York Outer Ring Road Dualling: Land agent / acquisition Support

Official notice

Authority: York City Council (Local council)

Direct award

Sectors: Real estate services (70) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE21)

Awarded value£200,000published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 8 Oct 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Ardent Management Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The York Outer Ring Road (YORR) A1237 Dualling scheme is a major transport scheme representing one of the largest highway investments in a generation or more in York

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber

70122200 Land purchase services

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: 18 Aug 2026, 12:03 BST
Last source update: 8 Oct 2026, 11:14 BST
Authority reference: 79640
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-095097
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE21)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e676 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification: A direct award has been undertaken in order to ensure continuation of works and retention of project specific knowledge to avoid loss of this knowledge, programme delay on a key scheme of work and duplication of work which would not represent value for money.

Review and risk notes

Risks: Unforeseen issues which may delay delivery of the project.
Potential to secure further funding could require further works to be commissioned to enable delivery of further phases.
Claims received in the future may mean the services of the supplier are required once again.
Political change within the Local Authority could lead to changes to the commission.

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Aug 2026

Transparency notice published
18 Aug 2026, 12:03 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
8 Oct 2026, 10:42 BST
UK6
Contract details notice published
8 Oct 2026, 11:14 BST
UK7
Contract signature expected
20 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £200,0001 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 8 Oct 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Ardent Management LimitedVCSE20 Oct 2026 – 17 Aug 2029	£200,000	8 Oct 2026	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · Ardent Management LimitedVCSE
Signed
8 Oct 2026
Value
£200,000
Period
20 Oct 2026 – 17 Aug 2029
Status
active
No agreed KPIs: Not required at this level of contract value

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

City of York Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQVW-9426-LDJV West Offices, Station Rise, York, Yorkshire & Humber, YO1 6GAContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

ARDENT MANAGEMENT LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02698524GB-PPON: PWBP-2437-LZGX 147a High Street, Waltham Cross, East of England, EN8 7APContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender8 Oct 2026, 11:14 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender8 Oct 2026, 10:42 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender18 Aug 2026, 12:03 BST