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Published 1 Aug 2023, 10:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Barbican Renewal Project planning consultancy services

Official notice

Authority: City of London (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,000,000exc. VAT44.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 8 Sept 2023awarded 14 Nov 2023
Awarded to The Planning Lab

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The City of London corporation has awarded a contract for the provision of planning consultancy services for the Barbican Renewal Project.

CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Urban planning and landscape architectural services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Planning consultancy services to manage the preparation and submission of all planning…AwardedPublished value£1,000,000

Planning consultancy services to manage the preparation and submission of all planning and listed building applications for the Barbican Renewal project.

Delivery: London
Extensions: The duration of the contract is 17 months, subject to the right of the City (at its sole discretion) to exercise its right to extend the Contract for a further 5 years. The maximum length of the contract is therefore 77 months. The contract is awarded for an initial period of 17 months, with further stages being provided under the contract subject to performance and further funding of the Barbican Renewal Programme.Variant bids: not allowed

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
Quality: 75Price: 50
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Technical: 60
  • Responsible Procurement: 15
  • Commercial (Price): 25
  • price: 25
Published award criteria (4)
  • Technical: 60
  • Commercial (Price): 25
  • Responsible Procurement: 15
  • Price: 25
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in the procurement documents

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 125 points: a 10% discount moves about 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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
1 Aug 2023, 10:30 BST
Last source update
15 Nov 2023, 09:48 GMT
Award evaluation window
8 Sept 2023 – …
Authority reference
prj_COL_22426
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-033721
Classification (CPV)
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection servicesUrban planning and landscape architectural services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ebf0 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Performance terms

As stated in the procurement documents

Publisher note: This tendering exercise is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘capitalEsourcing’ (www.capitalesourcing.com). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free. The estimated value given at II.2.6) is for the full duration of the contract including the maximum possible extensions. The estimated contract value for the initial 17 month contract is 70,000GBP per annum

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
8 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
270 days from the deadline
Bids opened
8 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

8 Sept 2023 → 15 Nov 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    8 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    8 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    15 Nov 2023, 09:48 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 Nov 2023, 09:48 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £553,0501 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 126 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Nov 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Planning LabSME£553,050 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Barbican Renewal Project planning consultancy services · The Planning LabSME

    Signed
    14 Nov 2023
    Value
    £553,050
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
12bids · 12 electronic6——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

City of London Corporation

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Guildhall, London, London, EC2P 2EJContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Cabinet OfficeReview contact point London
  • High Court of England and WalesMediation bodyReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • The Planning LabAwarded supplier09568298 South Wing, Somerset House, Strand, London, London, WC2R 1LA

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria