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Woodley Town Council is inviting quotations from suitably experienced organisations and individuals to deliver youth services and activities for children and young people aged nine to twenty‑one within the forthcoming financial year. The council will consider proposals that contribute to the Youth Services Strategy 2025‑2030, with a particular focus on engaging those who are currently underserved or at risk, while creating safe, inclusive and stimulating environments that foster personal development, confidence, skills, wellbeing and community connection. The council may award contracts to a single provider or to several complementary providers, allowing a flexible mix of programmes that meet the strategic objectives and the diverse needs of local young people.

Proposals should identify target groups, proposed venues and frequencies—including school holidays, Friday evenings and other evenings or weekends—and outline measurable outcomes such as attendance, participant growth, skill acquisition and partnership impact. Applicants must demonstrate adequate safeguarding procedures, appropriate staffing qualifications, risk management, insurance and governance arrangements and be able to deliver reliably for the duration of the contract. All proposals must comply with the local youth safeguarding regulations.

The Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation is establishing a framework agreement to provide a comprehensive portfolio of community and healthcare technology equipment and the associated services required by the public sector across the United Kingdom. The framework encompasses a broad range of products, including bathroom aids, bedroom aids, kitchen and dining implements, living aids, mobility aids, multi‑sensory accessories, paediatric equipment, and seating solutions, as well as support functions such as collection, decontamination, delivery, disposal, waste management, engagement forums, demonstrations, training, advice, assessments, installation, refurbishment, repair, and storage. In addition, the contract covers fully managed services for equipment supplied in these categories, as well as post‑warranty service and maintenance, and a dedicated technology and solutions offer delivered through managed services.

Suppliers will deliver directly to the end customer following an order placed by the contracting authority, with all parties participating through a single framework that offers options for each lot. The framework is designed to address the full lifecycle of community care equipment, ensuring timely provision, efficient maintenance, and compliance with environmental and safety standards required in the UK. All supplied equipment and services must comply with applicable UK health and safety regulations.

The Government Commercial Agency is issuing a framework agreement for comprehensive consultancy and professional services covering a wide range of specialisms, including business and strategy, finance, human resources, procurement, health and social care, infrastructure, environment, and corporate restructuring. The agreement provides a single-point entry for end‑to‑end project support that spans strategy development, option identification, implementation, and delivery across a spectrum of public sector objectives. Clients can engage the Agency to assemble multidisciplinary expertise tailored to complex, cross‑functional initiatives that demand integration of multiple professional disciplines.

This framework is organised into ten distinct lots, each targeted at a specific domain of public service or corporate need. Lot 1 offers fully integrated, cross‑disciplinary support for projects requiring blended consultancy across all categories, while the subsequent lots focus on specialised areas: Lot 2 for organisation strategy and public policy; Lot 3 for large‑scale transformation; Lot 4 for finance, statutory compliance, and governance; Lot 5 for HR strategy and cultural development; Lot 6 for commercial procurement and supply‑chain management; Lot 7 for health, social care, and community services; Lot 8 for national infrastructure, transport networks, and civic spaces (excluding construction); Lot 9 for environmental and sustainability initiatives; and Lot 10 for corporate restructuring and insolvency. Each lot contains a complete suite of services from identification of options to full implementation.

All necessary technical specifications, standards, and scope details are set out in Framework Schedule 1 (Specification).

The call for tenders is divided into two distinct lots. Lot 1, the Study in Europe Initiative, seeks a contractor capable of enhancing the global attractiveness of European higher education by designing and executing targeted, multi‑channel promotion, recruitment and communication campaigns. The selected operator must demonstrate a deep understanding of the EU higher education landscape, current student mobility trends, and EU policies, while deploying sophisticated digital marketing techniques that harness artificial intelligence and data analytics to optimise audience segmentation and campaign effectiveness across diverse geographic markets. Lot 2, the Erasmus Mundus Support Initiative, is focused on strengthening outreach, exchange, and collaboration for higher education institutions that award Erasmus Mundus joint programmes or future Erasmus+ joint study programmes linked to the European degree label. The goal is to elevate these programmes’ capacity to attract top talent worldwide through coordinated networking, knowledge sharing, and promotional support. The contractor for each lot must prove proven expertise in digital marketing, AI‑driven user data analytics, multichannel campaign design, and the ability to operate across diverse geographic markets with strong knowledge of EU higher education policies and global mobility trends.

The Provincial Government of Northern Samar is soliciting qualified contractors to construct a drainage canal in Barangay Dalakit, Catarman, within the project’s allocated budget of Twenty‑Nine Million Nine Hundred Ninety‑One Thousand Thirty‑Six Pesos. The undertaking involves civil works that will improve the area’s stormwater management, thereby reducing flood risks and enhancing local infrastructure. The contract will be awarded through a competitive bidding process governed by the New Government Procurement Act, with an emphasis on transparency and equal opportunity for Philippine‑based entities.

Eligibility criteria require bidders to demonstrate prior experience executing a comparable drainage or civil engineering project, ensuring they possess the technical competence to deliver the canal within the stipulated 315‑day completion schedule. Only Filipino citizens, sole proprietorships, cooperatives, or partnerships with at least sixty percent locally owned interest may submit bids, and all submissions must be accompanied by a bid security as outlined in the instruction to bidders. The procurement will be conducted via PhilGEPS, with bid openings and pre‑bid conferences held at the NIPA Conference Room; bids received after the cutoff date will be rejected.
All bids must meet the stipulated pass/fail criteria, and contractors must show evidence of a successful analogous project to qualify.

NHS Scotland, through the Common Services Agency, is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to procure Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (CPPA) for the national health network. The system will enable calls for supply to be made under a series of contracts ranging from three to over ten years, with each contract lasting sixty months and subject to renewal at the discretion of the Authority. The DPS is designed to support NHS Scotland’s decarbonisation goals by providing flexible, renewable‑energy procurement options across all NHS sites in Scotland.

The procurement is organised into four distinct lots—CPPA 3‑5 years, 5‑7 years, 7‑10 years and 10 years and over—each of which can be awarded on an open competitive basis using mini‑competitions run via the PCS‑Tender system. Suppliers not already on the DPS may apply to be pre‑qualified; successful candidates will be invited to bid on any or all lots. Awarding is based on a range of criteria beyond price, and call‑off contracts may be issued by NHS National Services Scotland or individual Health Boards.

Suppliers must satisfy the stipulated insurance thresholds of £5 million each for employers, public liability and professional risk indemnity, and meet the technical pre‑qualification criteria outlined in the attached technical envelope.

The Stanwick Parish Council is seeking a qualified contractor to provide comprehensive grounds maintenance across all council‑managed sites within the parish of Stanwick. The contract covers routine care of public green spaces, recreation and leisure areas, natural areas, highway verges, linked footpaths, allotments, Stanwick Cemetery and St Laurence Churchyard. Core services include grass cutting and edging; shrub, herbaceous, flower, rose bed and hedge maintenance; young tree and yew maintenance; litter, leaf and debris clearance; hard surface upkeep; weed and vegetation control; allotment services; and cemetery duties such as grave digging, interments, cremated remains handling, and grave reinstatement.

The selected contractor will be required to maintain all sites to the standards set out in the Council’s Grounds Maintenance Specification, employing appropriate horticultural, environmental and health and safety practices that keep the areas clean, safe, tidy and well‑maintained while promoting biodiversity, wildlife and environmental sustainability. Responsibilities also encompass the proper removal and disposal of waste and arisings, and compliance with all applicable legislation and regulatory requirements. Method statements covering service delivery, environmental sustainability, staffing, and health and safety/risk assessment arrangements must be submitted by tenderers.

The initial contract term is three years, with a provision for a twelve‑month extension contingent upon satisfactory performance, and an additional one‑year extension that may be mutually agreed before 30 September 2029. All services must be performed in accordance with the Grounds Maintenance Specification and relevant environmental and safety regulations.

MaresConnect Limited is procuring separate Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) turnkey contracts for the development of a 750 MW, 320 kV bi‑directional high‑voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector linking Denbighshire, Wales to North County Dublin, Ireland. The project will comprise two converter stations, an Irish 400 kV AC tail substation, and a 240 km subsea and underground HCDC cable system with associated high‑voltage AC underground cabling in both the UK and Ireland. The contracts are divided into four lots (LOT 1A, LOT 1B, LOT 2A, LOT 2B) with mandatory bid combinations, allowing a single EPC contractor per lot to provide design, construction, commissioning and associated maintenance services. The procurement follows the FIDIC “Silver Book” for EPC/Turnkey projects, with particular conditions tailored to each lot and full risk allocation to the successful contractors. The project aims to enhance energy security, market integration and renewable electricity utilization across the Irish and UK grids.

The technical configuration of the interconnector is a symmetrical monopole Hot‑Voltage Source Converter (VSC) system operating at ± 320 kV rated DC voltage, providing a 750 MW bi‑directional power transfer capability between the Irish and GB grids via the subsea‑underground cable pathway.

The procurement concerns the supply of Big Boxes, Lids, and Feet to support Dansk Retursystem A/S’s collection of compacted beverage packaging composed exclusively of aluminium cans and one‑way plastic bottles. The contract, spanning from 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2030, requires a guaranteed total of 20 000 Big Boxes and 60 000 Lids, delivered in separate orders and successive deliveries in accordance with the draft contract. An initial order of 5 000 Boxes and 15 000 Lids is to be placed for delivery starting in March/April 2027. Additional deliveries may be ordered under separate options for more Big Boxes, Lids, or for separate Feet.

Deliveries must be forwarded to one of the three addresses in Denmark: Bundgårdsvej 6, 7000 Fredericia; Jellingvej 16, 9230 Svenstrup; or Bredebjergvej 10, 2630 Taastrup. The buyer may place additional orders on the final day of the contract term, and the supply must be compatible with the existing transport equipment used for collection vehicles, enabling efficient stacking of the Big Boxes. The tendering process includes requirements for exclusion compliance and may request supporting technical and professional documentation, with translations provided as needed. All supplied goods must be stackable by the supplier’s existing transport equipment.