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Summary

OCID:
Published by:: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Authority ID:: AA68859
Publication date:: 30 January 2018
Deadline date:: -
Notice type:: Contract Award Notice
Has documents:: No
Has SPD:: No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:: N/A

Abstract

The Contract shall involve the provision of the key services below.

(a) Basic support — including online resources, expert advice, and networking facilitation;

(b) Grants — provision of both basic and additional grants to Customers to fund the neighbourhood planning activities;

(c) Technical Support — provision of specialist, Technical Support packages to deliver specific outputs linked to Ministerial priorities on housing, design and supporting communities to establish neighbourhood planning groups in unparished areas.

The Contract may also include potential Neighbourhood Development Orders (NDO) and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) pilots and other additional services as follows:

(a) provision of data collection and publication of housing supply and delivery (completions) in neighbourhood planning areas;

(b) provision of data collection and management services for planning related information, including access to open data and maximising the use of digital tools;

(d) provision of similar Technical Support services to relevant stakeholders for the purposes of preparing Local and other statutory plans.

The budget for the initial term of the Contract is 22 409 000,00 GBP incl. VAT. Where it is considered necessary to satisfy genuine, unexpected and robustly evidenced increases or changes in demand, MHCLG reserves the right to re-profile, increase or decrease annual budgets beyond the anticipated figures stated. The total value of the contract stated at II.1.7 reflects both the right to re-profile and the option to extend the initial 4-year contract term for a further year.

This procurement exercise was conducted under the Light Touch Regime as set out in Regulations 74 to 76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR).

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fry Building, 2 Marsham St, Westminster

London

SW1P 4DF

Telephone: +44 3034440000

E-mail: Paul.Farlow@communities.gsi.gov.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-housing-communities-and-local-government

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

I.5) Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Neighbourhood Planning Support Services 2018-2022

Reference number: CPD/004/117/081

II.1.2) Main CPV code

75100000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Neighbourhood planning gives communities direct power to develop a shared vision for their neighbourhood and shape the development and growth of their local area. They are able to choose where they want new homes, shops and offices to be built, have their say on what those new buildings should look like and what infrastructure should be provided, and grant planning permission for the new buildings they want to see go ahead.

MHCLG require the Contract to make available a basic level of support for every existing and prospective neighbourhood planning group in England (hereinafter referred to as ‘Customers’), and to provide further support in the form of grants and\or Technical Support to eligible Customers to help them get neighbourhood plans or neighbourhood development orders (NDOs) in place for their area.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 35 000 000.00 GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

II.2.4) Description of the procurement