Social Housing PPP Bundle 1
Page last updated: 11/01/19
Project Background
The 2nd 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, Planning, Community and Local Government are the sanctioning authority for the Programme with NDFA acting as financial advisor, procuring authority and project manager.
Project Details
On 13th 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 1st 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, Planning & Local Govt. |
| 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
Tenders for the project were received on 5th July 2018 and following evaluation the Comhar Housing consortium has been identified as preferred tenderer. The NDFA, along with Dublin City Council, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and the Comhar Housing consortium are currently working towards financial close.
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.
A 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.
A design team was appointed for the Bundle 1 project in August 2016 and planning and other statutory consents were secured for each of the 6 sites during 2017.