Official UK procurement notice
TMBC Landscape Evidence Tender
Authority: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTonbridge & Malling Borough Council (TMBC) (‘The Council’) is looking to commission
landscape evidence to inform the emerging Local Plan and provide a tool for development
management decisions. Whilst local plan timescales have not been formally confirmed /
agreed, it is likely that a Regulation 18 consultation will take place around Summer 2025,
with the aim of Local Plan submission by the December 2026 deadline as currently proposed
In the latest NPPF consultation. The landscape evidence will need to inform the Regulation
18 Local Plan and will include three individual studies: a borough wide Landscape Character
Assessment, a Landscape Sensitivity Assessment around our sustainable settlements, a
Landscape and Visual Appraisal of land and potential development sites (as submitted to our
Land Availability Assessment) around our most sustainable settlements, currently proposed
to be those within Tiers 1-4 and key junctions, and a borough wide Landscape Sensitivity
assessment for Renewable energy (solar and wind). An optional fourth task is also included,
which will consider whether there is potential to identify certain areas as Green Gaps, within
the Local Plan.
Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement
Tender release: Friday 15 November 2024
Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm Friday 13 December 2024
Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm Friday 20 December 2024
Evaluation: w/c 6 January 2025
Appointment of contractor: w/c 20 January 2025
** PLEASE NOTE: All expressions of interest, and subsequent correspondence and
submissions, must be received via the Kent Business Portal
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 70%
- Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Cost: 30
- Quality: 70
- 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
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Feb 2025, 11:46 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Feb 2025, 11:46 GMT
- Authority reference
DN752168- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007270- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e80eFind a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enplan UK LimitedSME | £99,873 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
TMBC Landscape Evidence Tender · Enplan UK LimitedSME
- Signed
- 22 Jan 2025
- Value
- £99,873
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council - Legal ServicesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Enplan UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.