The UK Government through the social housing provider, Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, has launched a tender for interested firms to partner in the development of housing units in the College Bank and Lower Falinge neighborhoods in Rochdale, UK. 

The development partner will be responsible for the commercial implementation of the project, including:

• providing development management services, as necessary, to work in partnership with the Contracting Authority and enable delivery of an agreed masterplan,

• assisting with consultation, communication and negotiation with residents, affected landowners and other stakeholders,

• managing the master-planning, design and planning processes, including obtaining necessary planning permissions,

• taking the lead on site assembly from third parties and assisting (where appropriate) the Contracting Authority with obtaining vacant possession from residential leaseholders,

• raising of development finance as necessary,

• demolition, site remediation and enabling works,

• design and construction of housing (including affordable housing), infrastructure to support housing and ancillary commercial development,

• negotiating, entering into all planning agreements and discharging S106 Agreements and any other liabilities,

• sales and marketing of open market housing,

• aftercare and maintenance of completed development and

• ensuring comprehensive and sustainable maintenance and site-management arrangements are in place in perpetuity.

The concession period will be determined through the negotiations between the contracting authority and the potential partner but will likely fall between 15-20 years. 

The deadline for the submission of documents is on June 24, 2019.