Official UK procurement notice
Consultant Support in relation to Peak Cluster NSIP
Authority: Peak District National Park Authority (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Peak District National Park Authority ("PDNPA") is seeking multidisciplinary consultancy support to assist in its role as statutory consultee in regards the Peak Cluster Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project ("NSIP") and a Development Consent Order ("DCO") for the Peak Cluster Carbon Capture and Storage Pipeline under the Planning Act 2008 ("the Application") to be submitted by Peak Cluster Ltd ("the Applicant"). Support is required in the areas of project management, co-ordination and administration as well as in the specialist areas of infrastructure planning, landscape, cultural heritage, archaeology and ecology ("the Services"). The PDNPA is seeking a consultancy with previous experience of the entire NSIP/DCO process. PDNPA expects to enter into a Planning Performance Agreement ("PPA") with Peak Cluster Ltd and the support is required in relation to PDNPA's obligations under the PPA for the entire DCO process. Funding under the PPA will only be guaranteed up to a cap for the Pre-Application Stage of the Application, and the consultancy contract will be conditional insofar as it relates to any requirements beyond the Pre-Application Stage or the cap, conditional on a variation of the PPA being agreed with Peak Cluster Ltd.
- Not divided into lots: The PDNPA is seeking to let the contract as a whole given the complexity of the project and the need for a joined-up approach from specialists, the project manager/infrastructure planner(s) and PDNPA's Strategic Planning Manager.
CPV: Architectural, engineering and planning services · Architectural, engineering and surveying services · Environmental engineering consultancy services · Urban planning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1Published value£500,000
- Value
- £500,000 exc. VAT · £600,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
Only the Pre-Application Stage of the DCO process will initially be guaranteed under the contract. Parts of the contract relating to stages beyond the Pre-Application Stage are conditional on agreement between the Authority and Peak Cluster Ltd to fund later stages of the DCO process. The Authority will notify the Contractor when variations of the PPA have been agreed, so that the contract will then include the more…
requirement for those further services. The total estimated value of the contract includes the value of all stages of the Application.
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 (4)
- Methodology — 30%
- Experience — 30%
- Price — 30%
- Social Value — 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Price — Tenderers are required to provide an hourly rate (exclusive of VAT) for provision of the whole service to PDNPA, either as a blended rate for the whole of the Services or individual rates for the different specialists to be used. If individual rates are submitted for each of the specialists, PDNPA will calculate the average of all rates specified for evaluation purposes.
- Methodology — • Proposed working methods and means of delivering contract • Clear understanding of the Brief and the context • Sufficiency of resources and capability to perform the contract This will include evaluation of the capabilities of each of the technical specialists required to perform the Services, as set out in the Invitation to Tender.
- Experience — • The Tenderer's technical and professional ability demonstrated by previous experience of contracts delivered for the Authority or other organisations. • Qualification(s) and experience of Tenderer and employees/assistants/sub-contractors (if any). • Written technical references . This will include evaluation of the technical and professional ability of each of the technical specialists required to perform the services, as set out in the Invitation to Tender.
- Social Value — Description of how the Contractor would create positive impact on people and communities, through one or more of the following aspects of social value: i. Social/wellbeing improvements for individuals and communities ii. Economic benefits that uplift society's wellbeing; iii. Environmental; encouraging sustainable processes.
- Economic & financial standingProvided in Tender Questionnaire
- Technical & professional abilityProvided in Tender Questionnaire
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Peak District National Park Authority buys Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) — and who usually turns up
Peak District National Park Authority’s own published record, next to the North West England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Peak District National Park Authority
contract notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 7131 · 3 in division 71 · 28 in all categories
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 3 lots. 2 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 1.5) and 1 from older notices (bids received, middle 7).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 3 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 15 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 5 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 34 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 71), last 36 months: 3 notices.
North West England · Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131)
contract notices delivered in North West England in 36 months: 196 in CPV 7131 (131 competed, 35 route not published) · 508 in division 71 (356 competed, 82 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7131), last 36 months: 67 lots. 39 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 7) and 28 from older notices (bids received, middle 3.5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7131), last 36 months: 67 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7131), last 36 months: 27 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7131), last 36 months: 39 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7131), last 36 months: 48 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7131), last 36 months: 92 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 15 lots (all categories), applied to the £500,000 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Who you are likely to meet i
Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
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Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list
Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price i
Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Supplier | Evidence | Last award | Their award vs estimate | Relevance |
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| JNP Group Consulting Engineers Ltd SME | 17 class wins | 2 months ago | at estimate n=1 | 56% |
| CONSTRUCTIVE THINKING STUDIO LIMITED SME | 16 class wins | this month | 25% above n=1 | 56% |
| GRIDBEYOND LIMITED | 15 class wins | 1 months ago | at estimate n=1 | 55% |
| ARCUS CONSULTING LLP | 59 class wins | this month | at estimate n=1 | 55% |
| Tersus Consultancy Ltd Large | 64 class wins | 2 months ago | 31% below n=1 | 55% |
Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s middle value on its own comparable single-supplier wins, CPV 7131 first. Nobody here is known to be bidding.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
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
- Open for tender
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Sept 2026, 12:09 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 12:09 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077765Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via portal- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please see link to the Tender Notice at https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/looking-after/about-us/open-government/tenders Tenders must be submitted by e mail to [email protected] By 12.00 on Monday 19 October 2026 The following, and only the following, must be used in the subject line: 'REF: TENDER RETURN Peak Cluster NSIP Consultancy Support' All attachments must be in pdf form No information must be included in the covering e mail apart from the identity of the more…
sender and a list of attachments Note: The Peak District National Park Authority is aware that third parties may contact businesses regarding this tender opportunity. Please note that the Authority does not authorise any third party to charge fees for access to tender information. All tender documents are available free of charge through our official procurement channels. If you are contacted requesting payment, please disregard the request and contact us directly using the details provided in this advert.Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published4 days ago22 Sept 2026, 12:09 BST
- Clarification questions byin 18 days13 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadlinein 23 days19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 52 days16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 59 days24 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published22 Sept 2026, 12:09 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
- Bidding documents and specifications Invitation to Tender and associated Tender Documents
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender