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Spatial Development Strategy digital platform

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority

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21 Oct 2026 at 09:37

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority commissioned a digital spatial-planning platform to support its Spatial Development Strategy. The platform is intended to assess land suitability for development using multiple spatial data layers and agreed growth parameters. The work also covers developing those parameters from existing strategies and policies, and producing growth scenarios to test against a place vision and the Local Growth Plan. The resulting scenarios are intended to support engagement. The platform must interoperate with the Authority’s existing State of the Region evidence platform. Delivery covers Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

The procurement is complete and was directly awarded to Prior + Partners, whose previous work developing and testing a digital approach to growth scenarios informed the selection. The award is pending; the contract period is 3 November 2026 to 31 May 2027, with signature scheduled by 2 November 2026. The award date is 21 October 2026. The award value is £205,000 excluding VAT (£246,000 including VAT). The procurement was a single lot, marked suitable for SMEs. The scope requires co-development and testing of a platform for strategic spatial planning across the wider Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area, including land suitability assessment, dynamic scenario testing and integration with existing evidence systems.

For future work of this kind with the Combined Authority, credible suppliers will need to combine digital spatial-planning capability with research and development consultancy. Relevant experience includes integrating multiple spatial datasets, building tools that assess land against agreed growth parameters, and enabling flexible testing of growth scenarios. Suppliers should be able to translate strategies and policies into usable planning parameters and work collaboratively with the Authority to specify, co-design and test a platform. Experience adapting a proven approach from a smaller geography to strategic planning across a wider area would be particularly relevant. The requirement also demonstrates the importance of interoperability with the Authority’s State of the Region evidence platform and of producing scenarios that can be tested against a place vision and Local Growth Plan.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Spatial Development Strategy digital platform

Notice Description

To develop the Spatial Development Strategy, CPCA requires: a digitally based platform able to assess land suitability for development against a range of data layers and growth parameters. Development of appropriate growth parameters that draw from a number of existing strategies and policies Support to develop growth scenarios to test against a place vision and the Local growth plan in order to have scenarios ready for engagement in May 2027

Procurement Information

CPCA is seeking to co-develop and test a digitally enabled spatial planning platform specifically designed to support the preparation of its Spatial Development Strategy (SDS). Prior & Partners has previously developed and tested a digitally led approach to growth scenarios at a smaller geographical scale. The proposed commission would involve further development and testing of that approach to establish its suitability for strategic spatial planning across the wider Cambridgeshire and Peterborough geography. The development requirements include integrating multiple spatial datasets, assessing land suitability against agreed growth parameters, enabling dynamic scenario testing and ensuring interoperability with CPCA's existing State of the Region evidence platform. The proposed work is intended to test whether the existing approach can be adapted and developed into a suitable model for SDS preparation, with CPCA directly involved in specifying, co-designing and testing the resulting platform.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-078c6b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099271-2026
Current Stage
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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
Direct award
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£205,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Oct 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
3 Nov 2026 - 31 May 2027 6-12 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
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HUNTINGDON
Postcode
PE29 3TN
Postcode Area
Peterborough
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Huntingdonshire
Electoral Ward
Huntingdon North
Westminster Constituency
Huntingdon

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

PRIOR + PARTNERS LIMITED

Further Information

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