Official UK procurement notice
LEISTON MARKET SQUARE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT APPOINTMENT
Authority: East Suffolk Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionServices of an architect for the Leiston Market Square Landscape . this initial phase will focus specifically on the public realm.
Scope
Secure a detailed design and planning permission for the civic square.
Address outline planning requirements for future phases, ensuring the first stage is achievable and fundable.
Collaborate with the Lead Architect and other technical specialists including planning, heritage, civil/structural, and utilities.
Provide design leadership in the public realm, producing solutions that respond to site-specific challenges and opportunities.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - unknown
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 9 Dec 2025, 14:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Dec 2025, 14:45 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-081095- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f1e1Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published9 Dec 2025, 14:45 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AREA landscape architects ltd.SME | £44,500 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
LEISTON MARKET SQUARE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT APPOINTMENT · AREA landscape architects ltd.SME
- Signed
- 24 Oct 2025
- Value
- £44,500
- Period
- 27 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: High-quality, coordinated landscape design · Place-specific landscape solution · Collaborative delivery
- High-quality, coordinated landscape design, for the public realm of Leiston Market Square that reflects the historic character and identity of the town.
- Place-specific landscape solution, hat: Enhance civic life and community use, providing spaces for markets, events, gatherings, and informal social interaction. Embed social value by considering the needs of a diverse range of users, ensuring accessibility, inclusivity, and meaningful community benefit. Demonstrate creativity and contextual sensitivity through interventions in surfacing, planting, lighting, street furniture, and sustainable drainage. Respond to site challenges such as flood risk, biodiversity net gain, and sustainability goals while enhancing the townscape and sense of place. Support longer-term regeneration ambitions, designing a public realm that can evolve and adapt to accommodate future development phases such as community facilities, workspace, or housing.
- Collaborative delivery, working closely with IF_DO Architects and other technical specialists (planning,
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AREA landscape architects ltd.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender