City Hall Reimagined - Outline Business Case

Official notice

Authority: Norwich City Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: East of England (UKH15)

Awarded value£700,0002 contracts · exc. VAT

Awarded 5 Feb 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Inner Circle Consulting Limited, Hawkins Brown Architecture Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Outline Business Case stage involves the procurement of two pieces of work, one from Inner Circle Consulting (ICC) covering Strategic Programme Leadership and development of the Outline Business Case, and the other covering Professional Design Services up to RIBA stage 2 from Hawkins Brown architects.

CPV: Architectural design services · Research and development consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: East of England

71220000 Architectural design services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 17 Feb 2025, 13:56 GMT
Last source update: 17 Feb 2025, 13:56 GMT
Authority reference: NRW/21130
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-005377
Classification (CPV): Architectural design servicesResearch and development consultancy services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH15)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e2b0 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: Contracts are call-off contracts from ESPO Consultancy Services, Lot 1 Business Services framework for Inner Circle Consulting Limited, and National Framework Partnership (Hyde Group) Architectural Services framework for Hawkins Brown Architecture Limited.
Available for all public sector organisations. Under the terms of the framework agreements, a Direct Award procedure is permitted to the most suitable supplier on the provision that the authority has followed its own internal governance requirements.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £700,0002 contracts exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 5 Feb 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Inner Circle Consulting LimitedSME	£225,000 †	—	Awarded
Hawkins Brown Architecture LimitedSME	£475,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

City Hall Reimagined - Outline Business Case · Hawkins Brown Architecture LimitedSME
Signed
5 Feb 2025
Value
£475,000
Status
active
City Hall Reimagined - Outline Business Case · Inner Circle Consulting LimitedSME
Signed
6 Jan 2025
Value
£225,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Norwich City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services City Hall, NORWICH, East of England, NR21NHContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Hawkins Brown Architecture LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 13240050 London, London
Inner Circle Consulting LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 06799707 London, London

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.