Hillingdon Growth Plan and Strategic Asset Review award to Inner Circle Consulting

Tender information last checkedLast checked 16 Oct 2026, 15:35.

Opportunity overview

Hillingdon Council is working to transform its approach to place-making and asset management, taking a proactive approach to support the delivery of wider corporate objectives. To effectively navigate these challenges and opportunities, the council was seeking to commission the combined development of a Local Growth Plan and Strategic Asset Management Plan to support its place ambitions. The project brief proposed two work packages intended to run concurrently. Package 1: Local Growth Plan Stage 1: Baseline Assessment Stage 2: Identify Growth Priorities Stage 3: Local Growth Plan and Capacity Review Package 2: Strategic Asset Review Stage 1: Initial Assessment Stage 2: Strategic Asset Management Plan

Awarded to

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INNER CIRCLE CONSULTING LIMITED

Matched by number

Published award value: £75.8k
Awarded: 31 Aug 2025
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-b7b3c4d5-22d5-476a-b4ba-69eacccfefba-1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 06799707

Classification

CPV71315200 — Building consultancy services

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: LBH- 67107
Status: complete
Procurement Method: limited
Procurement Method Details: Competitive quotation (below threshold)
Main Procurement Category: services

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 71315200
Description: Building consultancy services

Tender Period

Ends: 14 Mar 2025, 17:00

Contract period

Starts: 1 Sept 2025, 00:00
Ends: 26 Dec 2026, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: Yes
Vcse: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Postal Code: UB8 1UW

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-LAE-HIL
Name: London Borough of Hillingdon

Identifier

Legal Name: London Borough of Hillingdon
Scheme: GB-LAE
Id: HIL

Address

Street Address: Civic Centre
Locality: UXBRIDGE
Postal Code: UB81UW
Country Name: England

Contact

Email: procurement@hillingdon.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-COH-06799707
Name: INNER CIRCLE CONSULTING LIMITED

Identifier

Legal Name: INNER CIRCLE CONSULTING LIMITED
Scheme: GB-COH
Id: 06799707

Address

Street Address: Unit 3, 9 Bell Yard Mews, London SW1 3UY

Details

Scale: sme
Vcse: No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-b7b3c4d5-22d5-476a-b4ba-69eacccfefba-1
Status: active
Date: 1 Sept 2025, 00:00
Published: 16 Oct 2026, 14:25

Value

Amount: 75,849
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-06799707
Name: INNER CIRCLE CONSULTING LIMITED

Contract period

Starts: 1 Sept 2025, 00:00
Ends: 26 Dec 2026, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 1
Document Type: awardNotice
Description: Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Url: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6438103b-1bcd-486c-8373-9eee9601075a ↗
Published: 16 Oct 2026, 14:25
Format: text/html
Language: en

Recorded locations

Buyer location · UXBRIDGE · UB81UW · England
Delivery location · UB8 1UW

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

6438103b-1bcd-486c-8373-9eee9601075a-918193Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 16 Oct 2026, 14:25

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

London Borough of Hillingdon published an award notice naming INNER CIRCLE CONSULTING LIMITED for work on a Local Growth Plan and Strategic Asset Review. The reported award value is £75,849 and the reported delivery period is 1 September 2025 to 26 December 2026. The notice records an active award; it does not explicitly evidence contract signature.

Published outcome signals

Notice typeAwarded contract notice on Contracts FinderEvidence: Award document description and release history.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award status is recorded as "active".
Award date1 September 2025Evidence: Award date: 2025-09-01T00:00:00+01:00.

96% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: 6438103b-1bcd-486c-8373-9eee9601075a-918193
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b7b3c4d5-22d5-476a-b4ba-69eacccfefba
First published: 16 Oct 2026
Last checked: 16 Oct 2026, 15:35
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 16 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award was recorded to INNER CIRCLE CONSULTING LIMITED under a competitive quotation procedure below threshold.

Market significance

This is a below-threshold public-sector consultancy award covering place-making, growth planning and strategic asset-management work.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

INNER CIRCLE CONSULTING LIMITED

99% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-b7b3c4d5-22d5-476a-b4ba-69eacccfefba-1 · £75,849 GBP · Active award

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The award names INNER CIRCLE CONSULTING LIMITED as its sole supplier and gives an award value of 75,849 GBP. Supplier identity is verified against company number 06799707.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice type

99% confidence

Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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Award document description and release history.

Award status

99% confidence

Active

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Award status is recorded as "active".

Award date

99% confidence

1 September 2025

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Award date: 2025-09-01T00:00:00+01:00.

Contract signature

99% confidence

Not evidenced in the supplied data

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No signature or execution field is provided.

VALUES

Published values explained

Award value

99% confidence

£75,849

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Award value: 75,849 GBP.

Tender value stated in source

99% confidence

£150,000

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Tender value: 150,000 GBP.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Quotation deadline

99% confidence

14 March 2025, 17:00 UTC

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Tender period end date: 2025-03-14T17:00:00Z.

Reported award date

99% confidence

1 September 2025

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Award date: 2025-09-01T00:00:00+01:00.

Reported contract period start

99% confidence

1 September 2025

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Award contract period start: 2025-09-01T00:00:00+01:00.

Reported contract period end

99% confidence

26 December 2026

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Award contract period end: 2026-12-26T23:59:59Z.

Award notice publication

99% confidence

16 October 2026

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Award notice publication date: 2026-10-16T14:25:11+01:00.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

98% confidence

Combined Local Growth Plan and Strategic Asset Management Plan development

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Tender description states that the council sought combined development of these plans.

Local Growth Plan work package

98% confidence

Baseline assessment; growth priorities; Local Growth Plan and capacity review

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Package 1 stages in the tender description.

Strategic Asset Review work package

98% confidence

Initial assessment and Strategic Asset Management Plan

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Package 2 stages in the tender description.

Delivery location

94% confidence

UB8 1UW

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Tender item delivery address postal code.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement method

99% confidence

Limited

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Tender procurement method: limited.

Method detail

99% confidence

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

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Tender procurement method details.

SME suitability

95% confidence

Yes

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Tender suitability flags SME as true.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Reported period

99% confidence

1 September 2025 to 26 December 2026

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Award contract period fields.

Extension or options

98% confidence

Not stated

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No extension or option terms are supplied.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Value comparison

99% confidence

The £75,849 award value is £74,151 below the £150,000 tender value stated in the source.

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Tender value is 150,000 GBP; award value is 75,849 GBP.

Commercial structure

96% confidence

The two work packages were proposed to run concurrently.

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Tender description states that the project brief proposed two concurrent work packages.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

96%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-b7b3c4d5-22d5-476a-b4ba-69eacccfefba
Analysed: 16 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

London Borough of Hillingdon

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Buyer party and process buyer name.

Buyer location

97% confidence

Uxbridge, England (UB8 1UW)

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Buyer party address.

Stated objective

96% confidence

Support place-making, asset management and wider corporate objectives

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Tender description.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Legal supplier identity

99% confidence

INNER CIRCLE CONSULTING LIMITED (company number 06799707)

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Verified supplier record matched by company number; supplier party identifier GB-COH-06799707.

Supplier classification

95% confidence

SME

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Supplier party details record scale as SME.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated renewal-monitoring point

90% confidence

After 26 December 2026

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This estimate is derived solely from the explicit reported contract end date; no renewal, extension or recompetition plan is published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Award publication timing

99% confidence

The award notice was published on 16 October 2026, after the reported 1 September 2025 start date and before the reported 26 December 2026 end date.

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Published, start and end timestamps in the supplied notice.

Award allocation

98% confidence

One award and one named supplier are supplied; no lot allocation is published.

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One award record names one supplier, while lot data is absent.

Supplier identity quality

99% confidence

Supplier identity is verified by Companies House company number 06799707.

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Supplier verification status is verified and match method is company_number.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, bidder names, evaluation criteria, scores, pricing breakdown and rationale for selection.
Information not supplied in the published notice: signed-contract evidence, purchase order, mobilisation detail, performance measures, extension terms and renewal terms.
No lot titles, individual lot values or package-level supplier allocation are published.
The source does not explain why the tender value of £150,000 differs from the £75,849 award value.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who was awarded Hillingdon's Growth Plan and Strategic Asset Review work?

The award notice names INNER CIRCLE CONSULTING LIMITED, company number 06799707.

What is the reported award value?

The award value is £75,849.

When does the reported contract period end?

The notice gives 26 December 2026 as the contract period end date.

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Provision of Hillingdon's Growth Plan and StrategicAsset Review

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

INNER CIRCLE CONSULTING LIMITED

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