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DONV 058 - Economic Development Needs Assessment

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BuyerShropshire Council
StatusClosed
Deadline14 Aug 2026
Value£65,000
Published6 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Shropshire Council will commission an Economic Development Needs Assessment (EDNA 2026) for the County, to help deliver sustainable economic growth, through the 20 years from 2026 to 2046. EDNA 2026 will inform Shropshire’s new Local Plan to 2046 by helping to direct the preparation and examination of the Local Plan Economic Vision, Strategy, strategic policies and most importantly, the employment land requirement by identifying and meeting Shropshire’s economic needs to 2046. EDNA 2026 will also inform a revision of the Shropshire Economic Growth Strategy by providing evidence of Shropshire’s investment and growth potential over the next 5-10 years, to align these two key strategies. EDNA 2026 will: •Define the extent of Shropshire’s functional economic market area; •provide a comprehensive summary of Shropshire’s social and economic characteristics to identify opportunities and challenges for delivering sustainable economic growth in the County; •provide a comprehensive summary of the structure and performance of Shropshire’s local economy to identify opportunities, challenges and barriers to delivering sustainable economic growth and investment including infrastructure requirements that may influence our future growth potential; •provide a comprehensive overview of Shropshire’s commercial land, development and property market to consider current opportunities and the challenges and prospects in the medium term to 2036 and in the longer term to 2046, and further to 2050; •summarise the key opportunities and challenges that may influence our growth potential immediately, in the medium term to 2036 and in the longer-term to 2046 and to 2050 to help focus investment into areas of opportunity. This will consider different sources of information including stakeholder engagement with our business community and those who service their needs for business support and investment advice; As a minimum requirement and as an early output for the study, model labour demand from the Baseline Economic Forecast and labour supply from the Shropshire Standard Method Local Housing Need: •this should identify minimum and maximum scales of jobs growth which may be supported by the local economy and by the expected supply of labour from Shropshire’s Standard Method Local Housing Need; •the Council seeks an early output and advice on the scope for our economic aspirations from the baseline jobs growth forecast and the forecast supply of labour from Standard Method Local Housing Need from early modelling of these key demand and supply scenarios; •Further to this, model at least one additional Labour Demand Scenario to define Shropshire’s aspirations for delivering sustainable economic growth and investment. Model at least one additional Labour Supply Scenario to enable the Council to project subsequent changes to the employment land requirement from adjustments to either our Standard Method Local Housing Need, our economic aspirations or from modifications to our housing requirement; •Identify and describe the range of reasonable alternatives for the employment land requirement for Shropshire for the period 2026 to 2046 to inform the preparation of the Local Plan; •identify structural, economic and spatial planning considerations that will influence opportunities and challenges for delivering sustainable economic growth and investment in Shropshire from 2026 to 2046. This will highlight mechanisms to address these matters and stakeholders who may contribute to their success; •guide the Council towards an appropriate Economic Vision and Strategy for the Local Plan to deliver sustainable economic growth and investment which will improve Shropshire’s: labour supply, employment opportunities, productivity and prosperity; economic structure, performance, investment and growth; and economic sustainability and the competitiveness of the local economy; and guide the Council on appropriate measurable economic outcomes for the Plan Vision. •Further guide the Council in its corporate decision making to deliver strategic investment, employment and investment. This may include options which direct the Council towards strategic engagement with partners and investors particularly for infrastructure provision. The Council wish to commission this Study during Financial Q2 of 2026-27 and receive the Draft Final Report during Financial Q4 of 2026-27. The Council recognise that the new plan making process places significant pressures on all partners involved in plan making. The Council will consider tender submissions that extend beyond the timeframe indicated here and the detailed programme for the Study, and the key milestones, will be agreed with the appointed consultant when the Study is commissioned.

Delivery location

UKG22, GB

Categories

Economic research services 79311400

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£65,000
Contract periodFrom 8 Sept 2026 to 7 Feb 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price (15%)
Quality (75%)
Social Value (10%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Economic research servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Economic research services (79311400); 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 794,1253 median · 33.6 average (1,087 of 4,125 with a bid count)2.8 average (1,221 of 4,125 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer3Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKG227Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)4577 median · 8.3 average (3 of 457 with a bid count)1 average (3 of 457 with named award suppliers)Not 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.

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Latest release ID074654-2026
Latest release timestampThu Aug 06 2026 11:07:20 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
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Tender statusactive
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Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-14T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-08-10T11:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/944293CD56
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£65,000
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
6 Aug 2026tenderUpdate074654-2026
28 Jul 2026tender071444-2026

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

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This will consider different sources of information including stakeholder engagement with our business community and those who service their needs for business support and investment advice;\nAs a minimum requirement and as an early output for the study, model labour demand from the Baseline Economic Forecast and labour supply from the Shropshire Standard Method Local Housing Need:\n•this should identify minimum and maximum scales of jobs growth which may be supported by the local economy and by the expected supply of labour from Shropshire’s Standard Method Local Housing Need;\n•the Council seeks an early output and advice on the scope for our economic aspirations from the baseline jobs growth forecast and the forecast supply of labour from Standard Method Local Housing Need from early modelling of these key demand and supply scenarios;\n•Further to this, model at least one additional Labour Demand Scenario to define Shropshire’s aspirations for delivering sustainable economic growth and investment. Model at least one additional Labour Supply Scenario to enable the Council to project subsequent changes to the employment land requirement from adjustments to either our Standard Method Local Housing Need, our economic aspirations or from modifications to our housing requirement;\n•Identify and describe the range of reasonable alternatives for the employment land requirement for Shropshire for the period 2026 to 2046 to inform the preparation of the Local Plan;\n•identify structural, economic and spatial planning considerations that will influence opportunities and challenges for delivering sustainable economic growth and investment in Shropshire from 2026 to 2046. This will highlight mechanisms to address these matters and stakeholders who may contribute to their success;\n•guide the Council towards an appropriate Economic Vision and Strategy for the Local Plan to deliver sustainable economic growth and investment which will improve Shropshire’s:\nlabour supply, employment opportunities, productivity and prosperity;\neconomic structure, performance, investment and growth; and\neconomic sustainability and the competitiveness of the local economy; and\nguide the Council on appropriate measurable economic outcomes for the Plan Vision.\n•Further guide the Council in its corporate decision making to deliver strategic investment, employment and investment. This may include options which direct the Council towards strategic engagement with partners and investors particularly for infrastructure provision.\nThe Council wish to commission this Study during Financial Q2 of 2026-27 and receive the Draft Final Report during Financial Q4 of 2026-27.\nThe Council recognise that the new plan making process places significant pressures on all partners involved in plan making. The Council will consider tender submissions that extend beyond the timeframe indicated here and the detailed programme for the Study, and the key milestones, will be agreed with the appointed consultant when the Study is commissioned.\nFor more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: \nhttps://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Shrewsbury:-Economic-research-services./944293CD56\nTo respond to this opportunity, please click here: \nhttps://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/944293CD56",
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