NSW Department of Communities and Justice / EOI - Community Housing Redevelopment Program - LAHC 2020/412

As part of the Communities Plus program, New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation is calling for Expressions of Interest from registered Community Housing Providers to participate in the Community Housing Redevelopment Program (Program) which will be piloted through an initial offering of six sites in metropolitan Sydney to deliver 96 mixed tenure dwellings via a new build-to-rent model, with access to optional project finance from the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) and United Super Pty Limited in its capacity as trustee of the Construction and Building Unions Superannuation Fund (Cbus) (subject to final credit approval).

LAHC is seeking Responses from the community housing sector to demonstrate capacity, capability and experience to deliver and manage the Program. 

How to request access to the EOI documents

LAHC will be utilising a data room for the ongoing management of the EOI documentation for this Expression of Interest. 

To be able to access the documents through the data room LAHC requires your organisation to complete the following: 

• a Confidentiality Agreement (file: Communities Plus: Confidentiality deed poll attached); and

• information on individuals requiring access to the data room (file: Requested Authorised Persons List attached).

Please complete the attached documents and return to CommunitiesPlusTenders@facs.nsw.gov.au by email for access to the EOI documents through the data room.

Legal requirements for NSW Government agencies arising from international procurement agreements

• This is a covered construction procurement as mandated by the Enforceable Provisions Procurement Direction under the Public Works and Procurement Act 1912, and

• These provisions came into effect in New South Wales on 29 November 2019.  

How to lodge an EOI response:

Click LODGE A RESPONSE at the bottom of the page and follow the instructions to attach your files for lodgement.

It is the responsibility of Respondents to ensure that sufficient time is allowed for the lodgement of responses, as electronic receipt of lodgement is not issued until all the documents are fully uploaded.

It is recommended that you attempt to lodge your response at least 24 hours prior to closing time so that if you experience difficulties the contact officer nominated may be able to assist in resolving any problems.

You can attach up to 5 individual files on each lodgement. There is no restriction on the number of times you lodge a response in order to submit all of your files but you should identify each files (e.g. file_1_of 6, file_2_of 6 etc)

Accepted File Formats: Word (.doc), Excel (.xls), Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) and JPEG (.jpg)

• The Procurement (Enforceable Procurement Provisions) Direction 2019 applies to this procurement

• A government agency may conduct negotiations with suppliers regarding the procurement

Registered Tier 1 and Tier 2 Community Housing Providers (CHPs), or consortia led by a Tier 1 or Tier 2 CHP, are eligible to submit a Response to this EOI. For the avoidance of doubt, a consortium may include non-CHP members such as developers or investors.