Official UK procurement notice
Spatial Development Strategy digital platform
Authority: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo develop the Spatial Development Strategy, CPCA requires:
a digitally based platform able to assess land suitability for development against a range of data layers and growth parameters.
Development of appropriate growth parameters that draw from a number of existing strategies and policies
Support to develop growth scenarios to test against a place vision and the Local growth plan in order to have scenarios ready for engagement in May 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- 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
- 21 Oct 2026, 09:37 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Oct 2026, 09:37 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-099271- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078c6bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Prototypes Development
- Published justification
CPCA is seeking to co-develop and test a digitally enabled spatial planning platform specifically designed to support the preparation of its Spatial Development Strategy (SDS).
Prior & Partners has previously developed and tested a digitally led approach to growth scenarios at a smaller geographical scale. The proposed commission would involve further development and testing of that approach to establish its suitability for strategic spatial planning across the wider Cambridgeshire and Peterborough geography.
The development requirements include integrating multiple spatial datasets, assessing land suitability against agreed growth parameters, enabling dynamic scenario testing and ensuring interoperability with CPCA's existing State of the Region evidence platform.
The proposed work is intended to test whether the existing approach can be adapted and developed into a suitable model for SDS preparation, with CPCA directly involved in specifying, co-designing and testing the resulting platform.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 21 Oct 2026- Transparency notice published21 Oct 2026, 09:37 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prior + Partners3 Nov 2026 – 31 May 2027 | £205,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Prior + PartnersAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender