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title: "Local Government Reorganisation Opportunities and Models for Historic Environment Service Delivery UID304"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078b6e"
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# Local Government Reorganisation Opportunities and Models for Historic Environment Service Delivery UID304

Buyer: Historic England  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078b6e

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## Summary

Historic England commissioned a research project examining how previous local government reorganisations affected the delivery of historic environment services. The work is intended to identify challenges, outcomes and effective approaches, and to recommend ways to support local authority officers and decision-makers undertaking service reviews or reorganisation. It covers research into historic environment service delivery models within the context of local government restructuring, rather than the delivery of those services themselves. The buying organisation is Historic England, the public body responsible for the procurement. The work is described as taking place in the United Kingdom; no specific delivery town or local authority is identified. The service category is research, including economic and social research.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded. Historic England used a below-threshold limited competition. There was one lot, and the contract was awarded to ButCH. The contract was signed on 9 October 2026, with a stated period from 10 October 2026 to 26 February 2027. Its value is £27,525 excluding VAT (£33,030 including VAT). The evaluation criteria are not described in the available procurement details. The work concerns lessons from earlier reorganisations and recommendations for current local authority service reviews and reorganisation; the awarded research is therefore a completed piece of work, rather than an ongoing service contract.

For future work of this kind, credible suppliers would need to combine research capability with a detailed understanding of local government reorganisation and historic environment services. Experience analysing how structural change affects local authority service models would be directly relevant, as would the ability to assess both practical challenges and outcomes across previous reorganisation processes. Suppliers should be able to identify effective approaches and turn findings into clear, usable recommendations for local authority officers and decision-makers reviewing services or planning reorganisation. The single-lot award indicates that this requirement was procured as one research commission, rather than divided among specialist providers. The work is a focused, time-limited research assignment, so a competitor would need to show it can deliver a defined study and actionable conclusions within a relatively contained project.

## Notice

A research project to examine lessons from previous Local Government Reorganisation to look critically at the challenges and outcomes of those processes for local authority historic environment service delivery models. It will identify key challenges, outcomes and effective approaches, and provide recommendations to support officers and decision-makers involved in current service reviews and reorganisation.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098797-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - limited competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 10 Oct 2026 - 26 Feb 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £27,525 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Historic England |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Postcode area | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 2EH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Mannington and Western |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ButCH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 73110000 - Research services
- 79311400 - Economic research services
- 79315000 - Social research services

## Release History

- 20 Oct 2026 at 10:11 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098797-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098797-2026
  20th October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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