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The purpose of this Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire (PME) is to gather information from the supplier market to assist Cardiff County Council in developing their procurement strategy and requirements for a dedicated housing tenant website. The responses will help assess market capability and alignment with operational Maskedsinger2026 requirements explore key areas including website design, accessibility, bilingual functionality, hosting, security, and training. Please note that this exercise is for gathering information only and is not a call for competition, and responses will not be evaluated as part of any formal tender process. There is no commitment by the Council to undertake a tendering process following this PME. Expressions of InterestThe Council invites the marketplace to inform the Council’s procurement process and to this end would welcome any written submissions (Questionnaire enclosed) (not exceeding 5 pages) Our RequirementsThe Council intends to procure a supplier to deliver the following outcomes: Design and develop a responsive, mobile-first website for housing tenants.Implement bilingual functionality (Welsh and English) in compliance with Welsh Language Standards (52–57). Ensure full compliance with WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards, including provision of an independent accessibility audit report.Configure hosting and security, meeting UK public sector cloud impact assessment criteria, GDPR compliance, and UK/EU data residency. Provide training and handover to Council administrators, enabling independent management of content.Deliver disaster recovery and backup strategy and confirm SLAs for uptime and incident response. Transfer all source code, content, and assets to the Council upon completion.This Pre-Market Engagement Notice serves to alert the marketplace to this opportunity and enable the Council to use any gathered information to shape the proposed procurement. The Council invites interested prospective contractors to lodge an initial expression of interest for this opportunity electronically via Microsoft Forms: https://forms.office.com/e/7b14MxVWxkPLEASE NOTE All submissions must be submitted via Microsoft Forms before 23:59 on Tuesday 21st April 2026.

Cardiff Council is seeking to understand the market from Providers who are committed to promoting services that meet the needs of adults with learning disabilities who have been identified as being in a social care crisis and can deliver Emergency Supported Living Services as detailed within this notice. This is a particular specialist service for people who have learning disabilities, including people with Autism, physical and sensory impairment, behaviour that is challenging and complex needs, who have fallen into crisis. The population groups are people who have been assessed/diagnosed as adults with complex care and support needs and have: • Autism (ASD) • Learning Disability The Emergency Accommodation Service (EAS) is a domiciliary supported living development that will respond to social crisis emergency situations. The Scheme has 5-beds available to vulnerable individuals on a temporary/short-term basis throughout the year. The Scheme will provide sleep-in support and 24-hour staffing that can meet a full range of complex learning disability needs. Individuals are issued ‘licences’ by the Community Landlord whilst living at this scheme. The Provider will support individuals with Housing related support issues and the management of maintaining the requirements of the ‘licences’ Including understanding their rights and responsibilities. The Provider is responsible for the provision of the Personal Domiciliary Care and support and the Housing Related Support services within the Emergency Accommodation Scheme to those people who are eligible. The purpose of the scheme is to provide short-term supported living to adults who have fallen into crisis by providing a range of quality, personalised support. As well as providing emergency accommodation the staff on site will offer a wide variety of emotional support and social and community activity-based opportunities supporting the well-being and independence of the individuals who are placed in the service. Targeted support to meet individuals’ needs would be identified via the wellbeing assessment and care plan. Providers are expected to support the further assessment of accommodation and support needs and help identify future needs.to move on from the service. All support delivered is required to be high quality and delivered by highly skilled, suitably trained, and qualified staff, who can respond appropriately at short notice and with a degree of flexibility to diverse needs. Support will be strengths-based and outcome focused and importantly co-produced with the individual in receipt of care and support, family, carers, and other stakeholders. The Council is looking to commission the care and support services for the individuals placed at the Scheme. They will receive personal domiciliary care and support from the commissioned Provider who is not the owner/landlord of the accommodation. Individuals are issued licences by the landlord whilst staying at the scheme. Individuals that are placed in the scheme would stay for the shortest period possible. The Provider would need to enter into a Service Level Agreement with the Community Landlord and undertake all Housing Management functions related to operating a supported living scheme environment. Cardiff Council will have a Management Agreement with the Community Landlord.

B2 Cardiff Council is seeking to tender for four services, subject to Cabinet approval, under the Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (VAWDASV) agenda. Lot 1 - Refuge and Community Services - Advice and PreventionAccess to advice and support to prevent escalation of abuse and to prevent homelessness for women. This will be delivered from a Council-provided One Stop Shop facility and in the community. Lot 2 - Refuge and Community Services – Accommodation & Support Provision of up to approx. 57 units of safe accommodation and support, for women and any children and young people accompanying them who are experiencing Violence Against Women Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (VAWDASV) who need this provision. Lot 3 - Refuge and Community Support – Children’s and Young People Provision Support for pregnant women and those responsible for children up to age 5, experiencing Violence Against Women Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (VAWDASV). To also provide range of age-appropriate therapeutic interventions for children and young people (CYP) in both safe accommodation and community settings to help them come to terms with the abuse they have experienced or witnessed, and to reaffirm their relationships with the non-abusive parent/carer and potentially the abusive parent/carer. Support can be provided to boys and girls aged 5-16. Lot 4 - Refuge and Community Support - Male Victim Service Access to advice and support to prevent escalation of abuse and to prevent homelessness for men. This will include provision of safe accommodation and support, along with therapeutic interventions. Cardiff is a multicultural city; as part of the service delivery there will be an expectation of specialist support for people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds within the service.

The National Procurement Service formally procured a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the Welsh Public Sector to cover property related design services in which Cardiff Council have now taken ownership of in which the DPS includes the following areas:- Architecture Cost Consultancy Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Multi Disciplinary Consultancy Services Project Management Structural Engineering Bidders are invited to submit Bids to participate in the DPS as a Supplier. The successful Bidders will be required to interface with Welsh public sector organisations which have elected to call-off under the Agreement to ensure successful delivery of the Services whilst achieving and maintaining consistently the highest services and standards throughout the term of the arrangement.