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Published 7 Oct 2026, 22:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Norfolk Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

Official notice

Authority: Norwich City Council (Local council)·On behalf of: South Norfolk Council

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£35,000£42,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 18 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 mostarts 20 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Norwich City Council, on behalf of Broadland District Council, Great Yarmouth Borough Council, North Norfolk District Council, Norwich City Council, South Norfolk Council and the Broads Authority, invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced consultants to prepare a new Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA). The purpose of which is to inform strategic planning decisions, the preparation of new Local Plans and inform development management decisions. The study should also identify where detailed Level 2 assessment works may be required across the study areas.

CPV: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Planned 5 moSMEPublished value£35,000
Contract period: 20 Nov 2026 — 2 May 2027 (5 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: East of England
Value
£35,000 exc. VAT · £42,000 inc. VAT
90711400 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction

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
Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation
    Evaluation Process – Suppliers will be evaluated on Quality (70%) and Price (30%) Key Dates - We would want to give anyone interested about 7 or 8 business days to express their interest and then 3 weeks to respond to the tender so if it was posted today – Expression of Interest by 5 pm 9th October, tenders returned by 30th October

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
Planned procurement
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
7 Oct 2026, 22:05 BST
Last source update
7 Oct 2026, 22:05 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094973
Latest notice
Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Classification (CPV)
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction
Delivery area
East of England (UKH15)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078340 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Submission deadline
14 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
14 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
This opportunity will be an under threshold closed process. Bidders should express their interest by emailing [email protected] by 17/10/2026 in order to be sent the bidding brief. The brief for bidding will then be sent on the 20/10/2026. All bid submissions should be returned by 14/11/2026. Further information about Norwich City Council can be found here: www.norwich.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedearlier today
    7 Oct 2026, 22:05 BST
  2. Tender notice expectedin 10 days
    18 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
  3. Clarification questions byin 37 days
    14 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 37 days
    14 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 43 days
    20 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
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
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    7 Oct 2026, 22:05 BSTUK3

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

6 public bodies on the notice

Norwich City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWRB-7245-GVXQ City Hall, St Peters Street, Norwich, East of England, NR2 1NH [email protected]

Other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure