Contract for the Design Build and Operation of Extra-Care Housing at Dunsbury Way, Havant

Hampshire County Council is seeking to engage the market and provide interested suppliers with early sight of its proposed approach to the procurement of an Extra Care Housing project in Havant, Hampshire.
Hampshire’s older persons’ population is projected to increase by 56% between 2020 and 2035, from 153,000 to 239,000. Within Havant, the numbers are forecast to increase by 53% during the same period, with the over-75 population increasing from 15,000 to 23,000.
Havant is one of the few remaining Hampshire boroughs without provision for older people’s Extra Care Housing and is identified as a priority area in the Extra Care Older Adults’ Brochure 2023.1. The Havant borough area also has the second highest number of residents referred to Residential Care homes across Hampshire, with the County Council purchasing circa 150 new placements per year in Havant. It is predicted that the delivery and build of an affordable Extra Care Housing scheme will divert many residents from high-cost Residential Care placements into Extra Care Housing.
In January 2024, the Council commissioned an independent organisation to understand the demand for affordable Extra Care Housing across Hampshire over the next 20 years. This analysis indicates that 154 units of affordable Extra Care Housing will be required in the Havant Borough area over this period.
The above-mentioned population increase will continue to build further pressure on existing provision as the increasing needs and demands on services for older people continue to rise.
The proposal is to procure a provider to design, build and operate a c.70-bed Extra Care facility on the Dunsbury Way Site in Havant. The operation of the site will include the rental and maintenance of the building. However, the project will not receive any capital investment from the County Council, only a void guarantee. The term and threshold for the void guarantee will be assessed during the evaluation of the tender exercise.
The site will be leased to the provider on a 250-year lease, with an approximated value of £1,100,000. The provider will be responsible for developing the design, obtaining planning permission, and letting the units at an affordable rent. The successful service provider will be required to operate the scheme for a minimum of 20 years, after which they will be able to sell the scheme for continued operation as an Extra Care Housing site.
The provider or consortium will need to include a Registered Housing Provider.
As Hampshire County Council will require the units to be let only at an affordable rented tenure, as defined in the National Planning Policy Framework, the Provider will need to seek both Homes England funding and their own capital contribution to develop and deliver this scheme.

Estimated date of publication of contract notice: 2026-07-27T23:59:59+01:00
Contract location: UKJ35
Engagement process description
Hampshire County Council is seeking to engage the market and provide interested suppliers with early sight of its proposed approach to the procurement of an Extra Care Housing project in Havant, Hampshire.
Hampshire County Council will be holding an online market engagement event on Monday 6th of July 2026 at 14:00 where the project team will give a presentation on the Council's proposed approach, which will be followed by a question and answer session.
Registration for the event and information on our proposed approach can be found by going to https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Tenders/Current and searching for 'UN23199'. You will need to click on 'View Details' for the project and then click the 'Express Interest' button to be able to view the information.
In addition, we would also appreciate supplier feedback on our approach and we kindly ask interested suppliers to complete and submit the Market Engagement Questionnaire to inform our approach.
All answers provided will offer insight into how the market might consider this opportunity. Any information provided will be treated as confidential and non-binding but note it may be used to inform the final specification and tender pack.
The questionnaire on the In-Tend portal contains information to support the completion of the questionnaire. To submit your completed questionnaire or if you have any questions relating to the market engagement exercise, please submit enquiries/questions via the 'Correspondence' function within the In-tend project.
All information required for completing the questionnaire is included in the document itself. Please only submit completed questionnaires via the In-Tend portal. Please do not send company literature or any promotional material, this will not be reviewed or considered.
The Council would appreciate your completed Market Engagement questionnaires to be submitted no later than midday on Monday 13th of July 2026.

Lot: 1

Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: En