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PROVISION OF INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL VIABILITY APPRAISALS SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND APPEALS

Birmingham City Council · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 15:21.

Opportunity overview

The service requirement is for the provision of independent assessment of financial viability reports in support of planning applications and appeals. Planning and Development in the PP&S directorate are responsible for making decisions on submitted planning applications as well as defending appeals across the City Council's administrative area. The planning applications requiring assessment include a wide variety of submissions of varying scales including residential, commercial and mixed-use schemes. Assessment of appraisals at appeal or pre-application stages together with appearing as an expert witness at appeal may also be required. As part of ensuring that an appropriate level of planning gain is secured, an independent assessment of the developer's financial appraisal is often required. These assessments should take account of existing planning policy (national and local), prevailing market conditions and any site-specific issues. Actual value of spend under this contract will be dictated by actual work commissioned is subject to demand i.e. where a planning applicant requests an independent assessment of their financial appraisal.

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.

Published award value
£500k
Awarded
26 Aug 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 02521225
Location
London, UKI32, W1T 3PT, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

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
P0496_2026
Status
complete
Procurement Method
selective
Procurement Method Details
Award under framework
Competitive
Yes

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Birmingham City Council
Id
GB-PPON-PCJJ-4826-QMLZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PCJJ-4826-QMLZ

Address

Street Address
Council House, 1 Victoria Square
Locality
Birmingham
Postal Code
B1 1BB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKG31

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON GROUP LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-02521225

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02521225

Address

Street Address
55 Wells Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
W1T 3PT
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
70000000
Description
Real estate services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02521225
Name
LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON GROUP LIMITED

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
PROVISION OF INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL VIABILITY APPRAISALS SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND APPEALS
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
1 Oct 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
Contract is below £5million

Period

Starts
1 Dec 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Nov 2030, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
600,000
Amount
500,000
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
092856-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
1 Oct 2026, 13:42
Format
text/html

Related procurements

Entry 1
Id
framework
Scheme
ocid
Identifier
ocds-h6vhtk-04f9e2

Relationship

framework

Related lots

1

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Birmingham · UKG31 · B1 1BB · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 087579-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 092856-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·