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Published 24 Mar 2025, 10:19 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

MORRIDGE HILL COUNTRY LEGAL AND GOVERNANCE PACKAGE

Official notice

Authority: Peak District National Park Authority (Public body)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£42,000≈ £42k / year · £50,400 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 9 Apr 2025awarded 12 Aug 2025
Awarded to Birketts LLP
Contract term 1 yrends 30 Apr 2026 · starts 16 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We require legal and governance advice to work through likely options available during the Development Phase of the Morridge Hill Country Project in order to progress into the Implementation Phase of the Project with a working model to manage a 20+ year agreement with Defra as the main funding body. This will also include agreements with private funders to be completed throughout the Implementation Phase of the project.

CPV: Legal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yrSMEPublished value£42,000
Contract period: 16 Apr 2025 – 30 Apr 2026 (1 yr)Value: £42,000 exc. VAT · £50,400 inc. VAT
Delivery: North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West MidlandsEligibility: SME eligible

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: The successful tenderer will be selected based on an evaluation using the criteria set out below. 1. Price (20% of the total score value); 2. Quality criteria (80% of the total score value) comprising: • Quality criteria 1: Proven experience and capability to undertake the services (65% of the total score value). • Quality criteria 2: Proposed methods to ensure that the services are carried out as efficiently as possible in response to the short project timescale (15% of the total score value). Calculated as follows: Price 20% 20 x (Lowest Tender Price)/(Tenderer X's Price) Quality criteria 1: Experience and Capability to undertake the works (65%) 13 x score (see methodology in Section 2 of the Invitation to Tender) Quality criteria 2: Proposed methods and approach to delivery (15%) 3 x score (in Section 2 of the Invitation to Tender)

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
24 Mar 2025, 10:19 GMT
Last source update
12 Aug 2025, 16:03 BST
Authority reference
MORRIDGE HILL COUNTRY LEGAL AND GOVERNANCE PACKAGE
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010835
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Legal services
Delivery area
North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f7bb Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Electronic submission allowed
Submission deadline
9 Apr 2025, 17:00 BST
Clarification deadline
2 Apr 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

submission to

[email protected]

Please see link at the Tender Notice at

www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/looking-after/about-… ↗

Timeline

24 Mar 2025 → 12 Aug 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    24 Mar 2025, 10:19 GMT
  2. Clarification questions by
    2 Apr 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    9 Apr 2025, 17:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    16 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published
    12 Aug 2025, 16:03 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Mar 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    24 Mar 2025, 10:19 GMT
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    25 Mar 2025, 17:06 GMT
    UK4
  3. Contract details notice published
    12 Aug 2025, 16:03 BST
    UK7
  4. Status changed to complete
    12 Aug 2025, 16:03 BST
Published amendments (1)

Section 2, paragraph 11.4 refers to an Appendix 6 which sets out the scoring methodology for evaluation of tender responses (Quality Criteria). This methodology is included below paragraph 11.4 of Section 2. There is no Appendix 6.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £42,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Birketts LLP£42,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • MORRIDGE HILL COUNTRY LEGAL AND GOVERNANCE PACKAGE · Birketts LLP

    Signed
    12 Aug 2025
    Value
    £42,000
    Period
    12 Aug 2025 – 31 May 2026
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Peak District National Park Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRMG-9537-GCRD Aldern House, Baslow Road, Bakewell, East Midlands, DE45 1AEContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • BIRKETTS LLPAwarded supplierGB-COH: OC317545GB-PPON: PNZT-4886-HCLQ Providence House, Ipswich, East of England, IP1 1QJContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender