{"id":876977,"date":"2025-10-12T00:12:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T05:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/12\/contractor-picked-for-69m-first-phase-of-portsmouth-resi-scheme\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T00:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T05:12:05","slug":"contractor-picked-for-69m-first-phase-of-portsmouth-resi-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/12\/contractor-picked-for-69m-first-phase-of-portsmouth-resi-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Contractor picked for \u00a369m first phase of Portsmouth resi scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper_sleeve\">\n<p><img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/Contract-signing_shutterstock.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  alt=\"Contract-signing_shutterstock.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-start=\"79\" data-end=\"254\">Vivid Housing has awarded a \u00a369m contract to PMC Construction and Development Services for the first phase of a residential scheme at Victory Quay in Tipner, Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"522\">The 183-home phase one will be built across four apartment blocks and three houseblocks. It includes hard and soft landscaping alongside onsite and offsite infrastructure works.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"522\">Work is due to begin on 8 September 2025 and complete by 31 March 2028.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"937\">The JCT contract was directly awarded under section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 due to what the client described as an \u201cabsence of competition for technical reasons\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"937\">The site borders protected environmental areas, including the Portsmouth Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest and Ramsar-designated Tipner Lake, requiring licences that limit construction to certain months.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"937\">These licences are held in PMC\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"1366\">Portsmouth-based PMC had previously carried out enabling works under a pre-construction services agreement signed in February 2025, including a 500-metre sea wall, remediation of contaminated land, and engagement with the Environment Agency, Natural England and the Marine Management Organisation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"1366\">That preparatory work gave PMC what VIVID described as \u201cspecific know-how essential to the effective delivery\u201d of the main build.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1368\" data-end=\"1469\">VIVID intends to run a separate procurement process for future phases, expected to begin in May 2026.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.find-tender.service.gov.uk\/Notice\/063700-2025?origin=SearchResults&#038;p=1\">Gov.uk Find a Tender<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/contracts\/contractor-picked-for-69m-first-phase-of-portsmouth-resi-scheme-09-10-2025\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Ben Vogel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vivid Housing has awarded a \u00a369m contract to PMC Construction and Development Services for the first phase of a residential scheme at Victory Quay in Tipner, Portsmouth. The 183-home phase one will be built across four apartment blocks and three houseblocks. It includes hard and soft landscaping alongside onsite and offsite infrastructure works. 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