Official UK procurement notice
Commissioning of External Advisors for Neighbourhood Services/Waste Consultancy
Authority: Buckinghamshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNeighbourhood Services currently have 3 contracts in place with external advisors to provide expertise and additional support to key projects. These contracts are due to expire 31st March 2027, Buckinghamshire Council is undertaking procurement for new contracts to replace the current arrangements upon expiry, to ensure the continuation of the required support.
The 3 current contracts, awarded in April 2023 via the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) Framework, are for Engineering, Technical, and Financial support and they have assisted on a number of key projects including, but not limited to;
- Energy from Waste (EFW) Litigation
- Development of the High Heavens Waste Complex (HHWC)
- New Buckingham Household Recycling Centre (HRC)
- Persistent Organic Pollutant’s (POPs) Construction Project
- Options appraisal for alternative fuel waste vehicles
- Waste Collection Methodology Options Appraisal and Harmonisation
- HRC Drainage Compliance
Without the expertise and additional resources provided by working with specialist consultants, the Council would find it extremely difficult to deliver these projects to the same standard, timeframe and cost.
Particular areas or expertise that the current arrangements provide include construction, site design, planning application support, ecological surveys, legislative and regulatory positions, market analysis, best practice, financial modelling, and contract documentation drafting.
This procurement is being conducted using a Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023.
Tenders will be evaluated on the basis of the Most Advantageous Tender (MAT) using the following award criteria:
Quality – 55%
Price – 40%
Social Value – 5%
Following completion of the initial tender evaluation, the Council may invite selected bidders achieving a minimum overall score of 75% to participate in a negotiation stage. The Council reserves the right not to undertake negotiations and to award based on the initial tenders received.
Where negotiations are undertaken, bidders invited to that stage may be required to participate in clarification discussions, presentations and structured negotiations. Following completion of negotiations, bidders may be invited to submit a Best and Final Offer (BAFO).
Final award will be made to the bidder submitting the Most Advantageous Tender following completion of all stages of the evaluation process. No new award criteria or weightings will be introduced during the procurement process. Full details of the evaluation methodology, negotiation arrangements and BAFO requirements are set out in the procurement documents.
- How the procedure runs: This procurement is being conducted using a Competitive Flexible Procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. The Council intends to undertake an initial evaluation of Tenders submitted in response to this Invitation to Tender (ITT), following which the Council may invite selected Bidders to participate in a negotiation stage. Following completion of negotiations, participating Bidders may be invited to submit a Best and Final Offer (BAFO), which will form the basis of the Council's final evaluation and award decision. The Council reserves the right to vary, omit or conclude any stage of the process where it considers it appropriate to do so, provided that all Bidders are treated fairly and transparently. Full details of the procedure and any selection criteria applicable to each stage are set out in this Invitation to Tender.
CPV: Advisory and consultative engineering services · Financial consultancy services · Technical analysis or consultancy services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 1 and win at most 1 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Engineering and TechnicalRenewalPublished value£0
To procure consulting and advisory services in the area of engineering and technical
Lot #2FinancialRenewalPublished value£0
To procure financial consultancy and advisory services
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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 (3)
- Method Statements: 55%
- Price: 40%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
- Method Statements: Understanding of the Council's Programme and Technical Risk Design Development and Design Assurance Through Construction Cost Control and Commercial Discipline in Technical Services Programme Management, Governance and Escalation Resourcing, Resilience and Knowledge Transfer
- Price
- Social Value
- 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Apr 2026, 09:46 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jul 2026, 20:16 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Dec 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-062501- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068093Find a Tender
- How it runs
This procurement is being conducted using a Competitive Flexible Procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. The Council intends to undertake an initial evaluation of Tenders submitted in response to this Invitation to Tender (ITT), following which the Council may invite selected Bidders to participate in a negotiation stage. Following completion of negotiations, participating Bidders may be invited to submit a Best and Final Offer (BAFO), which will form the basis of the Council's final evaluation and award decision. The Council reserves the right to vary, omit or conclude any stage of the process where it considers it appropriate to do so, provided that all Bidders are treated fairly and transparently. Full details of the procedure and any selection criteria applicable to each stage are set out in this Invitation to Tender.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders will be submitted through the Bucks Council electronic tendering site- in-tendhost.co.uk/buckinghamshire-coun… ↗. Please make sure you register as all correspondence, clarifications and tendering information will be provided through this portal.
Timeline
13 Apr 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 6 dates- Planning notice published198 days ago13 Apr 2026, 09:46 BST
- Tender notice published118 days ago2 Jul 2026, 20:16 BST
- Next notice expected118 days ago2 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline85 days ago4 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 48 days16 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 153 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
10 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Apr 2026- Planned procurement notice published13 Apr 2026, 09:46 BSTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published22 Jun 2026, 11:23 BSTUK3
- Published value updated22 Jun 2026, 11:23 BST
- Planned procurement notice published29 Jun 2026, 10:17 BSTUK3
- Deadline moved to 30 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST29 Jun 2026, 10:17 BST-5 days · was 4 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Planned procurement notice published2 Jul 2026, 15:47 BSTUK3
- Deadline moved to 4 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST2 Jul 2026, 15:47 BST+5 days · was 30 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published2 Jul 2026, 20:16 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active2 Jul 2026, 20:16 BST
- Deadline moved to 4 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST2 Jul 2026, 20:16 BST+0 days · was 4 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-06: 1 release · 22 Jun 2026
- 2026-04: 1 release · 13 Apr 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Documents will be published through the portal found at the above address
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender