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North Yorkshire Council is seeking to award up to three separate contracts for comprehensive site and event security services across the county. The procurement aims to secure a professional, proactive, and customer‑focused security provision that will guarantee the safe, secure, and well‑managed operation of the council’s venues and public spaces. The contracts will cover both permanent premises protection and event‑specific security and stewarding requirements, ensuring consistent safety standards throughout the council’s jurisdiction.

The first contract, Lot 1, will provide manned premises security for the Harrogate Convention Centre, while Lot 2 will deliver event security and stewarding services for venues and public areas in Harrogate, Craven, Richmondshire and Selby. Lot 3 will cover similar services for Scarborough, Ryedale and Hambleton. Each lot is subject to renewal options, reflecting a long‑term partnership strategy, and will be evaluated on a balanced scoring system that weights price, event planning, training, public protection, mobilisation, recruitment, communication, staffing, lone‑working processes and continuous improvement.

All suppliers must demonstrate compliance with statutory security regulations and council‑mandated health and safety standards.

United Utilities Water Limited is launching a single integrated framework to replace its existing fragmented arrangements for Tankering, Industrial Cleaning and Water Sludge Cake services across its water, wastewater, network and bioresources operations. The framework will streamline the procurement of planned, reactive and emergency operational services, provisioning suppliers with a compliant route to market for the collection, movement, transport, discharge and disposal of wastewater, sludge, sludge cake, solids, grit, and other associated materials. By consolidating these essential activities, United Utilities aims to ensure continued operational resilience and environmental stewardship within its asset portfolio.

The framework has been divided into three distinct lots. Lot 1 covers Tankering Services, including loading, collection, transport, transfer, and discharge of a broad range of waste streams, inter‑works sludge transfer, wastewater transfer, process tankering, solids haulage, and incident support during capacity constraints or emergencies. Lot 2 focuses on Industrial Cleaning Services, encompassing planned and emergency cleaning of operational wastewater and sludge‑related assets through emptying, desilting, de‑gritting, washdown, jetting, vacuumation, screening, pumping, and containment of waste materials. Lot 3 addresses Water Sludge Cake and Water Sludge Services, providing collection, loading, transport, haulage, transfer, and operational spreading of waterworks sludge cake, liquid sludge and associated solids between United Utilities sites and approved destinations.

Suppliers admitted to the framework will be evaluated against United Utilities’ minimum technical, operational, commercial, health and safety, environmental, transport and compliance requirements, with active call‑offs determined through separate competitions. The framework will operate for an initial four‑year term with options for two additional two‑year extensions, reflecting the company’s need for flexibility and performance continuity. All supplied services must meet relevant industry technical standards and compliance protocols.

Network Rail requires a qualified supplier to administer its private medical healthcare trust scheme for management‑grade employees and controller grades, a total of approximately 13,900 staff. The scheme is implemented through a trust deed rather than a master trust, and it must include a Stop‑Loss (SSL) agreement set at appropriate limits to manage collective risk. The program offers senior leaders family coverage and allows other employees to add partners and dependants at an additional cost, with four distinct levels of cover—Single, Married, Single Parent Family, and Family—ensuring flexibility and choice for all participants.

The trust is designed to provide a wide geographical reach across Great Britain, covering all routes and regions where Network Rail operates, and must scale quickly to accommodate fluctuating participation levels. Clinical pathways that bypass the need for a General Practitioner referral are integral, covering conditions such as certain cancers, physiotherapy, osteopathy, and mental health support. Rates are structured to remain affordable for a workforce with diverse demographics, while the scheme respects the Public Sector Equality Duty, requiring all suppliers to uphold standards eliminating discrimination and promoting equality.

The supplier must administer the scheme in compliance with trust deed provisions, maintain the specified stop‑loss arrangement, and provide tiered coverage with GP‑referral‑free pathways in accordance with the outlined technical requirements.

Abri, trading as The Swaythling Housing Society Ltd., is implementing a new corporate strategy for 2026‑2031 that centres on a “home and place standard” for its 58,000 homes. To underpin this strategy and ensure compliance with its ambitions for customer experience, safety, environmental sustainability, and quality, the organisation requires a reliable supply chain that can deliver materials for routine maintenance and repair across all properties in the UK.

The procurement covers three distinct lots: Lot 1 calls for building materials for maintenance and repairs, including consumables, painting, glazing, floorings, kitchen and bathroom components, and plant hire; Lot 2 covers gas parts for heating and plumbing, encompassing boilers, heat pumps, piping, valves, and related consumables; Lot 3 concerns electrical consumables such as cabling, trunking, consumer units, and plant hire. The contract is intended to deliver these supplies throughout the portfolio, with potential expansion, and will support both planned and responsive works. Suppliers may bid for multiple lots, but each lot will be awarded to a single contractor based on confidence in delivery and due diligence.

All supplied goods must conform to the UK health and safety, environmental and quality standards specified in the tender documentation.

The Gloucestershire County Council and Gloucester City have issued a framework agreement for the procurement of Occupational Health Physicians, to be awarded under Part 6 of the Procurement Act 2023 in the light‑touch, below‑threshold category. The framework will enable the Council to secure a pool of qualified occupational health professionals who will work on‑site at council premises to deliver preventive, diagnostic and treatment services that promote the health and wellbeing of the local workforce. The invitation to tender is published through the Supply South West portal and submissions may be made electronically in English.

The framework comprises several distinct lots:
- Lot 1 a and 1 b provide primary on‑site occupational health physicians for the County Council’s own facilities;
- Lot 2 a supplies on‑call fighter support for the Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service, while Lot 2 b extends this service to evening hours;
- Lot 3 establishes a backup pool of occupational health physicians to cover unforeseen shortages or increased demand. All services are to be delivered at the contract location UKK13 and are subject to renewal options of one year with a further extension for an additional year.

Evaluation of bids will be based on a 55 % quality score and a 45 % price score, with overall award determined by the combined weighted score. All appointed physicians must be duly qualified occupational health specialists and registered with the relevant professional bodies to comply with the required clinical standards.