Official UK procurement notice
Consultancy Services - Strategic Land
Authority: The Crown Estate (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract is for the provision of consultancy services for the management of (i) the planning process and (ii) the planning budget for a large strategic land site.
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
- 8 Oct 2025, 16:48 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Dec 2025, 11:00 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-080966- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05aafcFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
- Published justification
The contract being awarded is in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023. A direct award to Crucible (Strategic) Limited ("Crucible") is appropriate as it has exclusive rights in respect of the strategic land site.
Crucible has a long-standing involvement in relation to the promotion of the strategic land site. Crucible's involvement has been made possible as a result of previous contractual arrangements which were not and are not capable of being replicated by another party.
Crucible also has specific know-how in respect of the strategic land site which means it is uniquely placed to provide the services.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
17 Oct 2025 → 9 Dec 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends374 days ago17 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published322 days ago9 Dec 2025, 11:00 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Oct 2025- Transparency notice published8 Oct 2025, 16:48 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published8 Oct 2025, 18:12 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected20 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published9 Dec 2025, 11:00 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRUCIBLE (STRATEGIC) LIMITED20 Oct 2025 – 19 Oct 2030 · up to 19 Oct 2035Extensions: The contract can be extended in the event of (i) an outstanding planning decision, (ii) a challenge to planning permission (until such time it is resolved) and/or (iii) until any planning permission granted is free of requirements deemed unacceptable by The Crown Estate. | £1,750,000 | 8 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Consultancy Services - Strategic Land · CRUCIBLE (STRATEGIC) LIMITED
- Signed
- 20 Oct 2025
- Value
- £1,750,000
- Period
- 20 Oct 2025 – 19 Oct 2030 · up to 19 Oct 2035 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The contract can be extended in the event of (i) an outstanding planning decision, (ii) a challenge to planning permission (until such time it is resolved) and/or (iii) until any planning permission granted is free of requirements deemed unacceptable by The Crown Estate.
No agreed KPIs: Below 5m
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- CRUCIBLE ( STRATEGIC) LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- CRUCIBLE (STRATEGIC) LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
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