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EBCT 472 - Erewash Borough new Local Plan - Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

Erewash Borough Council

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05 Oct 2026 at 09:18

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Summary of the contracting process

Erewash Borough Council is seeking a contractor to deliver a Strategic Environmental Assessment for its new Local Plan. The work is to manage the assessment from start to finish, helping shape the scope and content of the Plan’s land-use policies and assess emerging spatial policy options for sustainability through a robust but proportionate framework. The assessment will inform the Council’s evidence base as it develops the Plan. This is an environmental assessment service, specifically environmental impact assessment other than for construction (CPV 90711000). The work relates to Erewash Borough, in Derbyshire.

The Council invited tenders through an open competition. Clarification questions were due by 23 October 2026 at 16:00, and tenders by 6 November 2026 at 12:00 UTC. The contract was scheduled to start on 7 December 2026 and run to 31 March 2029, with possible extension to 31 May 2029; delivery is on a retained basis and need not be continuous throughout. The estimated value is £100,000 excluding VAT (£120,000 including VAT). There is one lot. Quality and price each carry 50% of the evaluation weighting. The opportunity is identified as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises.

This requirement is suited to environmental assessment consultancies and planning specialists with the expertise to manage a Strategic Environmental Assessment across the development of a Local Plan. Suppliers will need to assess the sustainability of emerging spatial options and advise on land-use policy scope and content, applying a robust but proportionate approach. The work supports a council’s evidence base and planning-policy development, so experience of strategic environmental assessment and the local-plan process would be directly relevant. Delivery is retained over a lengthy planning period but is not expected to be continuous, which may suit a supplier able to provide specialist input at intervals rather than maintain a full-time team. SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises are identified as suitable bidders.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

EBCT 472 - Erewash Borough new Local Plan - Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

Notice Description

Erewash Borough Council (EBC) have now started work on a new Local Plan, which will be produced in conformity with the provisions of the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (Aug 2026). The Planning Policy team is currently embarking on developing an appropriate evidence base to ensure that a new Local Plan is able to be finalised and approved over the next 2.5 years, in line with Government expectations that councils can produce a Local Plan within 30 months, once Gateway 1 is passed which is timetabled to occur at the end of October 2026. EBC are now seeking a suitably skilled contractor to manage the production of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) from start to finish, helping to guide the scope and content of the new Local Plan's land-use policies, whilst subjecting the emerging spatial policies to a robust, yet proportionate, framework which advises on the sustainability of options. The Contract period is 28 months (until the scheduled adoption of the Plan in March 2029 - this could extend out to May 2029 which is the legal deadline for the Plan's adoption) on a retained arrangement, although the contractor will not be expected to be working continuous across this duration. Full details can be found in the invitation to tender documents

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: The Contract period is 28 months (until the scheduled adoption of the Plan in March 2029 - this could extend out to May 2029 which is the legal deadline for the Plan's adoption) on a retained arrangement, although the contractor will not be expected to be working continuous across this duration.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-07804e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093613-2026
Current Stage
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All Stages
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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
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

CPV Codes

90711000 - Environmental impact assessment other than for construction

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£100,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£100,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Oct 2026Yesterday
Submission Deadline
6 Nov 20261 months to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
7 Dec 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 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
Erewash Borough Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ILKESTON
Postcode
DE7 5RP
Postcode Area
Derby
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF13 South and West Derbyshire
Delivery Location
TLF13 South and West Derbyshire
Local Authority
Erewash
Electoral Ward
Little Hallam
Westminster Constituency
Erewash

Further Information

Notice Documents

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