Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 16 Sept 2025, 10:26 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Planning Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Great British Energy - Nuclear (Public body)

Dynamic marketServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£10,700,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 11 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice
Market period 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2031 · up to 31 Mar 2035 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Providing strategic planning advice on land use planning matters to GBE-N and its associated organisations.

Providing leadership in the development and delivery of all land use planning applications, including TCPAs and project DCOs.

Providing leadership in the delivery of post-application planning activities, including but not limited to responses to questions from planning authorities, DCO examination, Appeals processes, discharge of conditions and requirements.

Acting as the client representative in engagement with regulatory and other stakeholders as well as acting as expert witness during DCO examination, in Appeals processes and other relevant engagement activities.

Leading the development of the People and Economy baseline, assessment, mitigation and compensation measures.

Providing support to the Environmental Services and Permitting Services supplier(s) in the development of impact assessments.

Support in the delivery of optioneering, master planning and site design activities, providing relevant expert resource into the activities as necessary.

In addition to the above, depending on the inhouse ability of the Planning Services contractor, Traffic and Transport assessment support may also be drawn from this contracting route.

Planning and support in the procurement and management of any additional suppliers to deliver specialist services in respect to the above and future project activities.

CPV: Business and management consultancy services · Environmental planning · Geological and geophysical consultancy services · Geological consultancy services · Geophysical consultancy services · Infrastructure works consultancy services · Technical planning services

How this dynamic market works

From the published notice
Type
Dynamic market
Market period
5 yrs · up to 9 yrs from 1 Apr 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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
What this means for your bid
  • “Planning Services” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Dynamic market
Who may use this agreement
Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
16 Sept 2025, 10:26 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2025, 11:28 BST
Authority reference
Prj_5779
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-058821
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy servicesEnvironmental planningGeological and geophysical consultancy servicesGeological consultancy servicesGeophysical consultancy servicesInfrastructure works consultancy servicesTechnical planning services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059b04 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Admission period ends
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Timeline

16 Sept 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published400 days ago
    16 Sept 2025, 10:26 BST
  2. Latest notice published393 days ago
    23 Sept 2025, 11:28 BST
  3. Market engagement376 days ago
    10 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    An online engagement "Town Hall" meeting will be held either the week commencing the 06/10/25, to provide an overview of the scope of the requirement.

    The date and instructions for joining this engagement will be provided to those suppliers who express an interest in attending.

    To express an interest, please email the contact details which will be utilised for the market engagement invitation to [email protected]

    Please ensure that your interest is registered no later than the close of business on the 03/10/25

  4. Tender notice expected343 days ago
    11 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts204 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Sept 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    16 Sept 2025, 10:26 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Sept 2025, 11:28 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

GREAT BRITISH ENERGY - NUCLEAR

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: 05027024 · GB-PPON: PRCJ-2655-YDML Department For Energy Security & Net Zero, London, London, SW1A 2EGContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure