Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Guinness Developments Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Stonebond Properties (Guildford ) Limited SME
- Value
- £26,230,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction work · Building construction work (CPV 45210000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 068057-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 May 2026
- Published20 Jul 2026Published 54 days after the contract date
Description
Following the issue of a VEAT notice in March 2026, Guinness Developments Limited ("GDL") has entered into a build contract with Stonebond Properties (Guildford) Limited. The scheme will result in the construction of 90 affordable homes on land on the East side of Petersfield Road, Havant, also known as Bartons Road, Havant. It will comprise 58 rented and 32 shared ownership properties. Stonebond have arranged to purchase the site from a private vendor and have submitted a detailed planning application. The package deal is comprised of GDL entering into a contract for the construction of new homes on the land with Stonebond Properties (which is the subject of this notice), and a simultaneous purchase of the land by GDL. The contracting authority for the purpose of the Procurement Regulations will be GDL. GDL is a subsidiary of The Guinness Partnership Ltd. (TGPL) but is a contracting authority in its own right. Ownership of the properties will be transferred from GDL to TGPL upon prac…
About the supplier
Stonebond Properties (Guildford ) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13544912).