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title: "Westborough & Park Barn - Engagement Consultant"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05d7dc"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "GUILDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL"
published: "2025-10-31"
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# Westborough & Park Barn - Engagement Consultant

Buyer: GUILDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05d7dc

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## Summary

Guildford Borough Council is initiating a public procurement process to engage an Engagement Consultant for their Westborough & Park Barn Better Homes Programme. This programme is a Council-led initiative aimed at improving housing quality and community facilities in Guildford, UK, focusing on the early stages of developing a long-term strategy. The current stage is the planning phase, with a preliminary market engagement notice published on 31st October 2025, inviting expressions of interest by 13th November 2025. The engagement involves organising community conversations to shape the programme's strategy through RIBA Stages 0-2, which could lead to future community and housing developments.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in general management and design consultancy services, particularly for those with expertise in community engagement and strategic planning. The contract, which is suitable for SMEs, offers a potential period from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027, with prospects of renewal extending to 2028. The procurement method provides a platform for consultants adept in resident engagement, participatory design, and public realm improvements to influence a pivotal community project. Businesses engaging in this process can achieve substantial growth by aligning their services with public sector development initiatives.

## Notice

Guildford Borough Council is seeking an Engagement Consultant to support the early stages of the Westborough & Park Barn Better Homes Programme - a Council-led initiative to develop a long-term strategy for improving housing quality, sustainability, and community facilities across two adjacent estates. The strategy will be developed through meaningful community engagement and may lead to future works such as home upgrades, redevelopment, and public realm improvements. The consultant will lead resident engagement across RIBA Stages 0-2 during the development of the strategy, starting with early community conversations to shape a shared vision and define the brief for design and technical work. The Stage 0 findings will also determine the level of engagement needed in later stages (e.g. consultation, participatory design, or co-design). Working closely with the Council's project and communications teams, the consultant will plan and facilitate engagement activities, coordinate feedback with the design team, and ensure residents' views are clearly reflected in emerging proposals.

### Planning Information

Engagement Session Details:
Format: In-person session with an option to attend online
Date: To be confirmed
Location: Guildford Borough Council Offices or alternative location TBC if required.
Briefing Pack: A briefing pack will be issued to all registered attendees prior to the session
Suppliers interested in attending are invited to submit an expression of interest by emailing procurement@guildford.gov.uk

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070043-2025 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 31 Oct 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 13 Nov 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | GUILDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | GUILDFORD |
| Post town | Guildford |
| Postcode | GU2 4BB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ25 West Surrey |
| Local authority | Guildford |
| Electoral ward | St Nicolas |
| Westminster constituency | Guildford |
| Delivery location | TLK South West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79411000 - General management consultancy services
- 79415200 - Design consultancy services

## Release History

- 31 Oct 2025 at 11:56 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070043-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070043-2025
  31st October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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