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Sustainable Drainage Technical Support

EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

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29 Jun 2023 at 10:44

Summary of the contracting process

The East Sussex County Council has awarded a contract for "Sustainable Drainage Technical Support" to Ardent Consulting Engineers. The procurement aimed to create two additional roles in the Flood Risk Management team to respond to planning consultations due to high housing demand. The procurement method was a limited award procedure without prior publication, with a contract value of £240,000. The contract was signed on June 28, 2023, offering business opportunities in environmental consultancy services.

This tender by the East Sussex County Council presents business growth opportunities for consultancy firms specialising in environmental issues. The County Council sought to enhance its flood management capabilities by creating new roles in response to increased planning applications. Businesses providing services related to flood risk management and urban planning consultancy would be well-suited to compete for similar contracts in the future.

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Notice Title

Sustainable Drainage Technical Support

Notice Description

Under the Town and Country Planning Act, the County Council performs two statutory consultee roles, namely the Lead Local Flood Authority and the Highway Authority. To ensure that the County Council is able to appropriately discharge these roles and ensure that planning authorities are able to make timely decisions on planning applications and meet Government set performance targets, it is essential that the two teams that perform these roles are appropriately resourced. What has become apparent over the past 12-15 months is that the absence of up-to-date Local Plans in most planning authority areas, coupled with high housing delivery/need targets, has led to a significant increase in applications and pre-application enquiries for residential schemes that have not already been allocated in Local Plans. With this taken into account, it has been recommended that two additional roles be created and recruited into in the Flood Risk Management team, to primarily consider and respond to planning consultations. The team have tried recruiting into the roles via the standard recruitment processes within the authority, both via HR and through the Temporary Resources contract, on a number of occasions, none of which have been successful. As such, they are now seeking to recruit via the external consultancy market in order to fill the roles.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Under the Town and Country Planning Act, the County Council performs two statutory consultee roles, namely the Lead Local Flood Authority and the Highway Authority. To ensure that the County Council is able to appropriately discharge these roles and ensure that planning authorities are able to make timely decisions on planning applications and meet Government set performance targets, it is essential that the two teams that perform these roles are appropriately resourced. What has become apparent over the past 12-15 months is that the absence of up-to-date Local Plans in most planning authority areas, coupled with high housing delivery/need targets, has led to a significant increase in applications and pre-application enquiries for residential schemes that have not already been allocated in Local Plans. With this taken into account, it has been recommended that two additional roles be created and recruited into in the Flood Risk Management team, to primarily consider and respond to planning consultations. The team have tried recruiting into the roles via the standard recruitment processes within the authority, both via HR and through the Temporary Resources contract, on a number of occasions, none of which have been successful. As such, they are now seeking to recruit via the external consultancy market in order to fill the roles. An open procedure was run via the Proactis Procurement Portal

Procurement Information

A prior information notice was published (2023/S 000-004582) but a contract opportunity notice was not, this happened in error

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03dd77
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018510-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services


CPV Codes

90713000 - Environmental issues consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£240,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Jun 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
27 Jun 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Chloe Sharpe
Contact Email
chloe.sharpe@eastsussex.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1273336173

Buyer Location

Locality
LEWES
Postcode
BN7 1UE
Post Town
Brighton
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ22 East Sussex CC
Delivery Location
TLJ22 East Sussex CC

Local Authority
Lewes
Electoral Ward
Lewes Priory
Westminster Constituency
Lewes

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ARDENT CONSULTING ENGINEERS

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