Official UK procurement notice
Technical Advice for Planning Decisions
Authority: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo provide specialist technical advice on matters related to planning proposals and potential proposals. This advice will support the work of the Planning Response Unit, primarily (but not exclusively) relating to providing advice on planning matters connected to the preparation and application of the Special Development Order (SDO) regime under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
CPV: Urban planning and landscape architectural services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Specialist technical advice is needed to support planning decisions under the Planning…Awarded
Specialist technical advice is needed to support planning decisions under the Planning Acts, and a variety of associated regulatory regimes.
This advice could include (but is not limited to) advice on one or more of the broad technical areas: Socio-economic conditions and human health, Noise and Vibration, Lighting, Air quality, Waste and materials management, Flood risk and surface water management, Ground water and ground water management, Protected areas or assets of particular importance, Habitats sites, protected and other species, and biodiversity, Heritage, Archaeology, Traffic management, access, and highway design, Design, Hazardous substances, Health and Safety, Contaminated land, Civil engineering in relation to site investigations
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Jan 2025, 11:06 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Jan 2025, 11:06 GMT
- Authority reference
CPD4128022- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-003068- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d742Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
- Published justification
Two tender exercises have failed to generate any interest in the market.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Limited | £540,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 003068-2025-1 · Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Limited
- Signed
- 18 Jan 2025
- Value
- £540,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Limited, trading as LichfieldAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.