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BT1827 - Water Cycle Study

Buyer: Luton Council →

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BuyerLuton Council
StatusClosed
Deadline23 Sept 2025
Value£40,000
Published1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

The planning policy team is seeking a consultant to produce a Water Cycle Study (WCS) to provide evidence to support the development and future growth of the town. The aim of the WCS will be to identify the current and projected future capacity of water and wastewater infrastructure in Luton assess the potential impact of proposed development on that infrastructure; and specify the investment required to mitigate any negative impacts.

Delivery location

UKH21, GB

Categories

Research and development services and related consultancy services 73000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£40,000
Contract periodFrom 30 Sept 2025 to 29 Sept 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality — Quality weighting is mentioned below. (70%)
Price — Price weighting is mentioned below. (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Research and development services and related consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 73. The category anchor is Research and development services and related consultancy services (73000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 738782.5 median · 46.3 average (150 of 878 with a bid count)3.2 average (163 of 878 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKH212Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)221Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0591b1
Latest release ID052964-2025
Latest release timestampMon Sep 01 2025 16:43:18 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/052964-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-09-23T00:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-09-19T00:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://procontract.due-north.com/
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£40,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 Sept 2025tender052964-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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