The Family Wellbeing Service will offer a variety of therapeutic, evidence based counselling and support work interventions on an individual and group basis. The service will support hose with low level emotional and wellbeing needs. The service supports parents and carers alongside children and young people. Support will be both on an individual (1-1) basis and whole family interventions as well as group work where appropriate. The need for this type of services has been identified locally and nationally as wellbeing becomes a significant issue.
The service will take referrals from the new Single Front door for Children’s Services. Specifically
working with the Family Gateway and parenting services to undertake joint assessments and providing a coherent set of services of families experiencing difficulties and a preventative level.
This opportunity was to establish the 4th iteration of the South East & Mid Wales Collaborative Construction Framework of pre-qualified and suitably experienced Contractors with expertise in construction activities in relation to schools and public buildings. The Framework Contractors and Authorities will look to develop good working practices with Stakeholders across South East & Mid Wales regions to promote good practice, improve sustainability and added value through Social Value. The Framework is hosted by the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff.
Cardiff Council (“the Council”) is the freeholder of the Site on which it wishes to develop a music/entertainment and events arena with a capacity of up to 15,000 (“the Arena”). The Council is seeking to appoint a developer and operator to design, construct, maintain and operate the Arena. The Council will contribute financing towards the delivery of the scheme. The successful bidder will be granted a 99-199 year lease from the Council for the Arena development. The developer will be responsible for securing the initial consortium member operator (and any successor operators) to operate the Arena for a concession period of 40-45 years. The scheme will also involve the delivery of a hotel development, connecting road infrastructure and public realm spaces.
This is a contract details notice of an already awarded contract.
Adaptions to create ground floor classrooms and associated areas:
- Existing internal partitions to be removed
- Removal of single internal doors
- New internal partitions and associated structural works/fixings
- Replacement single internal doors, frame and ironmongery
- Allowance for repairs to plaster/plasterboard, where required, prior to painting
- Decoration to new partitions and existing walls
- IPS and hygienic wall finishes to WC Areas
- Renew Floor finishes
- Ceiling tile replacement works
- Fixed FF&E - Including kitchenettes, as per HLM's information which is currently being developed
- Mechanical & Electrical works
The PATHWAYS service model brings together expert assessment, therapy options and additional supports to the needs of the families identified through an initial assessment.
The Flying Start Programme requires provision of a part-time childcare place for all 2–3-year-old children residing in Flying Start catchments. The Service to be provided is the delivery of childcare places (defined as up to 5 x 2.5 hours of childcare a week for up to 39 weeks a year) in both Welsh and English to the standards as specified within the Welsh Government guidance for the Flying Start Programme. The childcare provision delivered is regulated by CIW.
Cardiff Council on behalf of Cardiff Capital Region has received an allocation of UK Shared Prosperity Funding, matched with wider CCR funds to deliver the SPF’s Supporting Local Business priority within the region.
CCR with Cardiff Council as the accountable body will deliver a Cluster Development & Growth Programme. The Cluster Development and Growth Programme (CDGP) aims to support CCR’s priority clusters of Fintech, MedTech, Creative Industries, Cybersecurity and Compound Semiconductor, alongside supporting wider Advanced Manufacturing and Net Zero capability. This includes academic, education and business partnerships, accelerators, and higher-level skills programmes to spur economic growth and
prosperity across the region.
There are four Lots within the programme:
Lot 1 Digital Skills
Lot 2 Net Zero and Advanced Manufacturing Skills
Lot 3 Academic Industry Partnership
Lot 4 Business Growth Programme
Cardiff Capital Region wish to procure a managing agent for each lot to plan, design and deliver the Lot.
There are two family services historically been funded by the Housing Support Grant (HSG) to provide supported accommodation-based services:
The first project is Hafan; annual cost of GBP 68,796.00 for accommodation comprised of 9 units, 8 flats and one bedsit for families.
The second is Nightingale House; annual cost GBP 425,880.00 comprised of 26 units of 24 hour staffed accommodation for families. The project has 20 self- contained rooms with a bathroom and kitchen and the remaining 6 rooms have a shared kitchen and bathroom facilities. Room sizes vary to cater for different sized families.
The focus is to help parents gain the necessary skills, knowledge, and awareness to live more independently, to manage a tenancy.
The Housing Support Grant funds the support element of the service only. The provider has their own management arrangements with landlords and claim rents which are not covered in the contract.
Cardiff Council Social Services and the Vale of Glamorgan Council Social Services Departments are commissioning Independent Professional Advocacy services across the region to:
Adopt a systemic co-productive approach with all stakeholders across the region.
Form purposeful, collaborative relationships between local authorities, health boards, Providers and the people who use the services.
Share common understanding of what advocacy is and the specific role of Independent Professional Advocacy (IPA).
Share a common agreement about when Independent Professional Advocacy is appropriate and always considering its accessibility and application alongside other forms of advocacy.
The purpose of the Advocacy Gateway Service is to ensure access to advocacy services and support for all professionals and adults wishing to make a referral into Advocacy services or wishing to discuss their needs in relation to Advocacy.
Direct Award - The PATHWAYS service model brings together expert assessment, therapy options and additional supports to the needs of the families identified through an initial assessment.
The Supported Living Service (known as Ty Onnen) is a purpose built adapted supported living scheme for vulnerable adults with a physical and/or sensory impairment.
The scheme consists of 6 self-contained one-bedroom apartments, with the additional facility for staff to include sleeping/night cover. It is located in the Llanishen area of Cardiff. The building will be owned by Hafod Housing Association (RSL).
People accommodated at Ty Onnen and potential users of the service will be individuals who
Are adults 18+.
Have an identified Physical Disability and or Sensory Impairment
Have been assessed and it has been agreed by the Local Authority that there are eligible care and support needs in line with the Social Services and Wellbeing Act 2014
Will have been involved by the Local Authority in developing a care and support plan which identifies that ‘supported living’ will best meet current needs.
The services provided are to promote independence, through providing long-term placements via assured Tenancies, agreements and domiciliary support giving people, with a physical and/or sensory impairment, the opportunity to live their lives as a fully integrated member of their community and in society as a whole.
The Provider will deliver a service which enables vulnerable adults with a physical and/or sensory impairment to achieve their full potential in independent living. This includes improved mental and physical health; emotional, psychological, and social needs being met through offering vulnerable and socially excluded people the chance to improve their quality of life, more choice, control and independence over their lives.
The providers will effectively manage services and value for money through delivering high quality, strategically planned and personalised services which are reliable, cost effective and work well with other care and support services. The provider is required to put the people using the service at the heart of service development and delivery.
Cardiff Council and Vale of Glamorgan Council have created a Framework to deliver their Period Dignity Programme to communities and schools across the regions.
The Period Dignity programme aims to ensure there is a dignified way of accessing free of charge period products for those who menstruate within education and those from low-income households in the Cardiff and the Vale local authority area in the most practical and dignified way possible.
This procurement is subject to funding provided by the Welsh Government. Accordingly, there is a risk that the value of the grant may increase, decrease, or be withdrawn entirely on an annual basis. Any potential extension to the contract will be reviewed annually, subject to the continued availability of funding.
The following list of local authorities will be able to access the framework if they wish to do so throughout the contract period:
Newport City Council estimated annual spend 150,552GBP
Monmouthshire County Council estimated annual spend 69,308GBP
Torfaen County Borough Council estimated annual spend 190,038GBP
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council estimated annual spend 120,899GBP
The City of Cardiff Council has many assets and prime highway locations that are attractive to advertisers. These assets have the potential to generate a significant annual income. The asset types include possible locations for digital screens on roundabouts, verges, underpasses, bridge gantries. . The City of Cardiff Council through this contract seeks procurement of marketing partners for each of the locations identified in the individual lots. These partners will install the new digital screens at their own cost and will sell the advertising space to generate a sustainable annual income stream going forward. The revenue generated can be used to support corporate activities and localised improvements. The overall contract will be awarded for 10 years with the option to extend for two 12 month periods.
This requirement previously went out to market under PCR 2015 on 31st January 2025. For the initial procurement a Prior Information Notice was issued on 23rd July 2024. This notice sought Expressions of Interest and input from the market on the structure of the tender. A tender process was issued but was withdrawn and has now being re-issued under the Procurement Act 2023
The domestic property portfolio of the Council comprises a mixture of social housing (approximately 13,723 properties in number) and other properties.
Planned works to these properties is undertaken by the Council via external contractors.
Dwellings will vary in age and condition and bidders are advised to make due allowance for this.
This tender process was is in relation to planned works to domestic properties.
The estimated total annual contract value is GBP5.65M and the Council is seeking to appoint a total of 8 Contractors to the Framework.
In the event that the Council decides to source works through the Framework Agreement, then it will do so in accordance with the contract terms and conditions, i.e. the Framework Agreement and relevant schedules (and appendices to the same) that will form part of the ITT.
The framework will have two award mechanism; the 1st is a Direct Award for minor planned works and the 2nd is a Mini Competition for unforeseen projects.