Social Housing PPP Bundle 1

Page last updated: 20/12/21

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Project Background

The 2^nd phase of the Government’s current PPP programme, announced by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin T.D in Budget 2015, envisages a programme to invest €300million in social housing and is expected to comprise

development of up to 1,500 housing units as a number of ‘bundles’ of sites;
provision of services to the developments over a 25 year period following construction that will include the maintenance and upkeep of the housing; and
return of the asset after 25 years in prime condition.

The Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage is the sanctioning authority for the Programme with NDFA acting as financial advisor, procuring authority and project manager.

Project Details

On 13^th October 2015 the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Alan Kelly T.D and the Minister for Housing, Planning and Co-ordination of Construction 2020 Paudie Coffey T.D announced the location of the 6 sites comprising the 1^st bundle as follows:

Site	Local Authority	Indicative No. of Units
Ayrfield, Malahide Road	Dublin City Council	150*
Corkagh Grange	South Dublin County Council	109
Scribblestown, Finglas	Dublin City Council	70
Dunleer, Co. Louth	Louth County Council	80
Convent Lands, Wicklow Town	Wicklow County Council	51
Craddockstown, Naas	Kildare County Council	74
Total		534

* includes 50 units for senior citizens

Project Team

Sanctioning Authority	Dept. Housing, Local Government & Heritage
Sponsoring Agency	Dublin City Council
Local Authorities	Dublin City Council, South Dublin County Council, Kildare County Council, Louth County Council, Wicklow County Council
Project Management	NDFA
Financial Advisor	NDFA
Legal Advisor	Eversheds Sutherland
Insurance Advisor	Willis Risk Services (Ireland) Ltd.
Planning Advisor	HRA Planning
Architect	Coady Architects and Sean Harrington Architects
Civil & Structural Engineers	Malone O’Regan Consulting Engineers
Mechanical & Engineering Engineers	Semple & McKillop
PSDP	Turner & Townsend
Quantity Surveyor	Currie and Brown (formerly Sweett Ireland)

Procurement / Latest News

Latest News

Tenders for the project were received on 5th July 2018 and following evaluation the Comhar Housing consortium was selected as preferred tenderer. The Comhar Housing consortium includes Macquarie Capital, John Sisk and Sons, Choice Housing Ireland Ltd. and Oaklee.

The contract was awarded on 19th March 2019, with sod turnings taking place at the Ayrfield site on 21st March and the Corkagh Grange site on 30th April.

View press release here

Procurement

The Contract Notice was published on 12th May 2017 and expressions of interest were submitted by 5 candidates. Following evaluation of these submissions 3 candidates were shortlisted and invited to tender.

Details of the shortlisted candidates are available here.

Meet the Buyer events targeted at SMEs were held in March and November 2018 providing an opportunity for over 320 suppliers to meet with the construction and maintenance contractors tendering for the project to discuss sub-contracting opportunities