Awarded contract

IA3948 Completion of the Reinventing Chasewater feasibility and master planning project

Details

Buyer: Staffordshire County Council
Supplier(s): Barker Langham
Value: £108,000
Duration: 11 months
Topic: Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
Published: 7 May 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The County Council has committed to investing in its countryside estate, with an £18m capital budget identified for improvements across a number of sites. One of the programme sites is Chasewater Country Park. Feasibility work was commissioned in 2024, requiring completion of an options appraisal for significantly upgraded facilities on the site's South Shore and identifying a preferred option with accompanying business plan for investment. Following review by Cabinet members after council elections in 2025, the scope of the project has been widened. Building on work done to date, the project will now consider the whole country park rather than just focus on the site's South Shore and includes master planning activity in addition to feasibility and business planning on a larger footprint. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published7 May 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date7 May 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2027in 6 months

About the buyer

Staffordshire County Council buys as a local authority, with a Commercial Team managing procurement on its behalf. Suppliers register on Proactis, the council's electronic tendering system, to view opportunities and submit bids. Larger opportunities are also advertised on Find a Tender, the government's procurement portal. Contracts below the advertised threshold are handled directly by individual council directorates rather than the Commercial Team. Existing framework agreements, dynamic purchasing systems and collaborative partner arrangements are used ahead of new competitions where possible. Contract award notices and procurement reports are published for transparency.

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 Staffordshire County Council's contract awards have been in business services, waste, cleaning and environmental services and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

71241000 · Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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