ENHT - New Main Entrance and Retail Development

Tender description

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust ("ENHT") intends to enter into an option agreement with Noviniti Dev Co 11 Limited ("Noviniti") giving Noviniti the right to call for a ground lease in respect of land at Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage ("the Hospital") as the site of a proposed building comprising a new main entrance with ground floor retail and circulation space with two upper floors of office and admin space (“the Potential Development”). The contractual arrangements are structured as a land transaction exempt from the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“PCR”) and the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (“CCR”). Lot 1: ENHT intends to enter into an option agreement with Noviniti providing for the grant of a ground lease in respect of land at the Hospital which is intended to be the site of the Potential Development. The arrangements are a land deal and do not amount to a public works contract or a works concession contract for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016. Additional information: As a land deal the procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations.