Awarded contract

A Consultant Team to Develop and Produce Place Plans for Craigavon, Lurgan and Portadown, within the Craigavon Urban Area

Details

Buyer: Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Supplier(s): Carlin Planning Ltd
Value: £155,160
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 8 May 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The aim of place shaping within Community Planning is; • To improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the selected 'place', through harnessing place shaping powers and functions within Council and from partners. • To ensure that the aspirations of the community plan are realised at a local level and bring other borough wide plans to life locally to include spatial elements and following key messages from the Council's preferred options paper. • To build plans for a place in which local communities are integral to its development and delivery. To date the Armagh Banbridge and Craigavon Community Planning Partnership (with council acting as lead partner) has developed and launched the Armagh Place Plan (May 2022), Banbridge Place Plan (Mar 2024) and the Dromore Place Plan (May 2025). The Community Planning Department, Council as lead partner for the ABC Community Planning Partnership, is seeking to appoint a consultant team to develop and produce place plans for the three centres of Craigavon, Lurgan and Portadown within the Craigavon Urban Area. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published8 May 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date8 May 2026
Next: Contract expiry date25 March 2028in 18 months

About the buyer

Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council buys as a Northern Ireland local authority with its own in-house procurement team. Tender opportunities above a set value threshold are advertised through eTendersNI, the region's shared procurement portal. Suppliers must register on eTendersNI before they can view or respond to live notices. Documentation for each opportunity is published electronically through the same system. The council has run borough-wide framework agreements, including one covering arboriculture services across the district. A dedicated eProcurement helpdesk supports suppliers who need help registering or downloading tender documents.

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 Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

73000000 · Research and development services and related consultancy services
73200000 · Research and development consultancy services
73210000 · Research consultancy services
73220000 · Development consultancy services

Decision makers

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