The Peak District National Park Authority ("PDNPA") is seeking multidisciplinary consultancy support to assist in its role as statutory consultee in regards the Peak Cluster Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project ("NSIP") and a Development Consent Order ("DCO") for the Peak Cluster Carbon Capture and Storage Pipeline under the Planning Act 2008 ("the Application") to be submitted by Peak Cluster Ltd ("the Applicant"). Support is required in the areas of project management, co-ordination and administration as well as in the specialist areas of infrastructure planning, landscape, cultural heritage, archaeology and ecology ("the Services"). The PDNPA is seeking a consultancy with previous experience of the entire NSIP/DCO process. PDNPA expects to enter into a Planning Performance Agreement ("PPA") with Peak Cluster Ltd and the support is required in relation to PDNPA's obligations under the PPA for the entire DCO process. Funding under the PPA will only be guaranteed up to a cap for the Pre-Application Stage of the Application, and the consultancy contract will be conditional insofar as it relates to any requirements beyond the Pre-Application Stage or the cap, conditional on a variation of the PPA being agreed with Peak Cluster Ltd.

Options: Only the Pre-Application Stage of the DCO process will initially be guaranteed under the contract. Parts of the contract relating to stages beyond the Pre-Application Stage are conditional on agreement between the Authority and Peak Cluster Ltd to fund later stages of the DCO process. The Authority will notify the Contractor when variations of the PPA have been agreed, so that the contract will then include the requirement for those further services. The total estimated value of the contract includes the value of all stages of the Application.

Procurement Act 2023

Open procedure

Please see link to the Tender Notice at https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/looking-after/about-us/open-government/tenders Tenders must be submitted by e mail to [email protected] By 12.00 on Monday 19 October 2026 The following, and only the following, must be used in the subject line: 'REF: TENDER RETURN Peak Cluster NSIP Consultancy Support' All attachments must be in pdf form No information must be included in the covering e mail apart from the identity of the sender and a list of attachments Note: The Peak District National Park Authority is aware that third parties may contact businesses regarding this tender opportunity. Please note that the Authority does not authorise any third party to charge fees for access to tender information. All tender documents are available free of charge through our official procurement channels. If you are contacted requesting payment, please disregard the request and contact us directly using the details provided in this advert.

Further clarifications have been issued on 07.10.2026 in response to further queries from prospective bidders. These queries and clarifications are available in the link to the Documents in the Tender Notice and on the Authority's website: https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/looking-after/about-us/open-government/tenders

Invitation to Tender and associated Tender Documents: https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/looking-after/about-us/open-government/tenders