UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Provision of Insurance and related Services to - Belfast City Council (excluding insurance broking services). To be managed by Arthur J Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd as the contracting authority's appointed insurance broker & adviser.

This contract is for a Collaborative cross-community Language and Cultural Access Project to be delivered across the city. This will highlight the indigenous linguistic heritage and new languages that are present within Belfast, on a cross community basis, through an Irish Language and Ulster-Scots Heritage Project and a New Languages Programme. Budget £270055. Participants = 1110 (plus minimum 650 wider participants). The PEACEPLUS Collaborative Cross community Language and Cultural Access Project forms part of the wider From Multiculturalism to Interculturalism Project and contributes to the implementation of the Belfast PEACEPLUS Local Community Action plan, which is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB)

Belfast City Council invites expressions of interest ‘EOIs’ from suitably qualified and experienced providers ‘Bidders’ for the provision of a campsite for the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann event in Belfast City in August 2026. Bidders are asked to email their EOI to cps@belfastcity.gov.uk no later than Friday 28th November 2025. Upon receipt of your EOI, Bidders will be issued a Project Brief document setting out the requirement in more detail and will be asked to re-confirm that they are still interested in participating in the procurement exercise following consideration of the Project Brief. Bidders who re-confirm their interest in line with the instructions set out in the Project Brief will then be added to a list select Bidders who will then be involved in further stages of the procurement. Further stages are yet to be determined and may be dictated by the level of interest from the market but at this stage will likely include: Stage 1 – Engagement with interested Bidders to better under capability and capacity to help scope the requirement Stage 2 – A competitive tendering stage

The purpose of this contract is to appoint a specialist contractor to conduct planned preventative maintenance (PPM) along with reactive, remedial, and emergency repairs on existing high level lighting systems. The contract will also include a schedule of labour rates and material on costs etc for the supply & installation, repair works, upgrades of high-level lighting systems and associated parts and accessories. The duration of the contract will be for one year with the option to extend to a further three years following contract evaluation (on a year-by-year basis). The extension will only be granted on satisfactory performance by the contractor and the discretion of the BCC maintenance unit and BCC compliance unit, this will be done through KPI analysis. The Contractor must ensure that at the time of tender to have visited the sites, if required, to conduct a site survey to ascertain the condition of the existing systems as no claims on the want of knowledge shall be considered. It should be noted that the council reserve the right to add or omit any properties throughout the duration of the contract.

Provision of Insurance and related Services to - Belfast City Council (excluding insurance broking services) - (via Insurance Services 3 CCS RM6138 - DPS)

This contract contributes to the implementation of the Community Regeneration and Transformation (CRT) theme of the Belfast PEACEPLUS Local Community Action Plan. This Contract is for an animation programme to compliment capital works to upgrade and improve performance facilities in the Sanctuary Theatre, a cultural and arts venue in East Belfast. The animation programme will use the vehicle of drama and discussion to directly combat and address good relations issues in an interface area and throughout the city through a range of activities, including the delivery of good relations arts programmes in schools, drama productions and a cross community and interethnic volunteering programme, and will involve meaningful and purposeful engagement with 1,080 participants, and 600 individuals attending Good Relations themed productions. This project forms parts of the Belfast PEACEPLUS Local Community Action Plan, which is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).

The contract is for the collection of hard plastics from its recycling centres for the purpose of separation and distribution to treatment facilities and reprocessing centres for recycling and, where appropriate energy recovery with landfill as a last resort.

The Council requires an upgrade to the current Content Management System provided by Professional Granite Consulting LTD to ensure continued use and to meet the operational requirement to create, edit, organise, and publish content on Council websites. The system provides the structure for managing text, images, videos, and other digital assets. The current Content Management System is no longer supported post December 2026 and a migration to a different platform is required. Removal of maintenance, support and upgrades post December 2026 poses a significant security and reputational risk to the organisation. The contract period for this contract is four (4) years due to the financial investment required for the upgrade of the Content Managment System and to enable the Council to carry out a full appraisal of the requirement and a long term plan for the future.

Management of medical and first aid services at the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann event in Belfast, August 2026. This includes, but is not limited to: Establishment and operation of a dedicated medical centre, Provision and maintenance of appropriate medical equipment, Deployment of trained medical and first aid personnel, Supply of suitable vehicles for medical response.

This Contract is for the Supply and delivery of high-quality bedding plants, bedding bulbs and Maintenance, removal and emptying of floral displays service across a number of Council locations ‘the Premises’ under the following Lots: Lot 1 – Supply and delivery of high-quality bedding plants Lot 2 – Maintenance, removal and emptying of floral displays service Lot 3 - Delivery and Off-loading of Forcing and Bedding Bulbs Lot 1 Goods - will provide the supply and delivery of High-Quality Summer and Winter Bedding Plants. Belfast City Council has a number of parks and open spaces in which high quality floral bedding schemes are provided . Lot 2 Services - will provide maintenance, removal and emptying of floral displays service. Belfast City Council’s City & Neighbourhood Services Department supports the “Belfast in Bloom” initiative by providing hanging baskets, flower towers, and planters across the city during the summer season. To maintain these displays to a high standard, the Council seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Contractor to carry out maintenance and end-of-season removal. All floral containers remain the property of the Council. Lot 3 Goods – will provide the supply, delivery and off-loading of good quality forcing and bedding bulbs to be delivered to 4 park sites during fixed dates in the months of September and October throughout the contract duration.

The Council wishes to appoint an authorised Contractor to transport waste from Belfast City Council's Recycling Centre’s, Civic amenity sites, Parks and Cleansing sites, Duncrue Complex, the Zoo and other Council premises as required to the Councils Waste Transfer Station or onward to other contractors for further treatment. We also require a contractor to provide a range of skip containers to various council sites and facilities for long and short-term hire when required.

The Council require the continued use of the current Corporate HR & payroll system provided by Zellis Ltd to ensure that operational, regulatory and legislative requirements are met and are managed in an efficient way and employees are correctly paid via the Payroll module. The contract is for software licensing, maintenance, support and includes moving from an on premise solution to a cloud based solution.

Hire of vehicles and mobile plant to support operations when additional vehicles or mobile plant are required or when a vehicle or an item of mobile plant is off the road being serviced or repaired.

The supply and delivery of a range of waste collection sacks. Plastic sacks of various colours and logos and paper sacks are required across Belfast City Council departments. Please note that a PME was carried out under reference 2024/S 000-038425, procurement OCID ocds-h6vhtk-04c0b6

The Dog Warden Service of Belfast City Council ('the Council') requires an experienced Contractor to supply dog kennelling facilities to keep, return, and rehome stray and other dogs which come into the care of the Council. This would include kenneling of illegal breeds and other related services such as provision of veterinary care to dogs housed at the facilities.

Belfast City Council invites Tenders from suitably qualified and experienced economic operators ‘Bidders’ for the provision of a production management service. This ITT sets out the information which is required by the Council to assess the suitability of Bidders' legal and financial capacity and technical ability ‘Conditions of Participation’ to meet the ITT

This procurement is in relation to the management and delivery of a Belfast Citywide Appeals Service. Belfast City Council wishes to appoint an experienced Contractor who will provide suitably qualified advisors and administration support, to provide an accessible, high quality, confidential Belfast City appeals service that will provide support for people to prepare cases that will be considered by the Appeals Service administered by the Court Service (Northern Ireland), and provide representation at relevant appeals, ensuring an effective appeals service for clients.

There have been five further contracts awarded under the current Dynamic Purchasing System for Employability and Skills: T2150p - Delivery of a Beauty and Nail Technician Employment Academy T2150q - Delivery of Shipbuilding/Refurbishment Employment Academies T2150r - Delivery of a Customer Services Deaf Employment Academy T2150s - Delivery of a Language Support Employment Academy (Medics) T2150t - Delivery of a Bridges to Progression Programme

This service is to ensure that householders who order new or replacement bins or containers receive them in a timely manner enabling them to continue recycling. There may be a requirement for repairing of or disposing of damaged bins.

Belfast City Council owns and rents a large portfolio of property. There are approximately 4000 fire extinguishers currently in place throughout the Council’s premises and therefore requires a contract for the supply, installation, maintenance and disposal of fire extinguishers for these premises.