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title: "PLA26200 Conservation Area Programme - Community Engagement Project"
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# PLA26200 Conservation Area Programme - Community Engagement Project

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pla26200-conservation-area-programme-community-engagement-project-ocds-h6vhtk-079567). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The purpose of this Expression of Interest is to identify suppliers in the market who are capable of employing an established methodology, tested through the Torbay Heritage Place Programme Development Year, to engage local residents, communities and interest groups with the process of producing Conservation Area Appraisals and Conservation Area Management Plans alongside a wide programme of heritage learning and community action within 21 conservation areas within Torbay. The Expression of Interest does not constitute as a tender, and Torbay Council will not be commissioning services directly through this process. Should the responses demonstrate sufficient competition and capacity within Devon, Torbay Council reserves their right to conduct any subsequent below-threshold procurement as a reserved procurement for suppliers established in Devon and with substantive business operations within the county. Suppliers are not required to have their head office located in Devon.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Torbay Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/torbay-council-ons-e06000027)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £110,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Public relations consultancy services, Social research services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK42
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pla26200-conservation-area-programme-community-engagement-project-ocds-h6vhtk-079567#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-079567`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** not shown for these lots; the published data do not support one.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pla26200-conservation-area-programme-community-engagement-project-ocds-h6vhtk-079567#tl-md)

## Description
The purpose of this Expression of Interest is to identify suppliers in the market who are capable of employing an established methodology, tested through the Torbay Heritage Place Programme Development Year, to engage local residents, communities and interest groups with the process of producing Conservation Area Appraisals and Conservation Area Management Plans alongside a wide programme of heritage learning and community action within 21 conservation areas within Torbay. 
The Expression of Interest does not constitute as a tender, and Torbay Council will not be commissioning services directly through this process. Torbay Council reserves their right to only invite organisations who have responded to this Expression of Interest to participate in the resulting tender process. 
Should the responses demonstrate sufficient competition and capacity within Devon, Torbay Council reserves their right to conduct any subsequent below-threshold procurement as a reserved procurement for suppliers established in Devon and with substantive business operations within the county. Suppliers are not required to have their head office located in Devon.
The project will be subject to the successful receipt of funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund through the Torbay Heritage Place Programme. If successful, it is expected to run for approximately 44 months from April 2027 to December 2030.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 79315000, 79416200
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2027 to 31/10/2030

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F103657-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-02T11:40:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-04T14:56:54.959Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-079567