Development Partner for the Blackpool Central Housing Regeneration Area Scheme

Blackpool Council ("Council") is seeking to procure a Development Partner, with the requisite skills and track record to work in partnership with the Council to redevelop a 5.41-hectare site close to Blackpool town centre to deliver a high quality residential-led scheme, including the following key worksteams:

• demolish up to 300 densely populated properties and existing structures including the removal of associated infrastructure;
• undertake site clearance and preparation work;
• develop up to 230 new dwellings (use class C3) with car and cycle parking;
• develop local centre uses comprising floorspace for flexible E use classes (including office, retail, leisure including food and beverage and F2 use classes (including halls, meeting places for local community);
• deliver new public realm and hard and soft landscaped public open spaces;
• and provide associated infrastructure and highway works.

Please see the Request to Participate ("RTP") document for further information which is available via the Council's procurement portal (https://procontract.due-north.com/.).

The estimated contract value of this Project on the defined Site (within the red boundary line), as set out in the RTP is £102,000,000 (inclusive of VAT).

Please note, the Council reserves the right to bring forward similar phases at its discretion, subject to the Contract Documents, during the term within the extended red boundary line (please see the RTP for further information).

The total estimated value set out in this tender notice includes: extension options; and the provision for potential, future phases and options for further similar development activity. The Council cannot guarantee that any extension options or further phases will be progressed.

Subject to the necessary approvals, development works in respect of the Project on the Site are anticipated to begin in 2028.

The Council has entered into a grant funding agreement ("GFA") with the Homes and Community Agency ("Homes England"). This project is now backed by £110.4m of grant funding from Homes England and is part of a wider 15-year vision to transform housing and communities across inner Blackpool.

The project is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Blackpool; it marks the start of the journey to deliver transformational change to housing in the heart of Blackpool's urban area.

The Council is adopting a multi staged competitive flexible procedure ("CFP") process pursuant to section 20(2)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023 ("Act"), to procure a development partner.