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City of York Council and North Yorkshire Council Joint Green Belt Assessment

City of York Council

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

Award

09 Sep 2026 at 10:31

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
TenderUpdate

11 Jun 2026 at 12:01

UK4 - Tender Notice
Tender

05 Jun 2026 at 20:24

UK4 - Tender Notice
PlanningUpdate

15 Sep 2025 at 17:09

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

15 Sep 2025 at 17:07

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

City of York Council and North Yorkshire Council jointly procured a green belt assessment service. The work is intended to provide evidence for decision-making on planning applications and, where needed, support the preparation of the councils’ Local Plans. It covers planning and environmental planning services, including assessment of green belt land across York and North Yorkshire. The procurement was also undertaken with the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority involved as a buyer. This is a professional consultancy requirement rather than construction or a physical supply contract, and is relevant to firms delivering planning evidence, environmental assessment and strategic land-use advice for local authorities. The relevant classification is CPV 71410000, urban planning services.

The procurement has been completed and the contract was awarded to AECOM LIMITED. It used a below-threshold open competition, with electronic submissions allowed, and was evaluated on a 30% price and 70% quality basis. The tender deadline was 29 June 2026 at 12:00, following an amendment to the original deadline; enquiries closed on 24 June 2026 at 12:00. The estimated contract value was £150,000 excluding VAT, or £180,000 including VAT. The contract was signed and started on 11 August 2026, with a contract end date of 16 April 2027. The awarded contract value is £89,747.55 excluding VAT, or £107,697.06 including VAT. The council holds an option to extend the contract by up to two further six-month periods.

This award demonstrates demand from York and North Yorkshire councils for specialist evidence-led green belt and planning consultancy. Suppliers best placed for a future requirement would be able to assess green belt land, produce robust planning and environmental evidence, and explain findings clearly enough to support planning applications and Local Plan preparation. Experience working for local authorities and understanding the planning policy context would strengthen a bid, as would the capacity to manage a joint assignment across the two council areas. The evaluation placed substantially greater weight on quality than price, indicating that a credible methodology, technically strong team and clear approach to delivering defensible evidence would be important. The opportunity was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

City of York Council and North Yorkshire Council Joint Green Belt Assessment

Notice Description

City of York Council and North Yorkshire Council Joint Green Belt Assessment Project

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: The Council shall have the option to extend the duration of this Contract by two further period of up to 6 months (such period(s) to be determined by the Council).

Planning Information

Request for Information on the following: 1.1. North Yorkshire Council (NYC) and City of York Council (CYC) are working jointly to scope a review of Green Belts within their respective areas. The review will provide evidence to support decision taking on planning applications and, if necessary, be used alongside further work to inform the preparation of Local Plans being produced by each authority. Start and End Dates, as well as contract value, are not determined and have only been indicated in this notice as publication of the notice requires a value to be entered. Further details are available here https://yortender.eu-supply.com Yortender project code: 103426

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-059ab0
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085248-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

CPV Codes

71410000 - Urban planning services

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

90712000 - Environmental planning

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£150,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£150,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£89,747 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Sep 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
29 Jun 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
1 Dec 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
11 Aug 2026 - 16 Apr 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
City of York Council
Additional Buyers

The North Yorkshire Council

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
YORK
Postcode
YO1 6GA
Postcode Area
York
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE2 North Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE21 York
Delivery Location
TLE2 North Yorkshire
Local Authority
York
Electoral Ward
Micklegate
Westminster Constituency
York Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

AECOM

Further Information

Notice Documents

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