Pre-tender

NRW/30295 Norfolk Economic Study

Details

Buyer: Norwich City Council
Value: £95,000
Topic: Architectural, engineering and planning services
Published: 7 October 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Norwich City Council, on behalf of all Norfolk Planning Authorities jointly invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified consultants to produce an Employment Study to support emerging Local Plan preparation in Norfolk in accordance with the new version of the NPPF published Aug 2026. The appointed consultant will provide, for the County of Norfolk: 1) A Functional Economic Market Area Assessment. 2) Employment Land Demand Assessment including: a) Evidence of Business Needs / Commercial Property Market Assessment. b) Assessment of Market Signals to Forecast Future Need. c) Employment Land Forecasting. d) Locational Requirements for Specialist or New Sectors. 3) Employment Land Supply Assessment. 4) Balancing Employment Land Demand and Supply Assessment. 5) Assessment of demand and supply for strategic logistics facilities, AI and data centres.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published7 October 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

Norwich City Council is a local authority procuring services and works on behalf of the city of Norwich. Service areas are encouraged to buy local for smaller contracts, supporting businesses across the city. The council has adopted the Co-operative Party's Charter Against Modern Slavery for ethical procurement across its supply chains.

Over the past 5 years, most of Norwich City Council's contract awards have been in construction work, business services and architectural and engineering services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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