The Contracting Authority engaged in a competitive process for the establishment of a multi-party framework agreement for the provision of a Technical Land Use Planning Advisory and Related Services. The service requirement was to generate, for the Authority, Technical Land-use Planning Reports with associated risk contours for developments at and in the vicinity of COMAH establishments. The report for each establishment included the contours in a GIS file along with all relevant data tables.

The Contracting Authority sought external technical expertise to provide the Contracting Authority with technical generic land-use planning advice for each establishment subject to the regulations.

The scope of work relating to a contract under the framework included:

a. Generate planning risk contours for each establishment

b. A report (‘TLUP Report’) for the provision of technical land-use planning advice to a planning authority, explaining and putting in context the planning risk contours for each establishment and the specific TLUP advice that is being provided.

c. Attend and provide relevant supporting evidence on behalf of the Authority at oral planning hearings etc. on risk contours and associated reports for the relevant establishment prepared

d. Contracts with Options - each contract related to an establishment as outlined above, will include options for any follow-on related services specific to the site in question. This ensures continuity of service and availability of appropriate expertise. Any optional contracts for a specific establishment will be purely at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory performance and quality of service.