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Technical Advice for Planning Decisions

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · compiled

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Opportunity overview

To provide specialist technical advice on matters related to planning proposals and potential proposals. This advice will support the work of the Planning Response Unit, primarily (but not exclusively) relating to providing advice on planning matters connected to the preparation and application of the Special Development Order (SDO) regime under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Classification

  • CPV71400000 — Urban planning and landscape architectural services

Lots

  • Specialist technical advice is needed to support planning decisions under the Planning Acts, and a variety of associated regulatory regimes. This advice could include (but is not limited to) advice on one or more of the broad technical areas: Socio-economic conditions and human health, Noise and Vibration, Lighting, Air quality, Waste and materials management, Flood risk and surface water management, Ground water and ground water management, Protected areas or assets of particular importance, Habitats sites, protected and other species, and biodiversity, Heritage, Archaeology, Traffic management, access, and highway design, Design, Hazardous substances, Health and Safety, Contaminated land, Civil engineering in relation to site investigationsValue not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
CPD4128022
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
Two tender exercises have failed to generate any interest in the market.

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
71400000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Urban planning and landscape architectural services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_PROC_OPEN
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
Yes
Description
Specialist technical advice is needed to support planning decisions under the Planning Acts, and a variety of associated regulatory regimes. This advice could include (but is not limited to) advice on one or more of the broad technical areas: Socio-economic conditions and human health, Noise and Vibration, Lighting, Air quality, Waste and materials management, Flood risk and surface water management, Ground water and ground water management, Protected areas or assets of particular importance, Habitats sites, protected and other species, and biodiversity, Heritage, Archaeology, Traffic management, access, and highway design, Design, Hazardous substances, Health and Safety, Contaminated land, Civil engineering in relation to site investigations

Options

Description
In line with regulations where applicable

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
71400000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Urban planning and landscape architectural services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-32454
Name
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI32
Locality
LONDON
Postal Code
SW1P4DF
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
2 Marsham Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
MINISTRY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-02778116
Name
Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Limited, trading as Lichfield

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
02778116
Scheme
GB-COH
Legal Name
Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Limited, trading as Lichfield
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-136623
Name
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Award information

Award 1
Id
003068-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02778116
Name
Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Limited, trading as Lichfield

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
003068-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
003068-2025-1
Date Signed
18 Jan 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
540,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · LONDON · UKI32 · SW1P4DF · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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