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474 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 2DP

Oxford City Council · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 22 Sept 2026, 16:25.

Opportunity overview

The delivery of a purpose-built affordable housing scheme at 474 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 2DP.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

CANTAY ESTATES LIMITED

Matched by number
Published award value
£12.4m
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 03514731
Location
Oxford, UKJ14, OX2 7JF, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value 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
ocds-h6vhtk-0777ba
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Decision to award the contract directly to the Supplier in accordance with the justification contained in Schedule 5, paragraph 5 of the Procurement Act 2023, on the basis that the following conditions are met: " (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works." Condition (a) is met because: (1) the Supplier owns the freehold in the land which is subject to the proposed development and therefore possesses exclusive proprietary rights in the land; and The site was formerly occupied by a timber yard and was marketed on the open market by the previous owner, the Order of St John, through Jones Lang LaSalle real estate company. Following this process, Cantay Estates Ltd successfully secured the site through an unconditional offer and now controls the development opportunity. As a result, Cantay Estates Ltd is the only party capable of bringing forward development on this specific site. (2) the Supplier has firmly indicated that the proposed development could only be carried out by the Supplier and therefore only it can supply the works involved in completing the proposed development. Condition (b) is met because the Council has explored all potential alternatives to the works involved in the proposed development, as detailed below, but has not been able to identify a reasonable alternative.
Published risks
There is a one-time price review option (if there is a delay in securing planning consent) with an option to the Council to terminate the agreement at this point

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Oxford City Council
Id
GB-PPON-PJQW-3663-YMYQ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PJQW-3663-YMYQ

Address

Street Address
Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates
Locality
Oxford
Postal Code
OX1 1BX
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ14

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
CANTAY ESTATES LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-03514731

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
03514731

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PZPX-7852-ZGZT

Address

Street Address
Banquets House
Locality
Oxford
Postal Code
OX2 7JF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ14

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
works
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
45111291
Description
Site-development work

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
13,750,000
Amount
12,375,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-03514731
Name
CANTAY ESTATES LIMITED

Contract period

Starts
14 Dec 2026, 00:00
Ends
13 Dec 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
13 Dec 2030, 23:59

Renewal

Description
2 further options to extend for 6 months, up to a maximum of 12 months

Options

Description
There is a one-time price review option (if there is a delay in securing planning consent) with an option for the Council to terminate the agreement at this point.

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
089723-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
22 Sept 2026, 14:54
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
1 Dec 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Oxford · UKJ14 · OX1 1BX · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 089723-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·