Published date: 13 March 2020

Last edited date: 17 March 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: 2 April 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Building consultancy services - 71315200

  • Urban planning services - 71410000

  • Design consultancy services - 79415200

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£55,000 to £85,000

Procurement reference

CPD/004/120/178

Published date

13 March 2020

Closing date

2 April 2020

Contract start date

9 April 2020

Contract end date

31 October 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

MHCLG wishes to procure a consultant to help scope and develop the National Model Design Code, which will include illustrations to support design parameters. The National Model Design Code will be a template for local planning authorities and developers to use to create local design codes for site specific and area wide application. The objective for the National Model Design Code is to ensure that a greater consistency of design quality is delivered, through preparation, application and enforcement of local design code criteria applied by the private sector on new development, and by planning authorities. This will help to ensure that principles for the design of places and buildings are more specific, drawing on established principles of good urban design and local character. MHCLG wishes to appoint a built environment design consultancy to prepare an illustrated National Model Design Code template to include in the National Design Guide and to amend the relevant sections within the National Design Guide to reflect the code requirements. MHCLG will provide a background paper and guidance on the scope of the National Model Design Code template and the appointed consultants will build on the brief using their expertise to refine the scope and develop the illustrated National Model Design Code template. The Contract will be for an indicative term of 6 - 7 months or when the delivery milestones have been completed. A key dependency of the length of the initial term is the length of the consultation. The Authorities project manager will provide regular updates on this point. The budget to support the production of the publishable National Model Design Code template to form Part 3 of the National Design Guide is between £40,000 to £60,000 exc. VAT. There is a contingency option to produce an example of how the National Model Design Code template could be applied in the planning system to a typical large-scale development. MHCLG reserve the right to award this aspect of the tender and the decision to award this contingency is entirely at our discretion. The indicative term of this option is 3 months. The budget for this contingency is up to £25,000 exc. VAT. In order to participate in this procurement suppliers must log onto. https://dclg.bravosolution.co.uk - see Instructions attached.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

MHCLG - National Model Design Code - Pre-Tender Market Engagement

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 14 February 2020

Attachments

Additional text

ITT: itt_74 - MHCLG - Development of National Model Design Code
Further information can be found at dclg.bravosolution.co.uk under the Project: tender_60 - CPD/004/120/178; Development of National Model Design

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About the buyer

Contact name

Michael Adu

Address

2 Marsham Street
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Victoria London
SW1P 4DF
England

Email

michael.adu@communities.gov.uk