How to win: Development of New Build Council Housing at Llanfyllin, Powys

About this contract

Powys County Council is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced, qualified and competent Contractor to develop 13 new Council homes on land opposite Maes Y Dre, Llanfyllin, Powys. The proposed development comprises 4 x 1-bedroom, 2-person walk-up flats, 4 x 1-bedroom, 2-person bungalows, 2 x 2-bedroom, 4-person houses and 3 x 4-bedroom, 7-person adapted houses. The scheme has been designed to meet Welsh Development Quality Requirements 2021 (WDQR 2021), Secured by Design Gold and Lifetime Homes standards, with the dwellings designed to achieve an EPC A rating.

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Powys County Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £4,100,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins works work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar works contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 15 January 2027 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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