Tender: Town Planning Services for New Frimley Park Hospital and Retained Estate – Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a supplier for town planning services for the New Frimley Park Hospital programme and the Trust's retained estate. The procurement is for a comprehensive town planning advisory and application service from strategy and pre-application (including a PPA) through to discharge of conditions and post-consent support, covering planning strategy, risk and constraints advice, preparation, submission and management of planning applications and supporting documents, EIA co-ordination and Environmental Statement management, Habitats Regulations Assessment and ecological input, highways and transport planning (including transport assessment and travel planning), sustainability, carbon and net zero advice, community, stakeholder and political engagement, and Section 106 and planning obligation negotiation. The appointed provider must deliver an evidence-led planning strategy to secure consent within the programme, work as part of an integrated professional team and coordinate with the wider design, construction and enabling works while operating on a live occupied acute site with emphasis on stakeholder engagement, transparency and planning risk management. The contract covers only the town planning services and does not imply any timeframe for completion of the wider programme; the procurement is an open procedure under the Procurement Act 2023 and tender submissions must include full responses to the conditions of participation, which are assessed on a pass/fail basis.