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# Technical Advice for Planning Decisions (Interim Arrangement)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/technical-advice-for-planning-decisions-interim-arrangement-ocds-h6vhtk-0468d6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government: "Technical Advice for Planning Decisions (Interim Arrangement)". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-housing-communities-local-government-gov-d1419)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Urban planning and landscape architectural services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £450,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0468d6`

## 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/technical-advice-for-planning-decisions-interim-arrangement-ocds-h6vhtk-0468d6#tl-md)

## Description
This notice is about a contract for the provision of specialist technical advice on planning matters connected with the preparation and application of the Special Development Order (SDO), or matters related to development to which the Planning Acts, particularly the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and a variety of associated regulatory regimes (such as the environmental, habitats, hazardous substances, and health and safety, regulatory and permit regimes). The specific contract, ref CPD4126158 (Technical Advice for Planning Decisions-Interim Arrangement), was awarded to provide DLUHC's Planning Response Unit ("PRU") with professional planning expertise to support decision-making on specific UK Government planning proposals, while a tender was being undertaken (from 22 November 2023 to 22 January 2024) to appoint a supplier to deliver the services on a longer term contract.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71400000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The specific contract, ref CPD4126158 (Technical Advice for Planning Decisions-Interim Arrangement), was awarded to provide DLUHC's Planning Response Unit ("PRU") with professional planning expertise to support decision-making on specific UK Governme...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 015828-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **NATHANIEL LICHFIELD & PARTNERS LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-183497`
  - Value: £450,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 015828-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £450,000
  - Signed Date: 22/01/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015828-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-05-20T10:49:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T11:02:29.301Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0468d6