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30 Sep 2026 at 11:07

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29 Sep 2026 at 17:07

Summary of the contracting process

East Lindsey District Council is seeking a consultant to prepare an Integrated Impact Assessment for its emerging Local Plan. The work will assess the plan’s environmental, social, health, equality and economic effects, bringing together Strategic Environmental Assessment, Sustainability Appraisal, Health Impact Assessment, Equality Impact Assessment, Community Safety Impact Assessment and Habitats Regulations Assessment. The purpose is to inform and test the plan and integrate these considerations into plan-making from the outset. This is a research and development consultancy service. The Local Plan and assessment concern East Lindsey; the procurement data does not identify a more specific delivery location.

The council invited offers through a below-threshold open competition. The process reached the tender stage. There is one lot. Suppliers could submit enquiries until 16 October 2026 at 12:00, and offers were due by 23 October 2026 at 12:00. The estimated value is £85,000 excluding VAT (£102,000 including VAT). The contract is scheduled to run from 18 November 2026 to 18 November 2028, with a possible further 10-month extension if required. Award is based on quality, weighted at 65%, and price, weighted at 35%.

This opportunity suits environmental, planning and impact-assessment consultancies able to advise on local-plan development and assess a broad range of effects in a joined-up way. Suppliers should be suitably qualified and experienced to deliver the combined assessment, including the environmental appraisal and specialist work on sustainability, health, equality, community safety and habitats regulations. The breadth of disciplines makes it relevant to firms with an integrated in-house team or the ability to coordinate specialist expertise across these areas. The assessment must inform and test an emerging Local Plan, so bidders should be equipped to work in a strategic planning context and bring together environmental, social, health, equality and economic considerations from the outset.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) for the East Lindsey Local Plan

Notice Description

East Lindsey District Council (ELDC) is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced consultant to undertake an Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) to inform and test the emerging Local Plan. The IIA will need to incorporate Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Sustainability Appraisal (SA), Health Impact Assessment (HIA), Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA), Community Safety Impact Assessment (CSIA), and Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA), ensuring that environmental, social, health, equality and economic considerations are integrated into plan-making from the outset.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: Possible extension for a further 10 Months if required

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077cee
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092250-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services


CPV Codes

73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£85,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
£85,000 Under £100K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Sep 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
23 Oct 20263 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
18 Nov 2026 - 18 Nov 2028 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
East Lindsey District Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HORNCASTLE
Postcode
LN9 6PH
Postcode Area
Lincoln
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF3 Lincolnshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF30 Lincolnshire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
East Lindsey
Electoral Ward
Horncastle
Westminster Constituency
Louth and Horncastle

Further Information

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