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Lancashire County Council is establishing a pseudo‑dynamic purchasing system (PDPS) that will act as a curated register of children’s home service providers capable of delivering the required support within the council’s geographical boundaries. The PDPS will remain in force for a ten‑year term, allowing the council and any successor authority, including Blackpool Council, to award service contracts on a call‑off basis in accordance with the terms set out in the invitation to participate. The aim is to create a stable, qualified supply base that can meet statutory and organisational imperatives for children’s home placements across the region.

Prospective suppliers must apply through the council’s procurement portal, submitting evidence that satisfies the evaluation criteria detailed in the procurement documents. New applications are accepted up to the initial deadline, after which subsequent applications will be assessed at predetermined intervals. Selected providers will enter into call‑off contracts that enable the council to place children into homes as demand evolves. Providers must meet all stated criteria and be located within the specified territorial boundaries to qualify for inclusion in the PDPS.

The tender concerns the procurement of professional development and training services for staff employed by Nottinghamshire County Council. The Council’s HR and Workforce Development team is responsible for ensuring that employees remain knowledgeable and competent in line with the latest government priorities and requirements for the delivery of local services. In particular, the training must equip staff who support service users with the essential skills and knowledge to perform their duties safely, respectfully, and in accordance with current health and safety expectations.

Providers will be required to deliver a range of learning opportunities that support the continual professional development of the Council’s workforce, including classroom instruction, online modules and practical exercises. The services should be designed to meet both the Council’s internal learning needs and the regulatory frameworks that govern public service provision, ensuring that all staff are fully prepared to deliver high‑quality services to the community while safeguarding their own well‑being and that of third parties.

All training must adhere to HSE directives and health and safety legislation.

First Choice Homes Oldham, a registered not‑for‑profit provider of social housing, manages over 11,500 properties across the Borough of Oldham. The organisation seeks to reinforce its in‑house maintenance and repairs teams by appointing external sub‑contractors through a Dynamic Purchasing System. This procurement covers a wide array of responsive and voids works, including re‑lets, kitchen and bathroom installations, complete rewiring, floor and wall specialist services, decorative finishes, plastering, damp and timber infestation treatment, electrical works, groundworks, fencing, landscaping, and windows and door installation. Each of these categories is offered as a separate lot, allowing the organisation to allocate workstreams efficiently while maintaining high standards of service delivery across its portfolio.

The tender invites contractors capable of handling the full spectrum of repair and refurbishment tasks required for both responsive maintenance and void property management. Specific workstreams include the refurbishment of vacant units through decorative and plastering services, the execution of groundworks and landscaping for void sites, the provision of specialist flooring solutions, and the supply and installation of UPVC or composite windows and doors. Responsive services extend to general building repairs, glazing, roofing, scaffolding, and level‑access shower room installations, as well as specialized electrical and metal fabrication work. All contractors engaged under this system must be able to mobilise efficiently and meet the demands of the organisation’s extensive portfolio, ensuring timely completion of both planned investment and emergency repair projects.

Every contractor winning deliverable must carry out rewires and the installation of OSB and OSK components.

East Suffolk Council has launched a Multi‑Year Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to source a wide range of works and services for the Lowestoft Town Investment Plan and any future projects that fall within its programme scope. By qualifying to the DPS, suppliers will be entitled to view and bid on a spectrum of contracts that span from small refurbishment jobs to major construction projects, thereby offering opportunities to both local small‑to‑mid‑size businesses and larger national firms over the next decade.

The DPS is organised into eight distinct lots, each covering a specific domain of expertise. Lot 1 invites architectural and design firms to provide end‑to‑end services—from initial concept to full RIBA stages 0‑7—including principal designer responsibilities under CDM Regulations 2015. Lot 2 targets construction support specialists such as quantity surveyors, employers’ agents, cost consultants, and civil or structural engineers, while Lot 3 is focused on temporary specialist studies, including environmental assessments and feasibility work. Lot 4 offers consultancy for master‑planning, energy, economic, cultural, leisure, and land valuation needs. The remaining lots (5 through 8) address works of increasingly larger monetary thresholds, encompassing refurbishment, restoration, design‑build, landscaping, public realm, demolition, and housing development across the spectrum from minor to major contracts. All services can be awarded under NEC or JCT construction contract frameworks, as appropriate.

All works undertaken under the DPS must meet the standard technical criteria of RIBA stages 0‑7, fulfil the CDM 2015 principal designer role, and comply with NEC or JCT contractual specifications.

West Sussex County Council is inviting suppliers to deliver a new Adult Learning and Skills Open Framework under a Light Touch Regime (LTR). The framework aims to create a county‑wide programme that supports vulnerable young people and adults in reaching their potential through a mix of high‑quality, community‑based education and training. It will deliver fully funded adult skills qualifications and give workers and learners access to fully regulated training delivered by specialist providers, in partnership with schools, libraries, community groups and employers.

The framework encompasses several key components. A pre‑employment study programme will help 16‑ to 25‑year‑olds—including those with Education and Health Care Plans—to gain work placements, functional skills in English and maths, employability skills, and personal development. Adult learning will cover the statutory core curriculum of English, maths and digital skills for those lacking required competencies, as well as non‑regulated services for those needing additional support. Community and tailored learning will target adults to improve health, well‑being and community cohesion, while family learning will foster intergenerational participation and parental engagement. Separate tranches will enable qualification‐oriented programmes for unemployed or low‑income adults and skills bootcamps for apprentices, specifically aligned to Occupational Standards set by IFATE or recognised attainment systems such as RARPA.

All training must be accredited, aligned to IFATE occupational standards or utilise a recognised attainment framework such as RARPA.

Dorset Council’s Adults and Housing Directorate is establishing a new 10‑year Care, Support, Housing and Community Safety Framework to replace its existing arrangements. The framework is designed to secure high‑quality, personalised care and support services that adopt a strengths‑based approach, ensuring outcomes for service users are met while the services are financed sustainably. By operating under the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, the framework allows the Council, in partnership with NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group, to innovate procurement and contracting models that best satisfy service requirements.

The framework is organised in two stages. In Part I providers who meet the minimum entry criteria may join for any lot, after fulfilling the required entry conditions. In Part II, participating providers will be invited to compete in further quality‑and‑price evaluations for specific call‑offs, a process anticipated to begin in April 2022. Multiple procurement methods are permitted to support flexibility, including brokerage of individual packages, fixed‑term block contracts, and Individual Service Funds (ISF). The framework remains open for new providers to apply at any time during its term, and existing providers may re‑apply to improve their standing or to add new lots, provided that any prior non‑compliance agreements have not been terminated.

All entrants must satisfy the minimum entry criteria specified in Part I and comply with the Light Touch Regime under the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

The procurement seeks to establish a new Electronic Market Place (EMP) for Supported Living Services (SLS) on behalf of Kirklees Council and the NHS Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The EMP will replace the existing framework agreement and will allow fresh providers to join, enabling the Council and the CCG to contract with suitably qualified organisations who can deliver flexible supported living care that empowers adult service users to live independently in their own homes or in shared accommodation. Branded as a multi‑provider agreement, the SLS EMP will provide 1:1 support to enable access to community activities and social engagement for those with a range of health and social care needs.

The contract is divided into two overall lots that distinguish between floating support for individuals in private homes and provision for users in shared accommodation. Within each lot the service requirements are further split into seven distinct categories that mirror primary care needs of service users: learning disabilities with or without autism or challenging behaviours; autism spectrum conditions; enduring severe mental health conditions; personality disorder; complex physical or sensory impairments and long‑term health conditions; acquired brain injury; and persistent or chronic drug and alcohol dependencies. The majority of the services will be regulated activities, so providers must be registered with the Care Quality Commission and must be familiar with CQC Regulation Guidance on regulated activity. All technical details and terms are set out in the general specification and the accompanying terms and conditions.

Anglian Water Services Ltd. is procuring a comprehensive Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to supply, lease, hire, and maintain a complete range of motor vehicles for its Fleet Services and Water Recycling Operational Logistics (WROL) teams. The DPS will cover all vehicle categories – from passenger cars and 4‑wheel drive (4x4) vehicles to light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, as well as trailers and mobile units – and will provide both outright purchase and flexible leasing or short‑ and long‑term hire arrangements. The framework is intended to support the acquisition of alternative‑fuel or otherwise green‑powered vehicles alongside conventional internal combustion alternatives, with maintenance services, including 24‑hour breakdown response for heavy commercial vehicles, integrated into the same system.

Each vehicle type is organised into separate contractual lots that allow variations but do not include optional sub‑contracts. The system will enable buyers within the specified UK regions to obtain vehicles that meet the evolving operational needs of Anglian Water while maintaining cost‑effective and environmentally responsible sourcing. Requirement: vehicles must be compliant with UK green vehicle standards and support alternative fuel technologies.

The Pacific Southwest (PSW) Stewardship Blanket Purchase Agreement administers a continuous, full‑and‑open procurement for integrated stewardship services on Federal and local agency lands within a 150‑mile radius of numerous California National Forests, now expanded to include Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and San Bernardino Forests. The agreement covers a range of hazardous fuels and restoration tasks such as mechanical and hand cutting, piling, lopping, and removal of non‑sawtimber, biomass, and non‑included material, as well as commercial timber harvesting and removal of included timber, and road construction, maintenance, and decommissioning. Prospective contractors are required to submit technical and pricing proposals in PDF format, provide best­commercial rates for each activity, and remain actively registered in SAM.gov to be eligible for subsequent call orders.

Multiple awards will be issued on an individual forest basis after evaluation of technical proposals, pricing, and benefits to local communities. Call orders are released exclusively to contractors awarded under this BPA and may include Integrated Resource Service Contracts that require timber removal, service‑based IRSCs that allow timber subject to agreement, or restoration‑based service contracts without timber removal. All work must be planned and executed in compliance with federal, state, and local statutes, environmental quality laws, and the Forest Service’s detailed specifications for timber removal, fuel treatment, and road maintenance.

All work must comply with the applicable federal, state, and local statutes and regulations, adhere to the specified timber specifications, hazard fuel treatment guidelines, and road maintenance requirements.