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title: "South Cambridgeshire District Council - Northstowe Enterprise Zone and Local Centre - Client Advisory Team"
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# South Cambridgeshire District Council - Northstowe Enterprise Zone and Local Centre - Client Advisory Team

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/south-cambridgeshire-district-council-northstowe-enterprise-zone-and-local-centre-client-a-ocds-h6vhtk-028e11). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** South Cambridgeshire District Council: "South Cambridgeshire District Council - Northstowe Enterprise Zone and Local Centre - Client Advisory Team". Published status: active. Published Value: £2,250,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Mar 2021, 13:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [South Cambridgeshire District Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/south-cambridgeshire-district-council-ons-e07000012)
- **Published Value:** £2,250,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 March 2021 at 13:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Architectural and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH12
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028e11`

## 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:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **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/south-cambridgeshire-district-council-northstowe-enterprise-zone-and-local-centre-client-a-ocds-h6vhtk-028e11#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D4d402ece-bb60-eb11-8106-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/south-cambridgeshire-district-council-northstowe-enterprise-zone-and-local-centre-client-a-ocds-h6vhtk-028e11#participate

## Description
The council is seeking to appoint a Client Advisory Team that has masterplanning, urban design architecture and planning expertise be appointed at this stage to work with the council’s Project Team and matrix of stakeholders to agree the vision for the project and develop a clear strategic brief and masterplan for delivery. The Client Adviser will assist the council’s Project Team in identifying and developing a series of options which meet the council’s strategic development brief, work with the team, stakeholders and consultees to evaluate the options and identify a best value approach which will deliver the agreed project outcomes and maximise the investment available. It is recognised that, when considering a construction project, key decisions on viability, vision, product, exploiting opportunities etc., are made at the beginning of the process, before the planning and design stages and long before work starts on site. The council recognises that Client Advisers are highly trained, experienced architects or construction professionals who can understand the implication on financial, planning decisions on placemaking and advise on how to get the best out of the procurement process in line with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) work stages (2020). It is considered that an appointment at the earliest stage can help bring clarity of vision certainty and maximise the benefits realisation from a placemaking/ sustainability perspective. The brief for the Client Advisory Team is based on RIBA Stages 0-2. The contract may be extended beyond but at this stage SCDC cannot guarantee this at this stage. For the purposes of meeting the regulations (WTO) the maximum contract value is £2.25m (two million two hundred fifty thousand). SCDC reserve the right to extend any agreed contract up to this value. Bidder’s should be aware that this is to meet regulatory requirements and is not the estimated or guaranteed volume or value of work. Please note due to the confidential nature of this project, bidders will be asked to sign a non disclosure agreement prior to receiving the tender documentation.  Due to the confidential nature of this contract bidders will need to express an interest and sign a non-disclosure agreement before being provided access to the tender documents, please find the link to do this here: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=4d402ece-bb60-eb11-8106-005056b64545&fromRfxSummary=True&rfxId=4e3b9c4e-bd60-eb11-8106-005056b64545.  5.	This contract is for services with SCDC. However due to the nature of this contract, the area of work the following partners will reserve the right at their discretion to call off services from this contract, Cambridgeshire County Council, Cambridge City Council, Homes England and the Parish Council of Northstowe (when this is created or the body that represents its interests).

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £2,250,000

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001723-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-01-28T11:11:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T09:37:14.657Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028e11