Housing quango gives bidders a month to put in applications before launch of ‘dynamic’ system in September
Homes England has opened its new “dynamic” developer framework to applications from housebuilders interested in building homes on its land.
The housing quango said its “dynamic purchasing system” will replace the delivery partner panel (DPP3), which housebuilders have to be registered under in order to get a chance to bid for public sites it is bringing forward.
As revealed by Housing Today in April, Homes England’s new system will work in a similar way to DPP3, except that new partners will be able to bid for a place on the panel at any point, rather than being shut out until re-procurement of the framework.
The new framework, which is being branded “Delivery Partner DPS”, will also have a “light touch” qualification system for SME developers, while large housebuilders bidding to build out the biggest sites will face a more onerous qualification process.
Stephen Kinsella, chief land and development officer at Homes England, said the new system marked “a huge step forward” which made it much easier for developers to bid for our land. “I’d encourage our current partners, as well as those we haven’t worked with before, to get their applications in so we can work together to create great places to live,” he said.
“We are one of the largest vendors of residential land with sites for tens of thousands of homes being disposed over the next three years being channelled through this new approach.”
Kinsella (pictured, right) told Housing Today in April that the change of approach had been decided upon because Homes England was dedicated to encouraging the growth of new entrants into the market. It did not make sense to lock new players out of bidding for land through a framework system that stopped them from taking part.
>> See Housing Today’s exclusive two-part interview with Stephen Kinsella here and here
At that time he also said the system was likely to be split up into three lots depending on size of scheme, with one lot for schemes of fewer than 70 homes, one for between 70 and 200 homes, and one for even bigger projects.
Bidders for the new Delivery Partner DPS framework will have to get bids in by 25 June, with the new system due to launch on 1 September.
After launch, applications will then re-open on an ongoing basis to enable new market entrants to join at any time.
The existing DPP3 panel includes all of the major listed housebuilders, with the exception of Persimmon and Berkeley Group, as well as a raft of privately owned smaller firms, housing contractors and housing associations.
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