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title: "WHC - Local Plan Viability Assessment"
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# WHC - Local Plan Viability Assessment

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/whc-local-plan-viability-assessment-ocds-h6vhtk-055c19). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council: "WHC - Local Plan Viability Assessment". Published status: complete. Published Value: £30,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.supplyhertfordshire.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/welwyn-hatfield-borough-council-ons-e07000241)
- **Published Value:** £30,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 July 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £30,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/whc-local-plan-viability-assessment-ocds-h6vhtk-055c19#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-055c19`

## 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/whc-local-plan-viability-assessment-ocds-h6vhtk-055c19#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplyhertfordshire.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.supplyhertfordshire.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/whc-local-plan-viability-assessment-ocds-h6vhtk-055c19#participate

## Description
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (hereafter “the Council”) wishes to commission a viability assessment for their Local Plan Review. The purpose of this review is to assess the economic viability and feasibility of a revised Local Plan, and to inform policy requirements.
The objective of the required assessment is to determine that the cumulative costs of policies, site requirements and the accompanying package of necessary infrastructure will not undermine the overall deliverability of the Local Plan. The assessment should be robust enough to support the Local Plan Review as part of the evidence base and be relied upon by developers when submitting subsequent planning applications on allocated Local Plan sites.
Whilst not part of this commission, consultants should also be prepared to give evidence at Local Plan Examination, provide expert advice on specific planning applications and to provide expert witness services at planning appeals, as required by the Council. Index linked hourly rates for undertaking such work should be included as part of the tender response.  
It is anticipated that the contract will commence on 11th August 2025 and continue until stage 1 services are completed.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0001: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0001`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71241000

- **Estimated Value:** £30,000

- **Contract Period:** 10/08/2025 to 31/07/2026

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

  - Supplier(s): **BNP Paribas Real Estate Advisory & Property Management UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-72144`
  - Value: £30,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £30,000
  - Signed Date: 10/08/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F038626-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-15T08:57:42.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T08:36:26.485Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-055c19