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The procurement seeks to establish a Flexible Agreement for the provision of fostering agency placements across Lancashire and its partner authorities, including Blackpool, Blackburn with Darwen and the restructured Cumbria unitary authorities. The contract will remain in effect for nine years, allowing contracting authorities to award call‑off agreements to approved independent foster care providers through a periodic evaluation process.

The agreement is divided into three distinct lots: mainstream foster care (Lot 1), which covers placements for children and young people aged 0‑4, 5‑10, 11‑15, 16 + and parent‑child placements; enhanced foster care (Lot 2), which provides placements and support services for children with enhanced needs; and step‑down foster care (Lot 3), which offers placements and support for children transitioning from residential care or those on a trajectory toward residential placement. Successful providers for Lot 1 may also be considered for Lot 2 and/or Lot 3, ensuring a streamlined entry pathway for agencies.

To join the agreement, independent providers must meet the specified criteria, submit all required documentation electronically via the council’s iSupplier portal, and undergo an evaluation in accordance with the invitation to participate. Applicants will receive an outcome notification and, if successful, will sign the Flexible Agreement. All applications must comply with stipulated insurance, financial, consortium, exclusion, reference, and quality standards. The agreement also requires providers to maintain in‑house register of households and adhere to prescribed quality and pricing criteria.

The tender issued by London and Quadrant Housing Trust seeks service providers and consultants to conduct external wall reviews, fire inspections, and remedial works for the trust’s self‑delivered new‑build projects. The focus is on ensuring that the external cladding and wall assemblies meet all fire safety requirements, thereby protecting the approximately 250,000 residents within the trust's portfolio of more than 95,000 homes. By establishing a dynamic purchasing system, the trust aims to create an open framework where admitted suppliers can register and offer their specialized fire‑inspections and remediations services throughout the validity period, allowing for flexible, efficient, and continuous assessment of the trust’s new‑build developments.

The procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, specifically Regulation 34, which requires suppliers to meet pre‑qualification criteria and be registered on the dynamic purchasing system for at least one product category. Services must include comprehensive external wall inspections, identification of fire‑risk elements, and delivery of appropriate remedial measures in compliance with statutory fire safety standards. All services must conform to the standards set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 regarding fire safety for external walls.

The London and Quadrant Housing Trust, together with its subsidiary Quadrant Construction Services, is inviting service providers and consultants to supply marketing suites and signage for its self‑delivered new‑build housing projects across London and the South East. The procurement is organised through a dynamic purchasing system and seeks qualified suppliers capable of delivering both the design and implementation of marketing suites and the installation, maintenance and eventual replacement of signage throughout the construction phases. The tender is presented in multiple lots, each requiring the same breadth of service delivery, with Lot 8 expressly allowing variants while the other lots remain fixed.

All prospective suppliers must demonstrate that the marketing suite and signage solutions they propose comply with the statutory requirements set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

The tender establishes a Dynamic Purchasing System dedicated to the procurement of repair, maintenance, and related services for public‑sector facilities across Scotland. It is intended for educational institutions, healthcare establishments, emergency service depots, housing schemes and other public‑sector buildings, providing a structured response to both urgent and scheduled maintenance needs. The DPS is divided into fourteen distinct lots organised into four primary workstreams that cover the full spectrum of building maintenance—from the envelope and structural integrity to mechanical, electrical, and environmental systems, with an overarching multidisciplinary component for complex projects.

Workstream 1 addresses the building envelope, encompassing roofing, external cladding, internal damp and mould rectification, and the upkeep of windows, doors and other openings. Workstream 2 covers mechanical and electrical (M&E) systems, including plumbing, heating, ventilation, cooling, electrical distribution, lifts and detection equipment such as CCTV and fire alarms. Workstream 3 focuses on environmental and infestation control, covering property protection, pest management and drainage solutions. Workstream 4 allows for integrated, multi‑disciplinary contracts that combine multiple areas of maintenance within a single agreement. All services must comply with the relevant UK building regulations, health and safety requirements, fire safety standards and environmental guidelines.

The Dynamic Purchasing System is established to procure mobile diagnostic and/or treatment units for use by NHS and other public sector organisations across the United Kingdom. These units, typically delivered as vans or temporary cabin structures, are intended to increase capacity, reduce waiting lists and alleviate clinical pressure by providing diagnostic or therapeutic services in hospital sites or closer to patients’ homes such as GP practices or community locations. The system is structured into three distinct lots, allowing suppliers to offer either hire or lease arrangements, outright purchase, or hire with an inclusive managed service that covers consumables and staffing where required.

Lot 1 focuses on providing fully equipped units on a hire or lease basis, while Lot 2 invites suppliers to deliver these units through purchase. Lot 3 expands the offer by including a managed service component, ensuring ongoing provision of consumables and personnel as necessary. All offers must meet the requirements outlined in the DPS Outline Specification, with variants accepted and contracts subject to renewal. Units must adhere to the DPS Outline Specification and meet all applicable NHS technical and safety standards.