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Bassetlaw District Council (the Council) wishes to invite tenders to appoint a suitably experienced operator to occupy and operate an indoor street food market within the Retford Town Hall's Buttermarket. The operator will be responsible for all aspects of delivery, vendor management and commercial performance, in return for the right to trade from the premises and an opportunity to influence the final design and fit-out of the space. The Council's objectives in appointing an operator are to: • Animate and activate Retford town centre • Support independent and start-up food businesses • Provide a high-quality, diverse and affordable food offer • Increase footfall and dwell time • Support the evening and weekend economy • Deliver social and economic value for the local area The Buttermarket is anticipated to be available to the operator for commercial operation from Winter 2026/Spring 2027 subject to detailed design agreement and construction programme. The Council envisions the successful provider from this tender to join as a partner through this design process. This interim period for design and Council construction will ensure the final installation is fit for purpose and encourages optimal commercial operation for the appointed end user. Located on the Market Square, Retford Town Hall is well positioned to amplify the offerings of the town, however, the site is currently greatly underutilised, and its facilities require significant modernisation. The Buttermarket is the ground floor premise of the wider Retford Town Hall with its own level and independent access along the Town Hall Yard and direct access to the Market Square. There is ample area (~260m2) to enhance this space to provide a series of catering focused opportunities while also creating an inclusive communal space, designed to host events that appeal across all age groups. According to a recent market summary of Retford undertaken by CACI, the town boasts a sizable catchment area with a total market potential of £122.1 million. Additionally, Retford enjoys a high catchment market share of 16%, indicating a strong local spend for retailers and food businesses opening in the town centre. The total market potential for catering alone is £30.1 million. The overall spend remains below the regional average, indicating a need for Retford to build up a critical mass of retail and leisure offer to increase its attractiveness. Annual household spent on catering is £2,060 which is 5% lower than the East Midlands average and spend on alcohol on premises is 10% below the regional average demonstrating there is available spend for these types of offers not currently being realised in Retford Further information about the service requirements can be obtained in the tender documentation within this tender pack. Contract value The Council is seeking £20,000 excluding VAT per annum for rent of the Buttermarket, however there are alternative financial models that will be accepted by the Council for interested bidders. Term The Council would optimally seek a 5-year lease with the opportunity to extend a further 5 years. Procurement Procedure Open procedure in accordance with Procurement Act 2023 (Concession - below threshold). Additional Information This procurement process is being managed by Welland Procurement in partnership with the Council. Further information on Welland Procurement can be found at: http://wellandprocurement.org.uk/. Suppliers are welcome to view the opportunity and access the tender documents on the East Mids Tenders portal using the link below: https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ Select "view opportunities" then choose Welland Procurement from the organisations drop down menu. Project ID: DN801439.

Bassetlaw District Council are seeking quotes for the supply and conversion of a vehicle, including charging points and accessories.

Bassetlaw District Council is seeking tenders from manufacturers of pre-fabricated 'pods' for the supply, delivery and installation of a Changing Places facility and a catering facility at Langold Country Park, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and which is expected to be in place by 'early Spring' 2023

Bassetlaw District Council are seeking to enter into an agreement for the provision of a comprehensive range of occupational health services for approximately 535 employees. The requirement includes, but is not limited to: • Job specific pre-employment screening • Management referrals • OH assessments • Case managements • Health surveillance A more detailed service specification is in Appendix A

To deliver a 4 week programme of heritage skills workshops/training sessions, including practical training around heritage construction skills such as masonry, brick work, pointing, glazing, joinery, roofing, ironworks, rainwater goods, plastering, painting etc. via hands on /practical skills.

The scheme known as 'The Flips', is an estate improvement project based in Carlton in Lindrick. The project is located on Lime Tree Avenue and is subject to high levels of Anti-Social Behavior and this project aims to address this. The main client for this project is Bassetlaw District Council (BDC) The concept of 'the flips' is to essentially change the main dwelling access from the existing front door to the back door and in doing so extend residents gardens, closing off footpaths in the process. The idea being that ASB centric rat runs will be closed to the public and only accessible by residents. The proposed new front garden will have parking for one car addressing the immediate parking issues on the estate.

Bassetlaw District Council (BDC) is working in collaboration with the UK Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA), and the North Notts Business Improvement District (NNBID) to open the first Fusion Energy Café in the world. This is a unique opportunity to get involved in a once in a generation project, highlighting the opportunities of fusion to local communities, including through the multi-billion STEP programme at West Burton, and seeking to maximise the benefits fusion has to offer. BDC, UKAEA and NNBID are looking to collaborate with either a Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisation, Private cafe owner and/or training provider to operate the community training cafe. To operate the cafe and provide catering and hospitality training for learners with a disability, who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET), or are long-term unemployed. This will provide the opportunity for volunteering, training, employment, and signposting, as well as joint investment in community development and social inclusion. Independent café operators are not precluded from the EOI process if they feel the business model could work alongside the catering and hospitality training provision and the skills outreach focus of the Community Café. it is expected the operating model will either be a single supplier providing cafe and training services, a partnership of a cafe operator and a training provider, or a main and sub contractor arrangement with a lead supplier taking responsibility for both sides of the services.

To enable the Council to support businesses to engage with opportunities, offer targeted business support, and evidence skills and education needs to secure the delivery of higher education courses in the district, from facilities such as The Bridge Skills Hub in Worksop and the West Burton Training Centre (from September 2028), we need to understand demand. This work is being done in addition to existing studies but where possible, should take into consideration wider work that is taking place and where we can draw on, share knowledge and intelligence.

To appoint an ICT Consultancy to support with the technical development of tender documentation to procure ethernet, equipment, ICT support services (online/telephone and in-person) and access points firewalls. Support with the onboarding and off boarding current and new providers to ensure business continuity of service at two serviced business centres and a skills hub.

Bassetlaw District Council wishes to invite tenders to procure a principal contractor, via a design and build contract, to replace gas boilers with ASHP, facilitating works and energy saving measures. The contractor will need to build on BDC's current RIBA-3 M&E designs, progressing through the final RIBA design stages into construction and subsequent completion/handover. https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=1907e6a0-69ef-ef11-8134-005056b64545&p=527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21

Bassetlaw District Council wishes to invite suppliers to deliver costings on the Council's domestic dwellings, for external joinery works to Fascias, soffits, outhouse doors and frame, minor repairs to doors, repainting of previously painted external elements. The tender opportunity for this is advertised on the ProContract e-tendering portal. Please follow the link below to access the tender opportunity: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=d8d1ad77-13f8-ef11-8136-005056b64 545&p=527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21 The deadline for tender submissions is 12 noon on 4th April 2025.

Bassetlaw District Council wishes to invite suppliers to deliver costings on the Council's domestic dwellings, for external joinery works to Fascias, soffits, outhouse doors and frame, minor repairs to doors, repainting of previously painted external elements. The tender opportunity for this is advertised on the ProContract e-tendering portal. Please follow the link below to access the tender opportunity: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=d8d1ad77-13f8-ef11-8136-005056b64545&p=527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21 The deadline for tender submissions is 12 noon on 4th April 2025.

To deliver workshops and offer relevant tools, templates and guidance covering social media, business planning, AI and procurement across the Bassetlaw district: Social Media - this workshop is aimed at pre-start businesses and upwards. Content will cover platforms that are their main target audiences i.e. Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Also, would like to include the importance of video i.e. reels etc. Workshops will have a maximum of 15 attendees with it being marketed to pre-start, start-up and established businesses. The length of each workshop will be over a 6 hour period. The objective is to provide an overview of the benefits of using social media, most appropriate ones to use and how to use to market their business effectively. Business Planning - aimed at pre-start and start-up businesses. The workshop aims to cover all the basics in order for them to get their business up and running. It will cover legal status, market research, cash flow, etc. This will also cover everything needed in order to apply for the Council's Enterprise Grant Scheme. AI - providing an overview to businesses of how it can be implemented and the benefits it can bring for their business. Exploring the capabilities and how it can assist with productivity. Procurement - exploring how businesses can engage with public sector bodies and larger organisations in order to apply for tenders. To produce a toolkit that businesses can take away from the workshop that will provide the information and templates needed and in turn they can be confident in applying for opportunities.

Contract to deliver a High Street Support programme aimed at independent businesses located within the town centres and high streets within Bassetlaw District. This will be mainly 1:1 support to engage with businesses that have not necessarily engaged before and explore the barriers as to why. The programme will run from May 2025 to March 2026 in line with the funding received.

The Council wishes to invite tenders for the supply of services in respect of a dog warden. Bassetlaw District Council seeks to procure a contract to operate the service of the collection of stray dogs during the hours of 08:30hrs to 1700hrs (Mon-Fri)

Bassetlaw District Council is seeking to engage consultancy services to undertake stock condition surveys. This will form part of the Council's quality assurance procedures that will provide third party assurance for our stakeholders and the Regulator, should this be required. In summary, the Council is moving forward with its surveying programme and requires an exercise to provide independent assurance regarding its stock condition database and critically, its ability to accurately inform the Business Plan and provide Decent Homes Reports. This will form two parts: > A desktop analysis of our stock condition database to consider its completeness and ability to produce an overall cost output > A stock condition survey exercise covering new surveys and recent survey work undertaken by our team Further information on the requirement can be found in the Specification. The Council proposes to enter one contract for an initial period of thirty six (36) months with the preferred supplier with an option to extend for a further period of twenty four (24) months making a maximum period of sixty (60) months in total (3+2 = 5 years).

Bassetlaw District Council is looking to install a back-up packaged plant room incorporating gas boilers to a sheltered living scheme in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. A new gas supply will be required along with integration to the current BMS system on site. The scheme is currently utilising an air source heat pump system, having undergone refurbishment in 2021.

Bassetlaw District Council are seeking suppliers who are able to carry out daily and weekly cleaning services to the 3 below buildings. Each building will be awarded separately under its own lot; suppliers can bid on one or more lots. An overview of the services is included in the below summaries. The Bridge Skills Hub: The building to be included in the cleaning contract is: The Bridge Skills Hub, Bridge Court, Bridge Place, Worksop, S80 1DT. This will include cleaning of classrooms, offices, meeting room, 2 suites, kitchens, shower areas, communal area and toilets. Retford Enterprise Centre: The building to be included in the cleaning contract is: 11 Randall Way, Retford, DN22 7GR This will include cleaning of 37 offices in two building REC 1 and REC 2 over two floors in each building. The let offices are not included in this tender, but all communal areas are there are19 toilets, 5 kitchens and two large meeting rooms.  Middletons Yard: The building to be included in the cleaning contract is: 30 Potter Street, Worksop, S80 2FU. This will include cleaning of two buildings No 83 over two levels and No 87 over three levels and an annexed one-story area called Brewers Yard which includes 7 offices and a Cafe.  The let offices and Cafe are not included in the specification but the communal areas around them are. Suppliers are invited to view and respond to the opportunity on the ProContract e-procurement portal. https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=a440132f-4284-f011-813a-005056b64545&p=527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21

The council wish to invite tenders for the provision of Refurbishment of existing independent living residential facility and associated external improvements at Conway Gardens, Retford, Nottinghamshire, DN22 7YY

The general objective in relations to this contract is to provide an inspection and installation of crime prevention/security measures to the survivors of domestic abuse, allowing them to remain safely in their homes. This can include reinforced doors, secure windows, alarms, and other safety features to prevent unauthorized access and ensure the safety of the occupants