Official UK procurement notice
Brookfield Project - Consultancy Services
Authority: Hertfordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe supplier has delivered the property consultancy service for a number of years and has developed significant service-specific knowledge and established processes. The existing service does rely on continuity of operational knowledge, historical case information, bespoke reporting mechanisms, and relationships with other external stakeholders.
A replacement supplier would not possess the detailed knowledge and understanding gained through CJ's longstanding involvement in the project to date, including the historic and current/ongoing negotiations. In addition, they would require a very extensive mobilisation period which would result in substantial additional costs.
For the reasons stated above the services provided by an alternative supplier would be incompatible with the existing operational environment and could result in significant technical and operational difficulties and risks to the achievement of service outcomes.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jul 2026, 13:12 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Aug 2026, 13:48 BST
- Authority reference
HCC2617896- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-077701- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cce7Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The supplier has delivered the property consultancy service for a number of years and has developed significant service-specific knowledge and established processes. The existing service does rely on continuity of operational knowledge, historical case information, bespoke reporting mechanisms, and relationships with other external stakeholders.
A replacement supplier would not possess the detailed knowledge and understanding gained through CJ's longstanding involvement in the project to date, including the historic and current/ongoing negotiations. In addition, they would require a very extensive mobilisation period which would result in substantial additional costs.
For the reasons stated above the services provided by an alternative supplier would be incompatible with the existing operational environment and could result in significant technical and operational difficulties and risks to the achievement of service outcomes.
Notice history
6 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jul 2026- Transparency notice published16 Jul 2026, 13:12 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published16 Jul 2026, 13:23 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected28 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Transparency notice published4 Aug 2026, 22:50 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published4 Aug 2026, 22:55 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published14 Aug 2026, 13:48 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-07: 2 releases · 16 Jul 2026, 16 Jul 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER JONAS LLP29 Jul 2026 – 31 Dec 2029 | £450,000 inc. VAT | 13 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · CARTER JONAS LLP
- Signed
- 10 Aug 2026
- Value
- £450,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 10 Aug 2026 – 31 Dec 2029
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Not required for this value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CARTER JONAS LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender