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title: "New Places New Futures - Transition to Net Zero"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000680968"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL"
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# New Places New Futures - Transition to Net Zero

Buyer: SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000680968

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## Summary

The South Lanarkshire Council has successfully completed a procurement process titled "New Places New Futures – Transition to Net Zero." This initiative falls under the services category, specifically focusing on urban planning and design guidance. The contract was awarded on 17 January 2022, with a total value of £160,000. The procurement method used was a selective procedure under the Scotland Excel Engineering and Technical Consultancy Framework, targeting the professional services sector based in the UK, particularly within Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.

This tender creates significant opportunities for businesses specialising in urban planning, sustainable design, and consultancy services aimed at achieving net-zero emissions. Companies experienced in strategic design guidance, heritage appraisal, and community engagement activities may find this contract particularly suitable for their expertise. As the project requires collaboration with specialists in various fields, businesses that can offer subcontracting capabilities in areas such as architecture, environmental assessment, and urban design will also be well-positioned to benefit from this procurement process.

## Notice

South Lanarkshire Council's Community and Enterprise Resources, Economic Development, identified a requirement to appoint a specialist consultant. The consultant will be required to complete Strategic Design Guidance that sets an over-arching framework for South Lanarkshire Towns and provides detailed design guidance across the typology and for each centre. The study will: - Complete a Detailed Review of South Lanarkshire's Towns including collation and review of all historical initiatives / programmes / planning / town plans / charettes and action plans including all existing Place and Design Guidance information available from Scottish Government / Scottish Towns Partnership, Architecture & Design Scotland and including European & UK Guidance (National /Regional /Local Design Guides/policy framework - Complete a Precedent and Benchmarking town centres study with Case Examples and Lessons Learnt based on European/UK/Scottish benchmarks and urban planning - net zero transition. - Complete a Place Assessment and design / heritage and contextual appraisal for each town centre (Urban/built environments, / characteristics of built form / architectural heritage / urban form - street pattern, spaces, local vernacular / etc) including a detailed scoping of South Lanarkshire's Town centres and the challenges / opportunities / issues and threats theses centres present and the problems and barriers to place and design quality. - Define the strategic issues; understand the challenges and identify the specific needs for guidance across South Lanarkshire's town typology and specific town centres - Develop a place-based strategy of (polices / plans/ place / design and community level supporting actions/interventions) that supports transition to net zero and carbon neutral futures - Complete a Design for Net Zero opportunities assessment to identify through Case Studies and site-specific South Lanarkshire exemplars / similar specific town opportunities for new thinking around climate Change adaptation, transition to net zero and the changing design criteria /parameters requiring consideration in urban planning and design - Develop place specific planning and design guidance addressing the key recommendations - Facilitate and manage Workshops with the Council's Planning /Place / Regeneration Teams and other stakeholder interests to develop the strategic place and design understandings and inform / complete the design analysis

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This is a Mini Competition from Scotland Excel Engineering and Technical Consultancy Framework, Lot 8 Masterplanning. Framework: Scotland Excel (SXL) Engineering and Technical Consultancy OJEU Reference Number: 2020/S 175-423961 Lot: 8, Masterplanning Period: 18 March 2021 - 17 March 2025. No Community Benefits requirements were included in this mini competition. This tender was evaluated on the basis of MEAT.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB440399 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Feb 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Jan 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £160,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL |
| Locality | HAMILTON |
| Post town | Motherwell |
| Postcode | ML3 0AA |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM9 Southern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM95 South Lanarkshire |
| Local authority | South Lanarkshire |
| Electoral ward | Hamilton North and East |
| Westminster constituency | Hamilton and Clyde Valley |
| Delivery location | TLM95 South Lanarkshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | IRONSIDE FARRAR |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services

## Release History

- 10 Feb 2022 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB440399

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB440399
  New Places New Futures - Transition to Net Zero - South Lanarkshire Council's Community and Enterprise Resources, Economic Development, identified a requirement to appoint a specialist consultant. The consultant will be required to complete Strategic Design Guidance that sets an over-arching framework for South Lanarkshire Towns and provides detailed design guidance across the typology and for each centre. The study will: - Complete a Detailed Review of South Lanarkshire's Towns including collation and review of all historical initiatives / programmes / planning / town plans / charettes and action plans including all existing Place and Design Guidance information available from Scottish Government / Scottish Towns Partnership, Architecture & Design Scotland and including European & UK Guidance (National /Regional /Local Design Guides/policy framework - Complete a Precedent and Benchmarking town centres study with Case Examples and Lessons Learnt based on European/UK/Scottish benchmarks and urban planning - net zero transition. - Complete a Place Assessment and design / heritage and contextual appraisal for each town centre (Urban/built environments, / characteristics of built form / architectural heritage / urban form - street pattern, spaces, local vernacular / etc) including a detailed scoping of South Lanarkshire's Town centres and the challenges / opportunities / issues and threats theses centres present and the problems and barriers to place and design quality. - Define the strategic issues; understand the challenges and identify the specific needs for guidance across South Lanarkshire's town typology and specific town centres - Develop a place-based strategy of (polices / plans/ place / design and community level supporting actions/interventions) that supports transition to net zero and carbon neutral futures - Complete a Design for Net Zero opportunities assessment to identify through Case Studies and site-specific South Lanarkshire exemplars / similar specific town opportunities for new thinking around climate Change adaptation, transition to net zero and the changing design criteria /parameters requiring consideration in urban planning and design - Develop place specific planning and design guidance addressing the key recommendations - Facilitate and manage Workshops with the Council's Planning /Place / Regeneration Teams and other stakeholder interests to develop the strategic place and design understandings and inform / complete the design analysis

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000680968

## Provenance

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