Official UK procurement notice
Neighbourhood Planning Support Services
Authority: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: Administration services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Contract modification shall involve continued provision of the key services for a…
The Contract modification shall involve continued provision of the key services for a further 12 months to 31st March 2025, including but not limited to:
(a) Basic support - including online resources, expert advice, and networking facilitation;
(b) Grants - provision of both basic and additional grants to Customers to fund the neighbourhood planning activities;
(c) Technical Support - provision of specialist, Technical Support packages to deliver specific outputs linked to Ministerial priorities on housing, design and supporting communities to establish neighbourhood planning groups in unparished areas.
The Contract also includes potential continued provision of pilots and other additional services, including but not limited to:
(a) provision of data collection and publication of housing supply and delivery (completions) in neighbourhood planning areas;
(b) provision of data collection and management services for planning related information, including access to open data and maximising the use of digital tools;
(c) provision of publicly accessible planning-related digital tools and mapping services; and/or
(d) provision of similar Technical Support services to relevant stakeholders for the purposes of preparing Local and other statutory plans.
Where it is considered necessary to satisfy genuine, unexpected and robustly evidenced increases or changes in demand, the Authority continues to reserve the right to re-profile, increase or decrease annual budgets.
The Contract shall also provide comprehensive exit services over a 12 month 'Tail-end' period from 1st April 2025, to ensure appropriate completion / closure of all pre-commissioned, outstanding legacy support packages awarded to customers.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 5 Jun 2024, 16:27 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Jun 2024, 16:27 BST
- Authority reference
CPD/004/117/081- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-017490- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locality (UK)SME | £45,732,340 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 017490-2024-CPD/004/117/081-1 · Locality (UK)SME
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2017
- Value
- £45,732,340
- Status
- active
- Change Previous modifications to the contract were made between 2018-2023, which included implementing a range of necessary service refinements, budget reconciliations and extensions. This modification, pursuant to regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, varies the Neighbourhood Planning Support Services contract in order to continue provision of the support services for a further year, and to extend the exit ('Tail-end') period from 6 to 12 months, in order to facilitate effective completion / close down of all outstanding legacy support packages awarded to customers. To note this 'Tail-end' period would be expected to run in parallel with any potential replacement contract for the core services, where there is a change of supplier. Note also that due to the demand-led nature of services, and a service mix which involves different VAT treatments for different elements, the actual / final ex VAT value of the modification may ultimately vary from that stated within this notice., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: The modification is pursuant to Reg R72(1)(b) of Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Transition to a new supplier / contract requires significant and complex activity which is expected to take several months, and potentially includes: staff transfer under TUPE; transfer of related IPR/materials and large volumes of customer data; refinement / testing of operational and customer facing processes; co-ordination with the interdependent Grant Administration contract; co-ordination and communication with service customers.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- LocalityAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.