Official UK procurement notice
Consultant Support in relation to Peak Cluster NSIP
Authority: Peak District National Park Authority (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Peak District National Park Authority ("PDNPA") is seeking multidisciplinary consultancy support to assist in its role as statutory consultee in regards the Peak Cluster Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project ("NSIP") and a Development Consent Order ("DCO") for the Peak Cluster Carbon Capture and Storage Pipeline under the Planning Act 2008 ("the Application") to be submitted by Peak Cluster Ltd ("the Applicant"). Support is required in the areas of project management, co-ordination and administration as well as in the specialist areas of infrastructure planning, landscape, cultural heritage, archaeology and ecology ("the Services"). The PDNPA is seeking a consultancy with previous experience of the entire NSIP/DCO process. PDNPA expects to enter into a Planning Performance Agreement ("PPA") with Peak Cluster Ltd and the support is required in relation to PDNPA's obligations under the PPA for the entire DCO process. Funding under the PPA will only be guaranteed up to a cap for the Pre-Application Stage of the Application, and the consultancy contract will be conditional insofar as it relates to any requirements beyond the Pre-Application Stage or the cap, conditional on a variation of the PPA being agreed with Peak Cluster Ltd.
- Not divided into lots: The PDNPA is seeking to let the contract as a whole given the complexity of the project and the need for a joined-up approach from specialists, the project manager/infrastructure planner(s) and PDNPA's Strategic Planning Manager.
CPV: Architectural, engineering and planning services · Architectural, engineering and surveying services · Environmental engineering consultancy services · Urban planning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£500,000
- Economic & financial standing
Provided in Tender Questionnaire
- Technical & professional ability
Provided in Tender Questionnaire
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Methodology: 30%
- Experience: 30%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Price: Tenderers are required to provide an hourly rate (exclusive of VAT) for provision of the whole service to PDNPA, either as a blended rate for the whole of the Services or individual rates for the different specialists to be used. If individual rates are submitted for each of the specialists, PDNPA will calculate the average of all rates specified for evaluation purposes.
- Methodology: • Proposed working methods and means of delivering contract • Clear understanding of the Brief and the context • Sufficiency of resources and capability to perform the contract This will include evaluation of the capabilities of each of the technical specialists required to perform the Services, as set out in the Invitation to Tender.
- Experience: • The Tenderer's technical and professional ability demonstrated by previous experience of contracts delivered for the Authority or other organisations. • Qualification(s) and experience of Tenderer and employees/assistants/sub-contractors (if any). • Written technical references . This will include evaluation of the technical and professional ability of each of the technical specialists required to perform the services, as set out in the Invitation to Tender.
- Social Value: Description of how the Contractor would create positive impact on people and communities, through one or more of the following aspects of social value: i. Social/wellbeing improvements for individuals and communities ii. Economic benefits that uplift society's wellbeing; iii. Environmental; encouraging sustainable processes.
- Economic & financial standing
Provided in Tender Questionnaire
- Technical & professional ability
Provided in Tender Questionnaire
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Sept 2026, 12:09 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2026, 12:07 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Nov 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089573- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077765Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please see link to the Tender Notice at
www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/looking-after/about-… ↗
Tenders must be submitted by e mail to tenders@peakdistrict.gov.uk
By 12.00 on Monday 19 October 2026
The following, and only the following, must be used in the subject line:
'REF: TENDER RETURN Peak Cluster NSIP Consultancy Support'
All attachments must be in pdf form
No information must be included in the covering e mail apart from the identity of the sender and a list of attachments
Note: The Peak District National Park Authority is aware that third parties may contact businesses regarding this tender opportunity. Please note that the Authority does not authorise any third party to charge fees for access to tender information. All tender documents are available free of charge through our official procurement channels. If you are contacted requesting payment, please disregard the request and contact us directly using the details provided in this advert.
Timeline
22 Sept 2026 → 24 Nov 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published35 days ago22 Sept 2026, 12:09 BST
- Clarification questions by14 days ago13 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published12 days ago15 Oct 2026, 12:07 BST
- Submission deadline8 days ago19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 20 days16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 27 days24 Nov 2026
Notice history
5 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Sept 2026- Tender notice published22 Sept 2026, 12:09 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published6 Oct 2026, 16:49 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published7 Oct 2026, 16:10 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published9 Oct 2026, 10:49 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published15 Oct 2026, 12:07 BSTUK4
Published amendments (4)
Clarifications have been issued in response to questions from potential bidders. The questions and clarifications are available in the link to the Documents in the Tender Notice and on the Authority's website: https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/looking-after/about-us/open-government/tenders
Further clarifications have been issued on 07.10.2026 in response to further queries from prospective bidders. These queries and clarifications are available in the link to the Documents in the Tender Notice and on the Authority's website: https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/looking-after/about-us/open-government/tenders
Further clarifications have been issued on 09.10.2026 in response to further queries from prospective bidders. In addition, copies of the policies referenced in Appendix 6 of the ITT - Certificate of Compliance with Policies - have been added to the Tender Documents. These Policies, queries and clarifications are available in the link to the Documents in the Tender Notice and on the Authority's we…
Further clarifications have been issued on 15.10.2026 in response to further queries from prospective bidders. In addition, copies of the policies referenced in Appendix 6 of the ITT - Certificate of Compliance with Policies - have been added to the Tender Documents. These Policies, queries and clarifications are available in the link to the Documents in the Tender Notice and on the Authority's we…
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-10: 1 release · 6 Oct 2026
- 2026-09: 1 release · 22 Sept 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Invitation to Tender and associated Tender Documents
Notices published for this procedure
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