Official UK procurement notice
The Provision of Specialist Planning Advisory Services
Authority: South Holland District Council (Local council)·On behalf of: PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIP SERVICES LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of flexible professional specialist planning support to assist with the preparation of the new Boston & South Holland Joint Plan under the Government's 30 month timetable. The services provided would be required to respond to emerging client priorities but are expected to cover a range of planning policy matters including, but not limited to the following:
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Visioning exercises
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Evidence base procurement and management
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Supporting the digital first project
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Development of spatial strategy options
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Consultation work.
Key delivery dates for individual work streams will be governed by the Boston/South Holland Programme Plan and the published and updated Local Plan Timetable. Both of these are live documents and will be subject to change so flexibility is an important part of any service provided.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure 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
- 4 Jun 2026, 12:40 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Jun 2026, 13:45 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-057130- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ad62Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Only one contract is applicable. The system requires the input of details for a second contract; however, this is not relevant in this instance.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jun 2026- Transparency notice published4 Jun 2026, 12:40 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected16 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published17 Jun 2026, 13:45 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced PlanningSME17 Jun 2026 – 16 Jun 2027 · up to 17 Dec 2029Extensions: Option to extend by 2 years and 6 months. (Total of a further 30 months) | £277,830 inc. VAT | — | Awarded |
| Advanced PlanningSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · Advanced PlanningSME
- Signed
- 17 Jun 2026
- Value
- —
- Period
- 17 Jun 2026 – 16 Jun 2027 · up to 16 Dec 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Only one contract is applicable. The system requires the input of details for a second contract; however, this is not relevant in this instance.
No agreed KPIs: Below threshold
Contract 1 · Advanced PlanningSME
- Signed
- 16 Jun 2026
- Value
- £79,380 inc. VAT
- Period
- 17 Jun 2026 – 16 Jun 2027 · up to 16 Dec 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- No changes to the requirement. Extension by mutual agreement. A further 18 months
No agreed KPIs: Below the threshold
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIP SERVICES LTDProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement Support and Advice
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ADVANCED PLANNING LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender