Official UK procurement notice
Business Case for a Business Rates
Authority: Oxford City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOxford City Council is seeking to appoint a consultant to develop a business case in two stages to make the case to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for the creation of a business rates retention scheme for Oxford’s West End.
Awarded Supplier is required to complete full scope of both stages
The project will be split into two stages:
Stage 1 – Outline Business Case
Stage 2 – Full Business Case or Investment Plan.
CPV: Business and management consultancy services · Business development consultancy services · Economic impact assessment · Feasibility study · Financial consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Relevant skills and experience: 15%
- Methodology: 15%
- Project Team: 10%
- Meet the required timeframe: 10%
- Price: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Relevant skills and experience: Relevant skills and experience delivering business cases to Government departments on behalf of local authorities
- Methodology: Methodology for Stages 1 & 2
- Project Team: Project Team, including any partner organisations, with roles and experience on relevant projects
- Meet the required timeframe: Ability to meet the required timeframe, including Gant charts for Stages 1 & 2.
- Social Value
- Price
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Awarded
- 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
- 28 Aug 2026, 09:41 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2026, 09:27 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 12 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
OCC001083- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082044- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ee3fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Once Tender is live all correspondence and submission must be via the portal in-tendhost.co.uk/ocfordcc ↗
Timeline
28 Aug 2026 → 15 Oct 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published55 days ago28 Aug 2026, 09:41 BST
- Submission deadline29 days ago22 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent17 days ago5 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published16 days ago6 Oct 2026, 09:27 BST
- Award decision expected by9 days ago12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts9 days ago13 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends6 days ago15 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Aug 2026- Tender notice published28 Aug 2026, 09:41 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published6 Oct 2026, 09:27 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete6 Oct 2026, 09:27 BST
- Contract signature expected16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| KPMGSMEBusiness Case for a Business Rates Retention Scheme for Oxford16 Oct 2026 – 16 May 2027 · up to 16 Nov 2027Extensions: Options to extend: 1 x 6 month extension Maximum term: 13 months | £370,414 inc. VAT | 5 Oct 2026standstill to 15 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- KPMG LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender