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Published 24 Jul 2025, 08:57 BST

Official UK procurement notice

25/010 Green Belt Assessment Joint Procurement Exercise

Official notice

Authority: Tamworth Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG2)
Published estimate£240,000£300,000 inc. VAT23.8% below published estimate
Submissions closed 21 Aug 2025awarded 5 Sept 2025
Awarded to OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED
Contract term 6 moends 1 Apr 2026 · starts 30 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cannock Chase District Council, Lichfield District Council, South Staffordshire District Council and Tamworth Borough Council (the councils) wish to invite a suitably experienced and qualified consultant to undertake a Green Belt Assessment for all of the authorities taking part, that will inform the authorities future plan making and decision taking. The assessment must be prepared in accordance with national guidance contained in the Planning Practice Guidance (PPG).

  • No preliminary market engagement: We undertook soft market testing to see if companies had capacity to undertake our project following an unsuccessful further competition exercise using an established Framework

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 6 moPublished value£240,000
Contract period: 30 Sept 2025 – 1 Apr 2026 (6 mo)Value: £240,000 exc. VAT · £300,000 inc. VAT
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Simple description: The award criteria will be 15% Price 80% Quality and 5% Social Value. The Quality is broken down into 5 questions each with their own weightings.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
24 Jul 2025, 08:57 BST
Last source update
3 Jul 2026, 13:58 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 6 Sept 2025
Authority reference
25/010
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042568
Latest notice
Contract termination notice (UK11)
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056507 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

Payment will be made via Bacs. Where the Services have been properly delivered to and accepted by the Council, payment shall be due twenty-eight (28) days from the date of receipt of correct invoice documentation by the Council. Invoices must be e-mailed to [email protected] and MUST clearly state the Contract Number together with the relevant Purchase Order Number

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
21 Aug 2025, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Tenders MUST be submitted electronically using the ‘Submit my Return’ function on the in-tend portal at in-tendhost.co.uk/tamworthbc ↗ in either PDF format or in a format which is compatible with Microsoft365. Tenders submitted by any other means will not be considered, unless otherwise directed, and will be disqualified.

Timeline

24 Jul 2025 → 3 Jul 2026 · 7 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    24 Jul 2025, 08:57 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    21 Aug 2025, 14:00 BST
  3. Assessment summaries sent
    5 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    6 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Standstill ends
    16 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract starts393 days ago
    30 Sept 2025
  7. Latest notice published116 days ago
    3 Jul 2026, 13:58 BST

Notice history

8 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Jul 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    24 Jul 2025, 08:57 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    24 Jul 2025, 10:54 BST
    UK4
  3. Deadline moved to 21 Aug 2025, 14:00 BST
    24 Jul 2025, 10:54 BST
    +0 days · was 21 Aug 2025, 15:00 BST
  4. Contract award notice published
    5 Sept 2025, 13:25 BST
    UK6
  5. Status changed to complete
    5 Sept 2025, 13:25 BST
  6. Contract signature expected
    26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  7. Contract details notice published
    18 Feb 2026, 09:08 GMT
    UK7
  8. Contract termination notice published
    3 Jul 2026, 13:58 BST
    UK11
Published amendments (1)

The deadline time on the notice does not correspond to the time stated in the documents. The procurement closes on 21/08/2025 at 2pm

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-07: 2 releases · 24 Jul 2025, 24 Jul 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £183,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Named bidders 4published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Nov 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED25/010 Green Belt Assessment Joint Procurement 29 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2026£183,0005 Sept 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • 25/010 Green Belt Assessment Joint Procurement · OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED

    Signed
    13 Nov 2025
    Value
    £183,000
    Period
    13 Nov 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
    Status
    terminated
    Final value
    £193,109
    Termination
    contractCompleted

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4final-stage tenders00—

Who bid

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Tamworth Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PTDD-5754-QXLV Marmion House, Lichfield Street, Tamworth, West Midlands, B79 7BZContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

4 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded

Official documents & specifications (12)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract termination notice contractContract termination noticeUK11Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender