Estimated Value
Not specified
Deadline
7 August 2026
Published
25 September 2026
Type
Not specified
Overview
Local Authorities are required to produce a wide range of evidence base to support the development of their local plans. Including a commitment to starting a Local Plan review within six months of adoption of the plan.
In order to assist with the development of the evidence and ensure a compliant Procurement Process has been undertaken, the partner authorities have committed to the procurement of an open framework, to cover multiple disciplines in a lotted structure. This Framework will also be available for use by the following organisations: Maidstone Borough Council, Tonbridge and Malling Borough and Sevenoaks District Council.
Where a consultant is successful in more than three lots, only the three highest‐ranked will be awarded, and any additional lots will be excluded. The Council will appoint a maximum of five consultants per lot.
Lots (1)
- Lot 1HOUSING LOT 2: BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT LOT 3: LANDSCAPE AND BIODIVERSITY LOT 4: EMPLOYMENT AND COMMERCIAL LOT 5: TRANSPORT AND PARKING LOT 6: SUSTAINABILITY LOT 7: SPORTS AND RECREATION LOT 8: VIABILITY Consultants may be awarded a maximum of three individual lots
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Award Details
Iceni Projects Limited
Opinion Research Services Ltd
Rapleys LLP
Ove Arup and Partners Ltd
RRR Consultancy Ltd
Chris Blandford Associates Limited T/A CBA
Ecology Solutions Ltd
Land Use Consultants Ltd.
Jeremy Benn Associates Ltd (t/a JBA Consulting)
The Environment Partnership (TEP) Limited
Huskisson Brown Associates
Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Limited
Nexus Planning Ltd
Volterra Partners LLP
Norman Rourke Pryme Limited
VELOCITY TRANSPORT PLANNING LTD
Urban Movement
Ridge and Partners LLP
BIOREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP
Capita Property and infrastructure Ltd
Seronova Limited
Ethos Environmental Planning Ltd
Knight, Kavanagh & Page Ltd
Strategic Leisure Limited
BPS Dorking Limited (T/A BPS Chartered Surveyors)
Newmark Gerald Eve LLP
QUINTIC LLP
Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
JBA Consulting Ltd
3 contracts wonlatest 23 Feb 2026ends 1 Aug 2027£160,944
total awarded
- 2
Land Use Consultants
2 contracts wonlatest 27 Jul 2026ends 31 Aug 2026 - 3
Ricardo-AEA Ltd
- 4
Restek UK Ltd
2 contracts wonlatest 23 Feb 2026ends 28 Feb 2026£87,091
total awarded
- 5
SERCO LEISURE OPERATING LIMITED
JBA Consulting Ltd is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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Tunbridge Wells Borough CouncilKey Dates
Published
25 September 2026
Submission deadline
7 August 2026
Notice type
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