Norfolk County Council spatial development strategy services award

Tender information last checkedLast checked 20 Oct 2026, 18:26.

Opportunity overview

Norfolk and Suffolk County Councils have let a contract for the delivery of a Spatial Development Strategy. The Councils have identified the need for additional professional services to support their work in preparing for delivery. The contract will be in the sole name of Norfolk County Council. Norfolk County Council reserves the right to order additional services from the winning bidder if further work is required that arise from this consultancy requirement.

Awarded to

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Ove Arup and Partners Ltd

Matched by number

Contract value: £185.5k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 19 Jul 2026
Award ID: 099201-2026-NCCF43446-1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 1312453
Location: London, UKI, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV79410000 — Business and management consultancy services

Lots

Norfolk and Suffolk County Councils have let a contract for the delivery of a Spatial Development Strategy. The Councils have identified the need for additional professional services to support their work in preparing for delivery. The contract will be in the sole name of Norfolk County Council. Norfolk County Council reserves the right to order additional services from the winning bidder if further work is required that arise from this consultancy requirement. Additional information: This was a further competition under ESPO Consultancy Services Framework 664_25 Lot 8fValue 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: NCCF43446
Status: complete
Main Procurement Category: services
Procurement Method: limited
Procurement Method Details: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen: This was a call off contract against ESPO Consultancy Services 664_25 Lot 8f

Legal basis

Id: 32014L0024
Scheme: CELEX

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 79410000
Description: Business and management consultancy services

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1

Scheme: TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id: D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Description: Norfolk and Suffolk County Councils have let a contract for the delivery of a Spatial Development Strategy. The Councils have identified the need for additional professional services to support their work in preparing for delivery. The contract will be in the sole name of Norfolk County Council. Norfolk County Council reserves the right to order additional services from the winning bidder if further work is required that arise from this consultancy requirement. Additional information: This was a further competition under ESPO Consultancy Services Framework 664_25 Lot 8f
Has Options: No
Status: cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Type: price

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKH1

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: Norfolk County Council
Id: GB-FTS-143430

Identifier

Legal Name: Norfolk County Council
No Identifier Rationale: notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address: County Hall, Martineau Lane
Locality: Norwich
Region: UKH15
Postal Code: NR12DH
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Name: Julie Ward
Telephone: +44 1603224320
Email: julie.ward@norfolk.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: http://www.norfolk.gov.uk ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: TED_CA_TYPE
Id: REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Description: Regional or local authority

Entry 2

Scheme: COFOG
Id: 01
Description: General public services

Organisation 2

Name: Ove Arup and Partners Ltd
Id: GB-COH-1312453

Identifier

Legal Name: Ove Arup and Partners Ltd
Id: 1312453
Scheme: GB-COH

Address

Locality: London
Region: UKI
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: large

Organisation 3

Name: Nplaw
Id: GB-FTS-187733

Identifier

Legal Name: Nplaw

Address

Locality: Norich
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1

Id: 099201-2026-NCCF43446-1
Status: active

Related lots

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-1312453
Name: Ove Arup and Partners Ltd

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 099201-2026-NCCF43446-1
Award ID: 099201-2026-NCCF43446-1
Status: active
Date Signed: 20 Jul 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount: 185,481
Currency: GBP

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Norwich · UKH15 · NR12DH · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKH1

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

099201-2026award, contract · 20 Oct 2026, 17:06

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

Norfolk County Council published a contract notice for professional services supporting preparation of a Spatial Development Strategy in Norfolk and Suffolk. The notice identifies OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED as supplier and reports a GBP 185,481 contract value, with a signed-date field of 20 July 2026. However, the sole lot is marked cancelled while the associated award and contract records are active, so the published record contains an unresolved status conflict.

Published outcome signals

Notice publication20 October 2026Evidence: Award/contract notice published_at: 2026-10-20T17:06:24+01:00.
Award record statusActiveEvidence: Award 099201-2026-NCCF43446-1 has status "active".
Contract record statusActiveEvidence: Contract 099201-2026-NCCF43446-1 has status "active".

87% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 099201-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078c46
First published: 20 Oct 2026
Last checked: 20 Oct 2026, 18:26
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 20 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

Award and contract records identify OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED for lot 1. The source reports the contract as active and includes a dateSigned field, but the related lot is cancelled.

Market significance

This is a GBP 185,481 consultancy call-off under ESPO Consultancy Services Framework 664_25, Lot 8f, for spatial-development strategy preparation and infrastructure-planning support.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED

90% confidence

Award 099201-2026-NCCF43446-1 · Lots 1 · 185481 GBP · Award and contract records active; related lot cancelled

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Verified company number 01312453 is linked to award 099201-2026-NCCF43446-1. The contract record reports GBP 185,481, but this is a contract-level value associated with the single reported supplier and lot.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice publication

99% confidence

20 October 2026

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Award/contract notice published_at: 2026-10-20T17:06:24+01:00.

Award record status

94% confidence

Active

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Award 099201-2026-NCCF43446-1 has status "active".

Contract record status

94% confidence

Active

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Contract 099201-2026-NCCF43446-1 has status "active".

Reported contract signing date

96% confidence

20 July 2026

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Contract dateSigned is 2026-07-20T00:00:00+01:00.

Related lot status

99% confidence

Cancelled

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Tender lot 1 is recorded with status "cancelled".

VALUES

Published values explained

Reported contract value

98% confidence

GBP 185,481

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Contract 099201-2026-NCCF43446-1 value: amount 185481, currency GBP.

Lot-level value

99% confidence

Unknown

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No value is supplied for lot 1.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Reported signing date

96% confidence

20 July 2026

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Contract dateSigned: 2026-07-20T00:00:00+01:00.

Notice publication date

99% confidence

20 October 2026

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Release date and published_at: 2026-10-20T17:06:24+01:00.

Contract start date

99% confidence

Unknown

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contract_start_at is not supplied.

Contract end date

99% confidence

Unknown

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contract_end_at is not supplied.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

97% confidence

Professional services to prepare for delivery of a Spatial Development Strategy in Norfolk and Suffolk, covering scoping, baselining and infrastructure planning.

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Process title and tender description.

Service classification

99% confidence

Business and management consultancy services (CPV 79410000).

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Primary tender classification.

Delivery area

94% confidence

UKH1

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Item 1 delivery address region is UKH1.

Additional services provision

94% confidence

Norfolk County Council reserves the right to order additional services if further work is required.

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Tender and lot description.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement route

98% confidence

Further competition under ESPO Consultancy Services Framework 664_25, Lot 8f.

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Lot description and procurement method rationale.

Published procedure

98% confidence

Limited procedure; award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition.

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process procurement_method and procurement_method_details.

Award criterion published

91% confidence

Price

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Lot 1 awardCriteria lists price.

Bidder count and evaluation detail

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Contracting authority named on contract

96% confidence

Norfolk County Council

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Tender description states the contract will be in the sole name of Norfolk County Council.

Contract status

95% confidence

Active in the contract record, subject to the conflicting cancelled lot status.

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Contract status is active; tender lot 1 status is cancelled.

Duration

99% confidence

Unknown

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No start date, end date or duration is supplied.

Options

96% confidence

No options

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Lot 1 hasOptions is false.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial route

97% confidence

The engagement was sourced through a framework further competition rather than an openly published call for competition.

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Procurement rationale identifies an ESPO Consultancy Services Framework 664_25 Lot 8f call-off; procedure details state no prior publication of a call for competition.

Value interpretation

97% confidence

The reported GBP 185,481 is the contract-record value; no separate pricing, lot value or additional-services ceiling is published.

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Contract value is supplied, while lot value and pricing breakdown are absent.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

87%overall confidence

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

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-078c46
Analysed: 20 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Norfolk County Council

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Buyer party and process buyer_name.

Buyer type

98% confidence

Regional or local authority

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Buyer party classification TED_CA_TYPE: REGIONAL_AUTHORITY.

Partner context

96% confidence

The requirement concerns work for Norfolk and Suffolk County Councils, although the contract is stated to be solely in Norfolk County Council's name.

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Tender description.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Verified legal supplier

99% confidence

OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED (company number 01312453)

View supporting evidence

Supplier verification matched company number 01312453 and returned verified company name OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED.

Source-name variation

99% confidence

The source party name is "Ove Arup and Partners Ltd"; supplier verification identifies the legal name as "OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED".

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Supplier party data and supplierVerification result.

Supplier scale

90% confidence

Large

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Supplier party details list scale as large.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Renewal or recompetition timing

99% confidence

Unknown

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No contract end date, duration, extension terms or renewal terms are supplied.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Status conflict

99% confidence

The award and contract records are active, but their sole related lot is cancelled.

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Award and contract status are "active"; lot 1 status is "cancelled".

Supplier-name normalisation

99% confidence

A source-name variation was resolved through a verified company-number match: source "Ove Arup and Partners Ltd" and verified legal name "OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED".

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Supplier verification status is verified by company number 01312453, with nameMismatch true.

Unpublished operational details

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice includes the contract start and end dates, duration, individual lot value, bid count and evaluation detail.

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Relevant source fields are null or absent.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The source contains an unresolved lifecycle conflict: the sole lot is cancelled while the award and contract records are active.
The notice does not provide contract start or end dates, duration, extension terms or renewal terms.
No tenderer count, scoring, qualitative evaluation detail, pricing breakdown or lot-level value is published.
The reported GBP 185,481 is a contract-record value; the source does not publish a separate lot value or ceiling for potential additional services.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who is identified as the supplier?

OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED, verified against company number 01312453.

What is the reported contract value?

GBP 185,481, reported in the contract record.

Was the contract signed?

The source includes a dateSigned field of 20 July 2026. It also records the contract as active, although the related lot is marked cancelled.

What procurement route was used?

A further competition under ESPO Consultancy Services Framework 664_25, Lot 8f.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

Professional Services to prepare for the delivery of a Spatial Development Strategy in Norfolk and Suffolk: Scoping, Baselining and Infrastructure Planning

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Ove Arup and Partners Ltd

Classification

Lots

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Classification

Covered By

Procedure reasons

Lots and requirements

Award criteria

Criteria

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Roles

Details

Identifier

Address

Roles

Award information

Related lots

Suppliers

Contracts and changes

Value

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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