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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

The Council seeks a qualified supplier to deliver an Integrated Domestic Abuse Refuge and Outreach Service covering the Portsmouth area. The service will provide full‑time refuge support through council‑owned accommodation and flexible, outreach‑style community support carried out on a floating basis. Together the two elements will deliver a coordinated, trauma‑informed response to victims of domestic abuse, their children, and, where appropriate, perpetrators, enabling higher‑risk and medium‑risk individuals to rebuild confidence and life skills. Support for children will include both individual and group‑based interventions tailored to the specific needs arising from domestic abuse.

The contracting authority will manage the procurement on behalf of the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner, with funding drawn from the Council and the OPCC. The contract will span an initial three‑year period, with options for extensions up to a total of six years, and contracting terms will allow assignment to any successor authority in the event of local government reorganisation. The supplier’s deliverables must be strictly confined to the provision of support services within refuge accommodation, excluding any property management or maintenance duties. All provision of services must be trauma‑informed and coordinated across refuge and community settings.

The Fairfax Multi Academy Trust invites qualified contractors to supply comprehensive statutory estates compliance services for its network of schools. The contract is broken into five distinct lots—fire safety; electrical safety; water hygiene and Legionella control; gas, boilers and pressure systems; and lifting equipment and LOLER compliance—each requiring systematic inspection, testing, servicing, certification and detailed reporting of the relevant statutory systems.

Contractors will perform all statutory inspections and maintenance in line with the UK’s legislation, Approved Codes of Practice and British Standards, ensuring that fire alarms, emergency lighting, fire doors, electrical distribution boards, portable appliances, water temperature controls, Legionella sampling, gas safety examinations, boiler servicing and lifting equipment all meet current safety requirements. Findings and certifications must be uploaded within agreed timeframes to the Trust’s compliance management platform, HANDSAM, to provide a single consolidated record for all sites.

The agreement will commence on 1 October 2026 for an initial term of three years, with the option to extend for up to two additional years subject to satisfactory performance and regulatory compliance. All services shall be performed in accordance with UK statutory requirements, Approved Codes of Practice, and relevant British Standards.

Southern Housing is procuring four separate contracts for lift modernisation works across the 2026–2036 period. Each of the four lots represents a batch of lift upgrades valued at approximately £21–22 million excluding VAT, with an initial five‑year term and options to extend for a further five years, providing a maximum potential contract duration of ten years. The contracts will be awarded on a Most Advantageous Tender basis, with bidders required to secure only one lot, and will involve the provision of new lift infrastructure and associated safety systems across a portfolio of residential properties.

The primary focus of the procurement is the comprehensive modernization of lift systems to improve reliability, safety, and resident experience. Contractors will assume the legal responsibilities of Principal Designer and Principal Contractor under both the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations and the Building Safety Act, ensuring that all lift installations comply with current and emerging regulatory requirements. Engagement with residents—including the provision of temporary access solutions such as stairlifts—is an essential component, as is the application of technology to deliver a high‑quality customer experience, remote monitoring capabilities, and a standardised approach to service delivery. Performance will be measured against key indicators, including lift availability, project completion rates, defects at witness testing, and timely health and safety file submissions, to uphold the organisation’s commitments to safety, cost transparency, and continual improvement.

All lift modernisation work must be carried out in accordance with UK lift safety regulations and to the standards set out in the Building Safety Act, ensuring that upgraded systems are safe, reliable, and fully compliant.

Northern Trains Limited is procuring construction and refurbishment works at its Neville Hill depot to modernise and re‑organise key operational areas for future staffing and operational efficiency. The works, designated as Phase 4 and Phase 5B of the Neville Hill WOSA project, will convert existing locker rooms and toilet facilities into a new production hub, complete with a conference room, meeting rooms, a teapoint and upgraded unisex and accessible toilets. The DMU block will be enhanced by consolidating ground‑floor team leader offices into a single larger office, installing fresh toilet facilities on the first floor, and overall improving the layout for better workflow. Additionally, the former EMR locker room will be transformed into a permanent storage area featuring modern compliant racking, improved access routes, and safer vehicle and pedestrian movement corridors. The northern office area will be expanded to accommodate increasing staff numbers, while the existing northern stores will be re‑purposed into a dedicated small‑parts storage facility, thereby supporting efficient operations across the depot.

All construction must be delivered under a JCT Intermediate Works 2024 Agreement and comply with relevant health, safety, and accessibility standards.

The Medical Research Council seeks an independent external partner to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the return on investment and social return on investment generated by its Fellowships programme. The analysis will supply evidence that the fellowships deliver measurable benefits to the UK economy and society, thereby supporting MRC’s public communication strategy, shaping future programme offers, and informing the UKRI’s long‑term investment and benefit‑tracking framework.

The evaluation must employ rigorous mixed‑method techniques that combine quantitative econometric analysis with qualitative impact assessment. It should produce a transparent, theory‑based evaluation of how fellowship resources translate into tangible outcomes, including career progression, research outputs, and downstream economic contributions. The findings will underpin MRC’s accountability to stakeholders and assist in refining the fellowship portfolio to maximise societal benefit.

The service must be executed in accordance with the RM6126 Research and Insights Dynamic Purchasing System sub‑categories: grants and grant funding, econometric analysis, financial analysis (including cost‑benefit and ROI), impact assessment, mixed method, impact evaluation, theory‑based impact evaluation, and value‑for‑money evaluation.