003028 Newcastle Housing Delivery Partnership Framework

Descriptions

Newcastle City Council sought to appoint a range of partners to a Housing Partnership Framework Panel to bring forward development of new affordable homes and the refurbishment of existing properties in Newcastle and Gateshead together with specialist housing for older people and specialist housing for people with care and support needs; on a Design, Build and Operate basis, on land or assets currently owned by the Newcastle City Council and includes all activities required to deliver new homes including gaining necessary permission (i.e. Planning), raising development finance, supply chain management, and site management; provision of affordable homes, sales and marketing of homes where appropriate, after care services, housing management and maintenance services along with building management and grounds maintenance services.Works may include; remediation, demolition and clearance works; site preparation and infrastructure works to support delivery of new homes; and site construction of houses, flats, multi dwelling buildings, supported housing and housing for older people, along with multi functional buildings; refurbishment/retrofit and restorations works to existing homes; conversion of commercial properties and upper floors; and, urban development construction works.The Framework Panel was split into 4 LOT's,Lot 1 Affordable Rented Housing,Lot 2 Affordable Sale Housing,Lot 3 Older Person Housing,Lot 4 Supported Housing.Partner could apply to be appointed to individual or multiple lots. Only organisations registered with the HCA as a registered provider of Social Housing, were accepted onto Lots 1, 3, and 4.The scale of developments ranges from small sites with capacity of under 10 units to sites with a capacity of approximately 150 units. It is expected that approximately 557-805 units will be delivered through the Framework Panel.The Framework Panel period will be four years from the date of the framework agreement.