Awarded contract

PHC26042 Torbay Design Review Panel

Details

Buyer: Torbay Council
Supplier(s): Design West
Value: £36,000
Duration: 3 years
Published: 1 April 2026
Source: uk:procontracts

Tender description

Design West will deliver the Torbay Design Review Panel [TDRP] as an independent, impartial service for Torbay, its strategic partners, politicians, community, and development community. As an advisory service it will be flexible, challenging, collaborative and accountable to: • Improve design quality for Torbay in meeting its challenges and ambition by working in partnership. • Embed best design and sustainability practice and promote that ‘champion’ role for Elected Members, Officers, and stakeholders. • Create an open culture and dialogue with adjoining LPAs (when applicable) that moves towards a collaborative service to meet challenges of growth in South Devon.

Timeline

Completed: Award published1 April 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date1 April 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2029in 2 years

About the buyer

Torbay Council is the local authority for Torbay, and its commercial services team manages procurement across the council.

Framework call-offs, dynamic purchasing systems and direct award to a fellow contracting authority offer further routes to a contract. Smaller-value work is quoted directly, with at least three suppliers invited and two of them based in Torbay.

Over the past 5 years, most of Torbay Council's contract awards have been in construction work, business services and health and social work.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@torbay-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@torbay-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@torbay-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@torbay-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@torbay-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@torbay-council.gov