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title: "Statutory Consultee services for LLFA"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e871"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "West Northamptonshire Council"
published: "2026-08-20"
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# Statutory Consultee services for LLFA

Buyer: West Northamptonshire Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e871

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## Summary

West Northamptonshire Council procured consultancy support for its role as the local lead flood authority and statutory consultee on planning applications. The requirement is for resources provided on a secondment basis, helping the council respond to planning applications that require flood-related consultation. This is an environmental engineering consultancy service, delivered for the council in West Northamptonshire. The work concerns extending services already supplied by the incumbent consultant, with the stated purpose of maintaining compatible and operationally continuous support for the authority’s statutory planning responsibilities. Businesses relevant to this requirement include environmental engineering consultancies and specialist flood-risk advisers able to provide experienced personnel to work alongside a local authority on planning consultations and lead-flood-authority duties.

The procurement is complete and was awarded through a direct, below-threshold procedure without competition. It was called off under the ESPO Consultancy framework 664_21, which has since expired. The council selected RSK Environment Limited for the single completed lot. The award value is £34,357.20 excluding VAT and £41,228.64 including VAT. The awarded contract period runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 December 2026. The council’s stated justification is that the requirement extends the original services and that changing supplier would provide different or incompatible services, creating disproportionate technical difficulties in operation. The requirement was evaluated through the direct-award route rather than a competitive tender.

This award indicates demand from West Northamptonshire Council for specialist environmental engineering consultancy capacity supporting local lead flood authority work and statutory consultation on planning applications. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need staff able to provide resources on a secondment basis, work effectively within a council environment and respond to planning applications involving flood-related advice. Relevant experience in flood-risk, drainage, environmental engineering and statutory consultee services would be important, together with the capacity to provide suitably experienced personnel for a defined service period. The council’s stated emphasis on continuity and technical compatibility also suggests that suppliers should be able to demonstrate dependable delivery, integration with existing processes and a clear understanding of the authority’s operational requirements.

## Notice

Consultancy services to provide resources on a secondment basis to West Northamptonshire Council as the local lead flood authority to support in their response as the statutory consultee in respect of planning applications. The consultancy services were procured under call off via ESPO Consultancy framework 664_21 which has now expired. The contract concerns the supply of services by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to the original services where a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving the services that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing services and the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079385-2026 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £34,357 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | West Northamptonshire Council |
| Locality | NORTHAMPTON |
| Postcode area | Northampton |
| Postcode | NN1 1ED |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF24 West Northamptonshire |
| Local authority | West Northamptonshire |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Northampton North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | RSK ENVIRONMENT LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71313000 - Environmental engineering consultancy services

## Release History

- 20 Aug 2026 at 11:53 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079385-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079385-2026
  20th August 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

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