Find a TenderPast planning noticePlanned procurement notice
Published 2 Sept 2025, 09:16 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Retail, Leisure and Hotel Study

Official notice

Authority: Southampton City Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 3 Sept 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 moends 6 Jun 2026 · starts 6 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Southampton City Council ("the Authority") is inviting Quotes from suitably qualified suppliers ("Potential Suppliers") for the provision of a Retail, Culture, Leisure, and Hotel Needs Assessment.

The Authority is preparing a new Local Plan to 2042; the plan period end date is subject to changes in national plan-making procedures. The new Local Plan needs to take account of the changes made in planning and related policy since Southampton's current development framework was adopted.

Further information to be found in the tender document.

CPV: Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 5 mo
Contract period: 6 Jan 2026 – 6 Jun 2026 (5 mo)
Delivery: South East

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
How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: Pricing - 25% Rate Card - 5% Quality - 70%

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
2 Sept 2025, 09:16 BST
Last source update
2 Sept 2025, 09:16 BST
Authority reference
SCC-SMS-0913
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-053000
Latest notice
Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Classification (CPV)
Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
Delivery area
South East (UKJ32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0591c2 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
6 Oct 2025, 10:00 BST
Clarification deadline
29 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

Timeline

2 Sept 2025 → 6 Jan 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    2 Sept 2025, 09:16 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    3 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Clarification questions by394 days ago
    29 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Submission deadline387 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 10:00 BST
  5. Contract starts295 days ago
    6 Jan 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    2 Sept 2025, 09:16 BST
    UK3

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

Southampton City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCGN-2413-RBTX Civic Centre, Civic Centre Road, Southampton, South East, SO14 7LYContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure