Planning Services Development Partner Framework Agreement

North Lincolnshire Council invites tenders for a planning and building control services development partner. The Authority is seeking to appoint a "partner" to assist in developing the Planning and Building Control Services area of activity within the Authority. The aim is to ensure that the planning service is increasingly flexible to seize opportunity going forward whilst also maintaining and improving existing core standards. The Provider will work with the Authority to provide service resilience and on demand capacity as and when required by the Authority to deliver and improve planning and building control services. The Authority is seeking to both commission planning work to the Provider and work in partnership with the Provider to explore ways of generating income. The Provider will be appointed as a single supplier under a framework arrangement. The Provider will be called upon throughout the term of the framework as and when required to provide services from any of the following areas:

• Service resilience - To provide service resilience by undertaking all forms of planning applications and building control applications on behalf of the Authority

• Commercial - To enable and assist the Authority to be commercial and generate income for the Planning and Building Control department

• Consultancy - To provide consultancy support as and when required to improve performance and streamline processes