Consultancy panels
The HCA maintains a number of panels to deliver our regeneration and development programmes. These panels are regularly re-procured and can also be used by our partners, at present over 140 other organisations procure through our panels.
A number of these panels were originally procured by English Partnerships, one of the predecessors of the HCA, but were transferred to HCA, by virtue of the Homes and Communities Agency, Tenant Services Authority and the Welsh Ministers Transfer Scheme 2008. The property, rights and liabilities of the Commission for the New Towns and The Urban Regeneration Agency, known as English Partnerships, transferred to the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) on 1 December 2008.
Current panels
Our current panels are detailed below, together with their OJEU notice references.
Technical, OJEU notice number 2005/S 177-175679 dated 14th September 2005 covering all of the following panels.
- 3D visualisation
- Archaeology
- Architecture
- Ecology
- Engineering
- Environmental impact assessment
- Environmental sustainability
- GIS
- Graphic design
- Heritage
- Housing delivery strategies & funding
- Landscape architecture
- Land surveying
- Masterplanning
- Public art
- Strategic planning
- Transport planning
- Urban design
OJEU notice number 2008/S 14-017947 dated 17th January 2008 covering
- Project and Cost management
OJEU notice number 2009/S 144-211068 30th July 2009 covering
OJEU notice number 2009/S 214-308982
HCA Consultant Panels - PDF (115 KB) provide information on panels, membership, panel duration and services.
Selection of panels
Our panels are a mixture of individuals, small to medium-sized firms, partnerships, large firms and PLCs. However, many of our projects require the skills base and professional indemnity protection that only a large firm can provide.
Panel firms and individuals are sourced through a competitive tender process at regular intervals, usually every four years. The panel tender process is subject to the Homes and Communities Agency's procurement policy - PDF (63 KB). Re-tendering of panels will be advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) or appropriate trade journals.
Prospective tenderers are advised to use the search facility via the OJEU Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) website or subscribe to a tender search company specialising in this field.
No unsolicited information
Potential suppliers and consultants are requested to refrain from sending unsolicited details of their goods, services and skills to the Homes and Communities Agency, as we are unable to retain this information.
Partner use of our panels
Many of the HCA’s panels have been procured on the basis that they can be used by our partner organisations, for example Urban Regeneration Companies, Regional Development Agencies, Local Authorities and the Olympic Delivery Authority.
The Partners guide - PDF (1.10 MB) to procuring through the Homes and Communities Agency panels is available.
Partner organisations who wish to access our panels should contact consultantpanels@hca.gsx.gov.uk for further information. Partners will be required to sign up to an agreement with the Homes and Communities Agency in order to use our panels.
Partner agreement - Word (40 KB)
Last updated: 14 June 2010