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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

The South West London Integrated Care Board is inviting bids for the Neighbourhood Health Community Prevention and Empowerment Programme, a transition to integrated, locality-based health prevention and empowerment services aligned to population‑health needs across North, Central and South Croydon. The procurement is divided into three distinct lots, each targeting a specific geographical area and set of health priorities. The first lot delivers a healthy lifestyle behaviour service for North Croydon, targeting high‑risk communities through weight management, smoking cessation and alcohol reduction interventions. The second lot provides a prevention, access and health‑equity service for Central Croydon, focusing on digital inclusion for the NHS App, welfare and housing support, and childhood immunisation equity among under‑served populations. The third lot offers a combined weight management, independence and wellbeing service for South Croydon, including targeted weight‑loss support, carer‑strain mitigation and loneliness/social connection programmes for older residents.

Each lot requires the establishment of referral pathways from primary care, council services and voluntary partners, as well as collaboration with community organisations to avoid duplication of existing services. Performance will be assessed through quarterly reporting on participant demographics, engagement, completion rates and validated health outcomes, with ongoing safeguarding, governance and data‑protection arrangements. Providers may submit bids for one, two or all three lots, with separate evaluation for each lot and no cap on the number of lots that can be awarded to a single provider.

All services must comply with NHS prevention priorities, the NHS Long Term Plan, Core20PLUS5, NICE guidance and local Croydon population health priorities.

The Food Standards Agency invites tenders to conduct a comprehensive research programme that will identify suitable urinary biomarkers for three priority chemical categories and develop, validate and standardise the analytical chemistry methods required to quantify these biomarkers within human urine samples on the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) BioResource platform. The objective is to create a robust, evidence‑based approach that translates measured urinary biomarker concentrations into estimates of systemic exposure and theoretical dietary intake for each chemical of interest, thereby enhancing the Agency’s capacity for continual food safety monitoring.

This programme is divided into three distinct lots. The first lot focuses on food additives, requiring the identification of urinary biomarkers for over 300 approved additives and the development of precise, validated analytical methods to measure their quantitative levels in urine. The second lot addresses chemical contaminants, including unwanted mycotoxins, organic pollutants, and heavy metals such as lead and mercury, with an emphasis on establishing reliable biomarker assays for these contaminants. The third lot centres on metals—specifically arsenic, cadmium, and lead—and involves the analysis of these biomarkers in 400 NDNS urine samples, measurement of urinary creatinine to correct for dilution, and the demonstration of a reliable method for estimating dietary intake from urinary concentrations, while allowing for the proposal of additional relevant metals if technically feasible.

The deliverables must enable the conversion of biomarker data into actionable exposure estimates, providing a clear pathway for risk assessment and regulatory decision‑making. All analytical methods shall be fully validated to meet ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation criteria.

Creative Sector Services CIC, trading as Creative United, is seeking a provider to deliver consumer credit services for its Take it Away Scheme, a publicly funded initiative that will begin on 1 November 2026 and run for 18 months with the possibility of extension to a maximum of 42 months. The contract will cover the full operation of the Scheme across an approved network of musical instrument retailers in England, and, where approved by partner Arts Councils, may be extended to include retailers in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland during the term of the award. Creative United’s purpose is to increase access to musical instruments and associated learning resources for all UK residents over 18 who qualify for interest‑free loans.

The Scheme offers interest‑free loans ranging between £100 and £25,000, which may be used to purchase instruments, software, equipment or related services such as tuition blocks. Priority is given to customers earning below the median UK wage, those in areas with low arts participation, first‑time instrument purchasers, and customers who are disabled or purchasing on their behalf. The service provider must administer the credit process through the network of retailers, ensuring compliance with funding guidelines and the specific eligibility criteria set out by Creative United.

The contracting entity requires that the chosen provider can manage the Scheme’s credit operations, maintain accurate records, and support the targeted customer groups, while also meeting the predefined loan limits and interest‑free payment structure.

Slough Borough Council is seeking to award a Highways Works and Associated Services Framework to support the delivery of both minor and major highway infrastructure projects as well as routine reactive maintenance across the borough. The framework will cover a wide range of highway‑related works, from construction projects of varying sizes to specialist interventions such as drainage work, bridge inspections, traffic management, and road marking. The framework is divided into multiple Lots, each designed to allow suppliers to bid on work that aligns with their specific expertise and capacity.

The procurement will include Minor Works Construction Projects up to £500,000; Minor Works up to £2,000,000; Major Works up to £10,000,000; Reactive Maintenance up to £100,000; and Carriageway Resurfacing up to £1,000,000. Consortiums will be limited to no more than five suppliers per Lot, ensuring a competitive yet manageable partnership structure. The council aims to secure high‑quality service delivery, value for money and regulatory compliance over a three‑year period with an optional one‑year extension.

All works must conform to national highways standards and achieve the council’s stipulated quality and cost‑effectiveness criteria.

The Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service is establishing a multi‑year framework for the supply and delivery of a range of community electric profiling beds and associated components. The tender invites suppliers to provide the beds and matching mattresses, accessories and spare parts for use within the Northern Ireland health and social care sector, specifically for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Western Health and Social Care Trust and the BSO PaLS itself. The procurement is organized into eight distinct lots, covering standard electric profiling beds, low entry and high‑low variants, heavy duty and bariatric models, as well as paediatric beds and a paediatric height‑adjustable cot. Each lot includes specified mattress options — non‑powered reactive support surfaces and high specification foam mattresses designed for the respective bed type, along with compatible accessories and spare parts to ensure full operational readiness.

The framework requires that all supplied beds be compatible with the designated mattress types, which encompass static hybrid reactive support surfaces, high specification foam, heavy duty variants, and bariatric versions where applicable. All components must adhere to the technical standards set for community electric profiling solutions, be fully functional for patient care, and include the necessary supporting accessories and spare parts to guarantee service continuity. All products must be compatible with the specified reactive support surface mattresses and include necessary accessories and spare parts.