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Statutory Consultee services for LLFA

West Northamptonshire Council

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20 Aug 2026 at 11:53

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

West Northamptonshire Council procured consultancy support for its role as the local lead flood authority and statutory consultee on planning applications. The requirement is for resources provided on a secondment basis, helping the council respond to planning applications that require flood-related consultation. This is an environmental engineering consultancy service, delivered for the council in West Northamptonshire. The work concerns extending services already supplied by the incumbent consultant, with the stated purpose of maintaining compatible and operationally continuous support for the authority’s statutory planning responsibilities. Businesses relevant to this requirement include environmental engineering consultancies and specialist flood-risk advisers able to provide experienced personnel to work alongside a local authority on planning consultations and lead-flood-authority duties.

The procurement is complete and was awarded through a direct, below-threshold procedure without competition. It was called off under the ESPO Consultancy framework 664_21, which has since expired. The council selected RSK Environment Limited for the single completed lot. The award value is £34,357.20 excluding VAT and £41,228.64 including VAT. The awarded contract period runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 December 2026. The council’s stated justification is that the requirement extends the original services and that changing supplier would provide different or incompatible services, creating disproportionate technical difficulties in operation. The requirement was evaluated through the direct-award route rather than a competitive tender.

This award indicates demand from West Northamptonshire Council for specialist environmental engineering consultancy capacity supporting local lead flood authority work and statutory consultation on planning applications. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need staff able to provide resources on a secondment basis, work effectively within a council environment and respond to planning applications involving flood-related advice. Relevant experience in flood-risk, drainage, environmental engineering and statutory consultee services would be important, together with the capacity to provide suitably experienced personnel for a defined service period. The council’s stated emphasis on continuity and technical compatibility also suggests that suppliers should be able to demonstrate dependable delivery, integration with existing processes and a clear understanding of the authority’s operational requirements.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Statutory Consultee services for LLFA

Notice Description

Consultancy services to provide resources on a secondment basis to West Northamptonshire Council as the local lead flood authority to support in their response as the statutory consultee in respect of planning applications. The consultancy services were procured under call off via ESPO Consultancy framework 664_21 which has now expired. The contract concerns the supply of services by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to the original services where a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving the services that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing services and the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e871
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079385-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK5 - Transparency Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

71313000 - Environmental engineering consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£34,357 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Aug 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
20 Aug 20266 days ago
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
West Northamptonshire Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NORTHAMPTON
Postcode
NN1 1ED
Postcode Area
Northampton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF24 West Northamptonshire
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
West Northamptonshire
Electoral Ward
Castle
Westminster Constituency
Northampton North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

RSK ENVIRONMENT LIMITED

Further Information

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