Published date: 5 October 2020

Last edited date: 19 October 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 6 December 2020, 7:12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Planning systems - 30196000

  • Architectural, engineering and planning services - 71240000

  • Technical planning services - 71356400

    • Urban planning and landscape architectural services - 71400000

    • Urban planning services - 71410000

Location of contract

AL8 6AE

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

C886

Published date

5 October 2020

Closing date

6 December 2020

Closing time

7:12am

Contract start date

1 January 2021

Contract end date

31 December 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as 'The Council') wishes to appoint a suitably qualified external company to act on the Council's behalf in dealing primarily with the validation of planning and Estate Management applications.

Approximately 3,000 applications are submitted annually to the Council and include all types of planning applications and associated applications, Estate Management applications, all types of tree applications together with external consultations and pre-application enquiries. The Council is looking for a suitable external company to take on the validation of all types of applications received. It is not known if the Planning White Paper will have any implications on the number submitted.

The Council has targets in place to validate applications upon receipt which includes 3 to 5 working days for minor and small-scale applications and 10 working days for a major application. However, it is expected that the date in which to validate all types of applications will be within 48 hours.

The contract is for an initial period of three years with an optional one year extension.

More information

Links

Additional text

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Andrew Harper (WHBC)

Address

Welwyn Garden City
Herts
Herts
AL8 6AE
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1707357371

Email

a.harper@welhat.gov.uk