Official UK procurement notice
NewcastleGateshead Local Plan - Retail and Town Centre Study
Authority: Gateshead Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: North East (UKC)
Awarded value£46,822published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 3 Sept 2026
Awarded to LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON GROUP LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGateshead Council and Newcastle City Council are jointly preparing the new NewcastleGateshead Local Plan, which will set the spatial strategy and policies for development up to 2045. To support this work, the Councils have commissioned a Retail and Town Centre Study to provide a robust and up-to-date evidence base to inform plan-making, policy development and decision-making relating to retail, town centres, leisure and other main town centre uses.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- 3 Sept 2026, 16:01 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Sept 2026, 09:57 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-087140- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f197Find a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Sept 2026- Contract award notice published3 Sept 2026, 16:01 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published15 Sept 2026, 09:57 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected15 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £46,8221 award exc. VAT
Bids received 32 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON GROUP LIMITED15 Sept 2026 – 14 Jan 2027 | £46,822 | 3 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON GROUP LIMITED
- Signed
- 15 Sept 2026
- Value
- £46,822
- Period
- 15 Sept 2026 – 14 Jan 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Newcastle City CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
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