How to win: Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) for the Boston and South Holland Joint Local Plan

About this contract

Boston Borough Council and South Holland District Council (BSH) are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced consultant to undertake an Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) to inform and test the emerging joint Local Plan. The IIA will need to incorporate Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Sustainability Appraisal (SA), Health Impact Assessment (HIA), Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA), Community Safety Impact Assessment (CSIA), and Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA), ensuring that environmental, social, health, equality and economic considerations are integrated into plan-making from the outset.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Boston Borough Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £85,000, 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 20 November 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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