPV but does not publish a detailed specification, lot title or pricing breakdown.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bidder count, tender prices, scores, evaluation rationale or award criteria results are present.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No bidder count, competing bids, evaluation scores, award-criteria results or savings information is published.
- No detailed works specification, lot title, individual cost breakdown or pricing schedule is supplied.
- No extension, renewal option or replacement procurement plan is published.
- The delivery address is published only at UKK3 regional level; an exact works address is not supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
EBC Partnerships LimitedCoastline Design and Build LimitedRuan Minor Glebeaffordable homesJCT Design and Builddirect awardCornwall construction contract
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Ruan Minor Glebe contract?
EBC Partnerships Limited won award 1. Its legal identity was verified using company number 08912263.
What is the value of the contract?
The signed gross contract value is £6,559,560.
Was the contract signed?
Yes. The published contract record gives a signing date of 16 September 2026 and includes a document classified as a signed contract.
Why was the procurement directly awarded?
The buyer stated that EBC controlled the only available site meeting its identified housing need and was not willing to dispose of it to another developer.
When does the contract end?
The published contract end date is 6 April 2028.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.