Multi Party Framework Agreement for Planning Services

Tender description

The contracting authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of framework agreements for planning services in three lots: • Lot 1: Strategic planning services including, master planning, urban design and ancillary services; • Lot 2: Development management planning; • Lot 3: Planning consultancy services. Lot 1: Strategic Planning Services Including, Master Planning, Urban Design and Ancillary Services A core purpose of the LDA is to proactively identify where public land could be used to develop much needed housing and to ensure an adequate serviced land supply in the long term. Related to this, a key role of the LDA is to provide services to local authorities in relation to the development of sites for housing and urban development/regeneration. These include the development of large scale, multi-tenure or mixed-use development/regeneration sites and generally require the preparation of masterplans/spatial frameworks which assess and establish a framework for the planning and development potential of these strategic urban regeneration sites. To this end LDA intends to establish a multi party framework agreement to provide strategic planning advice, masterplanning and urban design services, research studies, policy and strategy advice and other related services. Lot 2: Development Management Planning A key role of the Land Development Agency is to activate and develop state land to deliver much needed housing in the short and medium term and ensure a sustainable pipeline of serviced land supply into the longer term. The LDA is currently exploring several development projects and strategic development areas, with a view to delivering compact urban growth on state lands. The preferred sites are brownfield and accessible, urban locations thereby presenting the optimum opportunity to deliver sustainable residentially led urban regeneration in accordance with National and Regional planning policies. To this end LDA intends to establish a multi party framework agreement to provide development management planning services to provide planning technical advice, including Master-planning design and general planning strategies including feasibility, master-planning, preliminary design, planning application, and detailed design. Lot 3: Planning Consultancy Services LDA intends to establish a multi party framework agreement to provide planning consultancy services relating to a range of general town planning and other related services to include Management of multi-disciplinary consortium/team,development plan and planning applications monitoring and submissions, research studies, policy and strategy advice and reports and other related services.