Notice Information
Notice Title
Streamlining Section 106: developing standard clauses, obligations, guidance and best practice tools
Notice Description
The Planning Advisory Service (PAS) are commissioning a practical S106 support package for local planning authorities (LPAs), which is designed to address longstanding concerns about lengthy, inconsistent, and resource intensive negotiations on S106 agreements. The commission will initially focus on standardised templates and obligations for scales of development that fall within the government's proposed medium sized category i.e. 10 to 49 homes. The commission is aimed at delivering practical tools built for LPAs that will: Reduce the time taken to complete S106 agreements; Give officers and legal teams clear, consistent wording they can use immediately; Support earlier and more transparent conversations with applicants; and Improve confidence that obligations are legally sound and consistently applied across the sector. The outputs will be designed to meet the needs of LPAs, while also providing the clarity and consistency developers and their legal representatives need to approach negotiations with confidence
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: To include more complicated development categories in 26/27
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e944
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010584-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- 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
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79100000 - Legal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £175,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £175,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £175,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £175,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Feb 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 12 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 Dec 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- 26 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 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
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IDEA)
- Contact Name
- Rachael Ferry-Jones
- Contact Email
- rachael.ferry-jones@local.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 3HZ
- 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/010584-2026
5th February 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010581-2026
5th February 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077278-2025
26th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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