Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Senior Projects Officer (Major Sites Planning Consultancy Services) II
Authority: North Hertfordshire District Council (Local council)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: East of England (UKH2)
Awarded value£150,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 17 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to The Oyster Partnership Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorth Hertfordshire District Council intends to directly award a public contract for the provision of specialist planning consultancy services in the role of Senior Projects Officer (Major Sites).
The services relate to supporting the progression and processing of a series of complex, strategic development management activities and Planning Performance Agreements (PPAs) associated with the Baldock and East of Luton development sites, as allocated in the adopted North Hertfordshire Local Plan.
The scope includes, but is not limited to:
- Progression and coordination of strategic development management applications
- Support to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) scoping and associated statutory processes
- Attendance at Design Review Panels, site visits and multi-disciplinary workshops
- Liaison with developers, statutory consultees and internal Council stakeholders
- Provision of continuity of embedded project knowledge across live planning applications and the transition from masterplanning into outline planning submissions
The services are funded through Planning Performance Agreements with developers.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Dec 2025, 12:55 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Dec 2025, 13:23 GMT
- Authority reference
NHDC0178817- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-085839- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fc87Find a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published23 Dec 2025, 12:55 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published23 Dec 2025, 13:23 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected8 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £150,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Oyster Partnership LtdSenior Projects Officer (Major Sites) - Planning Consultancy Services8 Jan 2026 – 7 Jan 2027 | £150,000 | 17 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- THE OYSTER PARTNERSHIP LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender