Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
East Sussex County Council
County Hall,St. Annes Crescent
LEWES
BN71UE
Contact
Chloe Sharpe
chloe.sharpe@eastsussex.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1273336173
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ22 - East Sussex CC
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Sustainable Drainage Technical Support
Reference number
2920
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 90713000 - Environmental issues consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Under the Town and Country Planning Act, the County Council performs two statutory consultee
roles, namely the Lead Local Flood Authority and the Highway Authority. To ensure that the County
Council is able to appropriately discharge these roles and ensure that planning authorities are able
to make timely decisions on planning applications and meet Government set performance targets,
it is essential that the two teams that perform these roles are appropriately resourced.
What has become apparent over the past 12-15 months is that the absence of up-to-date Local
Plans in most planning authority areas, coupled with high housing delivery/need targets, has led
to a significant increase in applications and pre-application enquiries for residential schemes that
have not already been allocated in Local Plans.
With this taken into account, it has been recommended that two additional roles be created and
recruited into in the Flood Risk Management team, to primarily consider and respond to planning
consultations. The team have tried recruiting into the roles via the standard recruitment
processes within the authority, both via HR and through the Temporary Resources contract, on a
number of occasions, none of which have been successful. As such, they are now seeking to
recruit via the external consultancy market in order to fill the roles.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £240,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ22 - East Sussex CC
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Under the Town and Country Planning Act, the County Council performs two statutory consultee
roles, namely the Lead Local Flood Authority and the Highway Authority. To ensure that the County
Council is able to appropriately discharge these roles and ensure that planning authorities are able
to make timely decisions on planning applications and meet Government set performance targets,
it is essential that the two teams that perform these roles are appropriately resourced.
What has become apparent over the past 12-15 months is that the absence of up-to-date Local
Plans in most planning authority areas, coupled with high housing delivery/need targets, has led
to a significant increase in applications and pre-application enquiries for residential schemes that
have not already been allocated in Local Plans.
With this taken into account, it has been recommended that two additional roles be created and
recruited into in the Flood Risk Management team, to primarily consider and respond to planning
consultations. The team have tried recruiting into the roles via the standard recruitment
processes within the authority, both via HR and through the Temporary Resources contract, on a
number of occasions, none of which have been successful. As such, they are now seeking to
recruit via the external consultancy market in order to fill the roles.
An open procedure was run via the Proactis Procurement Portal
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
A prior information notice was published (2023/S 000-004582) but a contract opportunity notice was not, this happened in error
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section five. Award of contract
Title
Sustainable Drainage Technical Support
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28 June 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ardent Consulting Engineers
3rd Floor, The Hallmark Building, 52-56 Leadenhall Street
London
EC3M 5JE
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
Companies House
05463029
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £240,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £240,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
Country
United Kingdom