Planning

Increased Residential Capacity and Occupancy in City Centres

GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL

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Planning

08 Apr 2022 at 00:00

PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Glasgow City Council is initiating a tender process for a consultancy project titled "Increased Residential Capacity and Occupancy in City Centres," aimed at addressing barriers related to high land values that hinder residential development, particularly for social and affordable housing. This procurement is currently in the planning stage, with the official notice published on 8 April 2022 and a future notice date set for 9 April 2022. The project will focus on strategies applicable across Scotland's seven cities, and the estimated contract value is £70,000, covering services in the housing and regeneration sector.

This tender represents significant opportunities for consultancy firms specialising in housing, economic development, and urban planning. Companies with expertise in city centre regeneration, policy analysis, and organisational capacity building will find this call particularly suited to their capabilities. By participating in this project, businesses can help shape the development landscape in urban areas while contributing to sustainable housing solutions and potentially expanding their client base in the public sector.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Increased Residential Capacity and Occupancy in City Centres

Notice Description

A consultancy team is required to support the Council in exploring policies to address the barrier of high land values in city centres impeding residential development, particularly around social and affordable housing. The areas looked at should include; - Investigate possibilities of increasing Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) funding to support further housing development, targeted in and around city centres. - Investigate mechanisms, such as Housing Grant, to increase confidence for councils and social housing bodies to take on challenging sites. - Consider mechanisms by which we could jointly increase in brownfield development in city centres and adjacent neighbourhoods that help build demand for city centre uses. - Investigate tools which could equip local government to have flexible planning policies and legislation to support and/or incentivise mixed-use development. - Investigate opportunities to facilitate grant funding to improve public spaces to raise land values and residential demand - e.g. Mayfield in Manchester. - Consider broader use of weighting scoring systems - e.g. London's linkage of public transport accessibility scores to permitted housing density. - Define clear ways to ensure that capital funding for city centres and other goals (e.g. housing, education, health) supports neighbourhood regeneration and/or creation. The consultancy team will require experience in housing, economic development, local regeneration, property and planning and an ability to do this work across Scotland's seven cities. The main areas of work will be: - Quantifying existing city centre residential market for each of the cities - Identifying constraints and opportunities - Specific measures and geographical opportunities to facilitate residential growth - Looking at good practice - Analysing policy issues and trends - Producing a series of outputs that are short, medium, and long term which address the issues listed previously

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Council invites quotations for consultancy services to undertake research and development activity on the broad issues of. -Increasing residential capacity and occupancy in all/each of the seven Scottish city centres. - Reducing the amount of vacant and derelict land and property in all/each of the seven Scottish city centres A list of desired outcomes has been identified by the seven cities through the Scottish City Centre Recovery Task Force, which will shortly release the final report of the work undertaken in the past 18-24 months. These outcomes should underpin the findings and recommendations that will be delivered through this contract. The findings should include: (i) consideration of the policy, regulatory, legislative and investment options required to generate a mix of tenures, house-types and price points, and a mixed economy of city centre housing (ii) consideration of the adaptation of legislation, policy or process to simplify Compulsory Purchase or Compulsory Sales Orders as well as a response to the need to build capacity at local authority level to carry these out that favours the acquisition of brownfield sites over greenfield. 1.2 Background 1.2.1 The Scottish City Centre Recovery Task Force (SCCRTF) was formed in 2020 to coordinate the response to the pandemic and to look at how the seven Scottish cities could best recover from it. As part of the five-year plan, seven workstreams were identified by city leaders to be most important for the successful recovery of city centres. This commission relates to Workstream 1 and Workstream 3. Workstream 1: Increased residential capacity and occupancy in city centres Workstream 2: Smaller city centre carbon footprint Workstream 3: Reduction in the amount of vacant/derelict land and property Workstream 4: Increase in city centre entrepreneurial and start-up activity Workstream 5: More revenue raising opportunities for local authorities Workstream 6: Reduction in oversupply of retail, and increase in consumer offer Workstream 7: Faster and more agile planning decisions Glasgow City Council will be the lead authority on Workstream 1. Stirling City Council will be the lead authority on Workstream 3. 1.2.2 The overall objective of this commission is to develop a suite of evidence-based options and recommendations which respond to the key policies, strategies, opportunities, and constraints, and focus on measures that will lead to an increased and more balanced population and options for a reduction in vacant and derelict land.. Please refer to attached scope of requirements

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000689913
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR445750
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

70 - Real estate services

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

70111000 - Development of residential real estate

73220000 - Development consultancy services

79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£70,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Apr 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
9 Apr 2022Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Bobin Varughese
Contact Email
bobin.varughese@glasgow.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1412875966

Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G2 1DU
Post Town
Glasgow
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM82 Glasgow City
Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North East

Further Information

Notice Documents

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