Irwin Way Warehouse

Belfast HarbourcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-05ed96Procurement Act 2023Utilities regimeSME suitableactive
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Estimated value

£6.0m

works

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

1

0 awarded

Published

03 Dec 2025

Description

BHC is seeking expressions of interest from contractors who are interested in tendering for the construction of a piled steel portal framed clad warehouse and associated car parking, lorry parking etc. at Irwin Way, Belfast. The warehouse will be up to 11m high to eaves and approximately 31,000 sqft in building footprint area, inclusive of approximately 5,000 sqft of office/welfare space. The warehouse facility will be for the refurbishment and processing of gas cylinders (to include degassing zone, shot blasting area, powder coating and pressure testing zones & external secure storage area). There will be roof mounted PV, all associated site works including car parking, EV charging stations, refuse store, external tanks and substation. The facility will be required to achieve a BREEAM Excellent standard. Further information regarding this opportunity is available within the pre-qualification documents available at the weblink provided in this notice.

Scope

Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-05ed96
Total value
£6,000,000 excluding VAT
£72,000,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
31 May 2026 to 01 Mar 2027
Main category
works
CPV classifications
45110000
45210000
45220000
45261000
45262000
45310000
45330000
45340000
45350000
45430000
45440000
45500000
Contract locations
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Tender PriceAs per tender documentation.price100.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

Conditions of Participation are as stated in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.

Subject to a sufficient number of compliant responses being received, BHC intends (according to the process described in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire) to invite a maximum of the top 6 (six) ranked compliant Applicants to the invitation to tender stage of the process, provided that BHC, acting at its discretion, reserves the right to invite less than 6 (six) Applicants to tender. Where there is a tie for 6th (sixth) place, all Applicants in 6th (sixth) place will be invited to tender. For the purposes of this exercise, a tie for 6th (sixth) place is deemed to occur where two or more Applicants have identical scores.

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline
22 Dec 2025, 5:00 pm
Submission address
Requests to participate (i.e. completed Pre-Qualification Questionnaires) must be submitted by email to tendersfc@belfast-harbour.co.uk in accordance with the instructions specified in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire. The pre-qualification documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at https://www.belfast-harbour.co.uk/corporate/tenders. Applicants who wish to participate in this tender process will be required to provide their contact details before downloading the pre-qualification documents. Applicants who fail to provide their details to BHC or register in this manner will not receive any clarifications or updated information provided by BHC during the tender process. Applicants are advised not to include marketing information, brochures or links to other documents within their Pre-Qualification Questionnaire responses. Emails which contain suspicious contents or links to third party servers or websites may be quarantined or rejected by the BHC email filtering systems. It is the Applicant's responsibility to ensure that a delivery receipt is received for Pre-Qualification Questionnaire submissions. BHC does not accept any responsibility for the premature opening or mishandling of PQQ documents that are not submitted in accordance with these instructions.
Electronic submission
No
Procedure
Competitive flexible procedure