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Planning Consultancy

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71240000

Value£31.0m

Deadline12 Oct 2026

Published9 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 9 Sept 202632 days leftCloses 12 Oct 2026

Who to contact

Charlie Williams

professionalservicetenders@yorkshirewater.co.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

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Tenders must be submitted electronically via SAP Ariba, Yorkshire Water's e-procurement portal. https://s1-eu.ariba.com/Sourcing/Main/aw?awh=r&awssk=fy5dbBftDhoBNSzh&realm=YorkshireWater&dard=1#b0 Suppliers not yet registered must complete registration prior to submission. All communications, clarifications, and tender submissions must be made through the SAP Ariba portal. If you have not been invited to this tender but wish to participate, please email Professionalservicetenders@yorkshirewater.co.uk Following receipt of this, we can then issue an invitation via SAP Ariba. Tenders submitted by email or post will not be accepted.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£31.0mtotal contract value

median £95k

this tender£0£33.5m

This is a large award for Engineering & Architecture — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED publishes Engineering & Architecture work continuously — 11 notices, roughly one every 33 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

Yorkshire Water intends to establish a multi-lot Planning Consultancy Framework to provide specialist planning, consenting and development services in support of its capital investment and infrastructure programmes.

The framework will support the delivery of AMP8 activities, AMP9 and AMP10 readiness, Strategic Resource Options (SROs), major infrastructure projects, Yorkshire Storm Alliance programmes and North East Storm Overflow Programme (NESOP) related initiatives.

The framework will provide access to planning consultancy expertise to support the development, promotion and delivery of projects requiring planning approvals, development consent and associated regulatory permissions.

Services will include strategic planning advice, planning applications, stakeholder and statutory consultee engagement, environmental and planning coordination, development management, consenting strategies and related specialist support.

The objective of the framework is to secure suitably qualified and experienced suppliers capable of supporting the efficient delivery of complex infrastructure and capital investment programmes, whilst managing planning and consenting risks, maintaining regulatory compliance, and facilitating timely project delivery throughout the asset and investment lifecycle.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

Yorkshire Water intends to establish a multi-lot

The framework will support the delivery

The framework will provide access to planning

Services will include strategic planning advice, planning

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45–80 daysof bid-team effort

£30.8k–£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

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Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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