Social Housing PPP Bundle 5

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A technical advisory team has been appointed for Bundles 5 and sites have been progressing through the design development stages. It is currently anticipated that the project will deliver c.1,200 homes across 10 sites. Details of the sites and the members of the Project Team can be seen below.

To facilitate the progression of the sites to the procurement phase as early as possible, bundles may be configured based on those sites that are more advanced through the design and planning stages.

Further information in this regard will be updated on this webpage and with the documentation accompanying the contract notice.

The NDFA anticipates commencing the procurement phase and publishing a contract notice for Bundle 5, in Q1 2025.

An updated prior information notice (PIN) for the social housing PPP programme was published on eTenders on 9 May 2024, and is available here.

Details of the technical advisory frameworks established to support the Social Housing Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme are available here.

Project Background

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

The Social Housing 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.

Bundle 5 currently comprises c. 1,200 homes across 10 sites in Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area.

All homes in the first and second bundles have been delivered. Bundle 3 is currently in the preferred tender stage, and planning permission has been granted for all sites in the bundle. Bundle 4 is in procurement. Bundles 6 and 7 are in pre-procurement. Further details on these project bundles are available below:

• 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. 700 homes across 7 sites
• Bundle 6 includes c. 500 homes across 7 sites
• Bundle 7 includes c. 650 homes across 6 sites