Official UK procurement notice
Appointment of a Development Management Organisation
Authority: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBarnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced client side Development Management Organisation (DMO) to provide specialist, integrated development management support for The Seam Phase 2 programme. The appointment will support the planning, co-ordination and delivery of key project elements consisting of a hotel development, Campus Square public realm, and the National Centre for Digital Technology (NCDT).
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Construction work · Construction work for buildings relating to leisure, sports, culture, lodging and restaurants · Hotel accommodation services · Hotel meeting and conference services · Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services · Other hotel services · Restaurant and food-serving services · Retail trade services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£500,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Closed
- 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
- 12 Feb 2026, 22:00 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Jul 2026, 18:01 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
The Seam Phase 2.1- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-068458- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065363Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
12 Feb 2026 → 16 Nov 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published257 days ago12 Feb 2026, 22:00 GMT
- Market engagement211 days ago30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
- Next notice expected180 days ago30 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published99 days ago20 Jul 2026, 18:01 BST
- Clarification questions by74 days ago14 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline46 days ago11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by31h ago26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 18 days16 Nov 2026
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Feb 2026, 22:00 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published20 Jul 2026, 18:01 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active20 Jul 2026, 18:01 BST
- Procurement method changed20 Jul 2026, 18:01 BST
- Deadline published: 11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST20 Jul 2026, 18:01 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender