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title: "Planning Skills Delivery Fund (PSDF): East Kent Area Design Codes"
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# Planning Skills Delivery Fund (PSDF): East Kent Area Design Codes

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/planning-skills-delivery-fund-psdf-east-kent-area-design-codes-ocds-h6vhtk-045a47). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ashford Borough Council: "Planning Skills Delivery Fund (PSDF): East Kent Area Design Codes". Published status: complete. Published Value: £750,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Jun 2024, 10:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Ashford Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ashford-borough-council-ons-e07000105)
- **Published Value:** £750,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 June 2024 at 10:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business and management consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £241,600 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/planning-skills-delivery-fund-psdf-east-kent-area-design-codes-ocds-h6vhtk-045a47#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-045a47`

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## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [kentbusinessportal.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kentbusinessportal.org.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/planning-skills-delivery-fund-psdf-east-kent-area-design-codes-ocds-h6vhtk-045a47#participate

## Description
The East Kent Councils of Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet were successfully awarded funding for the planning skills delivery fund to assist with delivering borough-wide design codes.
The consultant will undertake the first 2 of 3 stages of an area wide design code for each of the 5 Authorities. The project will focus on methods to develop the skills of Officers and communities to help create effective ways of engaging with local communities to input into the production of design codes possibly through toolkits, events and community panels. Another element to the project will be to establish ways of digitising the final design codes and engaging with communities in the process.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £750,000
- **Description:** The East Kent Councils of Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet were successfully awarded funding for the planning skills delivery fund to assist with delivering borough-wide design codes.
The consultant will undertake the first 2...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Planning Skills Delivery Fund (PSDF): East Kent Area Design Codes (active)
  - Award id: `036017-2024-PSDF/24/1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **BPTW LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-88090`
  - Value: £241,600 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Planning Skills Delivery Fund (PSDF): East Kent Area Design Codes (active)
  - Signed Value: £241,600
  - Signed Date: 06/11/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036017-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-11-07T09:47:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T04:08:24.170Z
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