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Open Space Strategy and Green Infrastructure Plan Consultant

Buyer: Ashford Borough Council →

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BuyerAshford Borough Council
StatusOpen
Deadline14 Sept 2026
Value£100,000
Published19 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Ashford Borough Council (ABC) are looking to procure suitably qualified and experienced consultants for the preparation of an Open Space Strategy and Green Infrastructure Plan. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Ashford:-Business-development-consultancy-services./987HA2J599 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/987HA2J599

Delivery location

UKJ4, GB

Categories

Business development consultancy services 79411100

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£100,000
Contract periodFrom 26 Oct 2026 to 25 Oct 2028
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Criterion 1 (70%)
Criterion 2 (20%)
Interview (10%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Business development consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Business development consultancy services (79411100); 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 7913,7404 median · 30.9 average (5,804 of 13,740 with a bid count)3.2 average (6,508 of 13,740 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKJ4884 median · 20.2 average (37 of 88 with a bid count)1.6 average (43 of 88 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)8473 median · 4.4 average (8 of 847 with a bid count)1 average (8 of 847 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.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06e7b8
Latest release ID079026-2026
Latest release timestampWed Aug 19 2026 13:04:22 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079026-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-14T10:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsTenders to be submitted via the Delta eSourcing portal https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£100,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
19 Aug 2026tender079026-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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