FOI request (FOIR-734647973)

Procurement of Architectural Design Services

Requested Mon 28 July 2025
Responded Tue 05 August 2025

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) requests the following information regarding the procurement of architectural design services by Hastings Borough Council.

1. Procurement policies

Please provide copies of any standard policies, procedures, or internal guidance documents which govern the selection or appointment of external suppliers of architectural design services.

2a. Procurement templates or exemplars

Please provide copies of any template or exemplar documents used by your organisation in the preparation or conduct of procurement exercises for architectural design services. This may include, but is not limited to:

• Pre-qualification questionnaires

• Tender notices and associated tender documents

• Professional competency frameworks

• Conditions of participation

• Tender scoring or evaluation criteria

2b. Recent procurement documentation

If your organisation does not use standard templates or exemplar documents as described above, please provide copies of any equivalent specific documents used in your most recent completed procurement exercise for architectural design services. Any commercially sensitive supplier information may be redacted.

3. Procurement evaluations and reviews

Please provide copies of any documents relating to recent evaluations, reviews, or revisions of your organisation’s procurement processes specifically related to architectural design services. Please consider as recent any evaluations which took place following the passage of the Procurement Act 2023, or any evaluations which were informed by the progress of that Act, even where they were undertaken prior its passage into law.

4. Appointments in the Last Five Years

Please provide a list of all companies or individuals appointed by your organisation to deliver architectural design services within the last five years.

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Response

Hastings Borough Council has not carried out a specific tender for architectural design services.