How to win: Appointment of a Development Management Organisation

About this contract

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced client side Development Management Organisation (DMO) to provide specialist, integrated development management support for The Seam Phase 2 programme. The appointment will support the planning, co-ordination and delivery of key project elements consisting of a hotel development, Campus Square public realm, and the National Centre for Digital Technology (NCDT).

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £500,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 11 September 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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