Social Housing PPP Bundle 6

Pre-Procurement
Procurement
Contract Award
Construction
Construction Completed
Contract Management

Project Background

The Government’s “Housing for All” Plan aims to increase the use of PPPs to deliver social housing.

On the 22^nd June 2022, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, welcomed the launch of Bundles 4 and 5 of the new Public Private Partnership (PPP) programme for social housing delivery. View press release here

The Social Housing Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme is designed to deliver:

social housing developments via project ‘bundles’ of sites;
the provision of services to the developments over a 25 year period following construction that will include the maintenance and upkeep of the housing and tenancy management services; and
the return of the developments to the relevant local authorities after 25 years in a pre-defined condition.

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is the approving authority for the programme with the NDFA as financial advisor, procuring authority and project manager, working closely with the relevant local authorities.

All homes in the first and second bundles have been delivered. The procurement process has commenced for the third bundle and planning permission has been granted for all sites in the bundle. Bundles 4 and 5 are in pre-procurement with technical advisor appointments being finalised.

Bundle 1 includes 534 homes across 6 sites
Bundle 2 includes 465 homes across 8 sites
Bundle 3 includes c. 486 homes across 6 sites
Bundle 4 includes c. 850 homes across 8 sites
Bundle 5 includes c. 750 homes across 10 sites

Project Details

Cork Co. Council is acting as the lead local authority for the sixth bundle of the Social Housing PPP Programme. The location of the eight sites and indicatie number of homes are detailed below.

Local Authority Cork. Co. Council
Indicative no. of homes 50

Local Authority Cork. Co. Council
Indicative no. of homes 50

Local Authority Cork Co. Council
Indicative no. of homes 50

Local Authority Cork. Co. Council
Indicative no. of homes 50

Local Authority Kildare Co. Council
Indicative no. of homes 80

Local Authority Kildare Co. Council
Indicative no. of homes 80

Local Authority Sligo Co. Council
Indicative no. of homes 60

Local Authority Wicklow Co. Council
Indicative no. of homes 100

Project Team

Role	Team Member
Approving Authority	Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage
Sponsoring Agency & Lead Local Authority	Cork. Co. Council
Local Authorities	Kildare Co. Council, Sligo Co. Council, Wicklow Co. Council