Find a TenderAwarded without competitionContract details notice
Published 16 Jul 2026, 13:12 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Brookfield Project - Consultancy Services

Official notice

Authority: Hertfordshire County Council (Local council)

Direct award
Awarded value£450,000published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 13 Jul 2026no call for competition
Awarded to CARTER JONAS LLP

What is being bought

Published requirement description

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.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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
East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cce7 Find 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
  1. Transparency notice published
    16 Jul 2026, 13:12 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    16 Jul 2026, 13:23 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    28 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Transparency notice published
    4 Aug 2026, 22:50 BST
    UK5
  5. Contract award notice published
    4 Aug 2026, 22:55 BST
    UK6
  6. Contract details notice published
    14 Aug 2026, 13:48 BST
    UK7
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
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £450,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Aug 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
CARTER JONAS LLP29 Jul 2026 – 31 Dec 2029£450,000 inc. VAT13 Jul 2026Awarded

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

Hertfordshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWJT-5264-WYMY Robertson House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, East of England, SG1 2FQContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • CARTER JONAS LLPAwarded supplierGB-COH: OC304417GB-PPON: PQQD-8443-VLXP One Chapel Pl, London, London, W1G 0BGContact email

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender