Notice Information
Notice Title
Consultancy Services - Strategic Land
Notice Description
This contract is for the provision of consultancy services for the management of (i) the planning process and (ii) the planning budget for a large strategic land site.
Procurement Information
The contract being awarded is in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023. A direct award to Crucible (Strategic) Limited ("Crucible") is appropriate as it has exclusive rights in respect of the strategic land site. Crucible has a long-standing involvement in relation to the promotion of the strategic land site. Crucible's involvement has been made possible as a result of previous contractual arrangements which were not and are not capable of being replicated by another party. Crucible also has specific know-how in respect of the strategic land site which means it is uniquely placed to provide the services.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05aafc
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080966-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79411000 - General management consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £1,750,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £1,750,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 7 Oct 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 19 Oct 2025 - 19 Oct 2030 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE CROWN ESTATE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- tenders@thecrownestate.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1Y 4AH
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080966-2025
9th December 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063484-2025
8th October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063450-2025
8th October 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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