Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-4936 Supply of Town Planning Adviser Services
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUKRI wishes to establish a call-off contract for the provision of Town Planning Advisory Services, with an estimated contract value of £400,000.00
Required is a supplier who is familiar with Science Research and Development campuses planning, physics, space, computing and diverse science campuses. They shall ensure providing UKRI with the necessary town planning advisory services to enable our team to navigate national, regional and local planning regulations in order to deliver the expected pipeline of projects within our development programmes.
The requirement may include a range of projects- from very small (canopy extension to existing building), medium (circa 500m2), large (circa 13,000m2), through to major new science infrastructure projects (40,000m2).
According to the geographical location of the sites covered under this requirement, it is separated into 3 Lots:
Lot 1- Northern England
Lot 2- Southern England
Lot 3- Scotland
Suppliers are invited to bid for all or individual lots depending on their capability.
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CPV: Technical planning services · Urban planning services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Nov 2025
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot UKRI-4936Planned
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “UKRI-4936 Supply of Town Planning Adviser Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 May 2025, 14:55 BST
- Last source update
- 19 May 2025, 14:55 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-022724- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051731Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
19 May 2025 → 1 Nov 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published19 May 2025, 14:55 BST
- Market engagement15 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
UKRI will be holding a Market Engagement event on 10/06/2025 providing an overview of the requirement and the opportunity for suppliers to ask questions. If you are interested in attending, please email your contact details to [email protected], quoting the UKRI reference number, no later than 05/06/2025.
- Contract starts362 days ago1 Nov 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 May 2025, 14:55 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender