Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-10-23
Buyer: The Council of the Borough of Kirklees
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 70000000 | 70120000 | 70122000 | 70122100 | 70123000
Estimated value: 4208000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Kirklees Council sought experienced and suitably qualified consultants to participate in a framework for the provision of construction-related consultancy services.
The framework has been divided into 14 lots which each have specific requirements to meet the Council’s Construction-related consultancy needs:
Analysis of the financial viability of a proposed development in accordance with the most up to date national planning policy guidance relating to assessment of financial viability of development schemes, the RICS Financial viability in planning: conduct and reporting First Edition, May 2019, and Kirklees Councils’ own viability guidance notes all as updated from time to time. All the elements of the financial appraisal must be fully justified with up to date and directly relevant comparable market evidence, ignoring outliers.
Provision of development viability appraisal advice relating to submitted planning applications or pre-application planning enquiries for new development proposals comprising single or mixed used schemes across the full range of uses classes as described in the planning use class order as updated from time to time. Assess the viability of the proposed development and its ability to support a range of national and local policy and other negotiated requirements including, but not limited to:
— other identified policy requirements with cost factors particular to the form of the proposed development.
Together with detailed financial sensitivity analysis of the appraisals justifying consideration and recommendation of alternative approaches, where a development cannot support full policy contribution.
The key outcome will be a robust analysis of the financial viability of the development and the ability of the development to support a range of cost related policy and other requirements. Successful securing of planning permission and development pipeline supported by a transparent and robustly evidenced assessment of the viability of the development.
Provision of topographical surveys and GPR surveys to be submitted in the format requested by the council in electronic form.
The key outcome shall be the provision of up-to-date CAD based topographic and GPR information to inform the design process.
Underground services tracing and plotting / as-built utility surveys, information to be provided electronically in CAD format.
Liaise with other consultants from time to time in a collaborative manner in order to develop scheme and detailed designs.
Provision of Professional valuation services in association with the Right to Buy process for all qualifying residential properties owned by the Council.
Disposal of Council residential dwellings that qualify under the Right to Buy Scheme reflecting professional market valuations in accordance with RICS guidelines and codes of practice in order to be able to apply qualifying deductions and dispose under the scheme providing capital receipts to the Council.
The valuation work should be undertaken by a RICS registered professional surveyor experienced in the valuation of residential property.
To provide a Valuation Report in accordance with instructions from the Council and in an agreed format in accordance with the code of practice to include - address, description, photograph of property opinion of value, date of inspection and date of valuation.


Winner: Align Property Partners
Award value: 4208000
Number of bids: 17