Awarded contract

Specialist Advice to Review Viability Appraisals Associated with Planning Applications

Details

Supplier(s)
Parkinson Property Consultants Ltd
Value
£115,000
Duration
3 years
Published
12 March 2024

Tender description

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council requires expert advice regarding the robustness of viability appraisals which are submitted from time-to-time with major planning applications, where applicants propose that developer infrastructure contributions required by policy should be reduced or waived by the Local Planning Authority in order to ensure that a development remains viable.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published12 March 2024
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date1 April 2024
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2027in 6 months

About the buyer

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council buys as a local authority, advertising tender opportunities through The Chest, the North West's shared procurement portal. The portal was set up with funding from the North West Centre of Excellence to connect regional buyers and suppliers. Registration on the Suppliers' Area is free and brings email alerts on matching opportunities. Suppliers already signed up to ProContract elsewhere in the region do not need to register again. Higher-value contracts also appear nationally on Find a Tender. The Chest carries the council's contracts register, showing which suppliers currently hold agreements.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council's contract awards have been in construction work, health and social work and architectural and engineering services.

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