UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

The Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme is exploring potential solutions to contract a commercial partner(s) to provide a gigabit capable connection to premises in the Swansea Bay City Region (Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, and Neath Port Talbot) that currently have poor broadband (<30mbps) and meet the following criteria: White premises - Speed < 30mbps Not in commercial plans as defined by OMR. Not part of Project Gigabit or existing voucher scheme We have recently concluded a tender process for the Better Broadband Infill Project, unfortunately, none of the bids received met the necessary criteria. In light of this, we would like to engage with the market to discuss the opportunity further before reissuing the tender. We are considering increasing the budget allocated for this project while reducing the coverage targets to ensure a more viable and competitive process. This consultation will help align expectations and provide a clearer understanding of the project’s scope.

Carmarthenshire County Council is investigating the potential of engaging a service provider with technical and marketing expertise to run collective purchasing schemes for renewable energy products as part of a joint exercise with 5 Local Authorities. The products might include Solar PV systems, battery storage, and EV charge points. If implemented, such schemes could potentially be run annually for homeowners and small business premises within the SW and Mid Wales regions. The aim of such an initiative would be to enable residents to install high-quality renewable energy products at a reduced price.

Carmarthenshire County Council is developing a Framework for Housing Support Grant (HSG) funded Locality Based Floating Support. The Council is seeking up to 5 Providers who will work geographically to deliver tailored, person-centred, trauma informed support to meet the needs of the individual and prevent them from becoming homeless, stabilise their housing situation, or help them to find and keep accommodation. The intention is to award the Framework for a period of four years from 1st May 2025 to 30th April 2029 with the possibility of a 2-year extension. The Council welcomes bids from existing and new providers with experience of delivering housing related support. A pre-market engagement event will be delivered over Teams on Monday 13th January 2025 between 10am – 12pm. Business Wales will also be in attendance at the event to provide information on the independent support it can provide to interested parties, with the tendering process. To register your interest for this event, please email: commissioningdevelopment@carmarthenshire.gov.uk Mae Cyngor Sir Caerfyrddin yn datblygu Fframwaith Cymorth Symudol a Chymunedol a ariennir gan y Grant Cymorth Tai. Mae’r Cyngor yn chwilio am hyd at 5 o Ddarparwyr a fydd yn gweithio’n ddaearyddol i ddarparu cymorth teilwredig, sy’n canolbwyntio ar yr unigolyn ac yn ystyriol o drawma, i ddiwallu anghenion yr unigolyn a’i hatal rhag dod yn ddigartref, sefydlogi sefyllfa ei llety, neu ei helpu iddynt ddod o hyd i lety a’i gadw. Y bwriad yw dyfarnu’r Fframwaith am gyfnod o bedair blynedd o 1af o Fai 2025 hyd at 30ain o Ebrill 2029 gyda’r posibilrwydd o estyniad o 2 flynedd. Mae’r Cyngor yn croesawu ceisiadau gan ddarparwyr presennol a newydd sydd â phrofiad o ddarparu cymorth sy’n gysylltiedig â thai. Bydd digwyddiad ymgysylltu â’r farchnad yn cael ei gynnal dros borth Teams ar ddydd Llun 13eg o Ionawr 2025 rhwng 10yb – 12yp. Bydd Busnes Cymru hefyd yn bresennol yn y digwyddiad i ddarparu gwybodaeth am y cymorth annibynnol y maent yn medru darparu i bartïon sydd â diddordeb, gyda’r broses dendro. I gofrestru eich diddordeb ar gyfer y digwyddiad hwn, e-bostiwch: datblygucomisiynu@sirgar.gov.uk The Services to which this Notice relates falls within the Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Although the Council may voluntarily adopt certain provisions in the Regulations neither employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Council intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to services falling within Regulation 74. The Council may, from time to time, at its absolute discretion, undertake a renewal (Renewal) of this Contract during the Term. The Renewal may include, but shall not be limited to, varying the number, scope, extent and description of the Lots, Services and/or Charges (as the case may be), together with the appointment of additional (new) Suppliers.

Night guarding security services for the site, to patrol the site, monitoring the building's interior and exterior periphery. Two security guards required to provide manned security services on site at Pentre Awel, Zone 1, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.

The Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme is exploring potential solutions to contract a commercial partner(s) to provide a minimum superfast, ideally ultrafast connection to premises in the Swansea Bay City Region (Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, and Neath Port Talbot) that currently have poor broadband (<30mbps) and meet the following criteria: White premises - Speed < 30mbps Not in commercial plans as defined by OMR. Not part of Project Gigabit or existing voucher scheme

Carmarthenshire County Council is leading a ‘once in a generation’ health, wellbeing and life sciences development in south Llanelli, Carmarthenshire (Pentre Awel) that will create new state of the art infrastructure across four zones. The first phase (Zone 1) comprises 96mGBP of public sector investment to co-locate business, research, education, leisure centre, healthcare and café facilities in a unique 20,000m2 building. It will bring together private sector, public sector, universities, colleges, schools, residents, community and third sector, creating around 1,800 jobs and providing a range of training opportunities. Future phases include assisted living, nursing and extra care, hotel and housing. For further information on Zone 1 and future phases, please visit our website: https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/business/development-and-investment/pentre-awel/ The Council are seeking to partner with an EV infrastructure provider/operator at the Pentre Awel site in Llanelli, to provide relevant EV infrastructure that reflects the overall development. Discussions held with National Grid (NG) and the onsite electrical engineering team have confirmed an available overall capacity of 800mVa. It is expected that the contractor will pay for and own the hardware they install. The contractor will put forward a mix of chargers (in terms of speed – fast, rapid and ultra rapid) that would create a blend of infrastructure to support the users and visitors of the Pentre Awel site. Survey data will be made available to the successful Contractor to allow them to design prior to visiting the site. All ducting (for up to 30 spaces) and installation of the feeder pillar has already taken place. The chargepoints must not incur any additional ongoing cost to the Council. The installation, operation, future upgrades and maintenance of the chargepoints and all hardware, software, metering & electricity supply, back office, payment, communication (including SIM fees), and call handling systems will be taken on by the successful Contractor. The Council seek an income via a profit share or annual lease arrangement over a 10 year agreement (that can be increased by an additional 5 years). Profit for the use of the units will be shared between the successful Contractor and the Council. Any added value that the contractor may wish to offer will be considered during the review and scoring stage of procurement. The Council are committed to enabling all residents and visitors the ability to charge their vehicles. We are focused on supporting the contractor to provide a site that will act as an exemplar to all EV users. The site must be designed to be compliant (as a minimum) with PAS 1899:2022 Electric Vehicles – Accessible Charging Specification and with the Welsh Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Standards. Anticipated access date for installation will be November/December 2024.

SBCD Digital Infrastructure Programme is seeking to procure the design, build, operation and maintenance of a new dark fibre network linking key public sector assets across Carmarthenshire. This network will enhance connectivity to the included public sector sites, expanding the footprint of any existing public sector owned dark fibre network as well as providing a wider footprint.

Carmarthenshire County Council, in association with Ceredigion County Council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, Pembrokeshire County Council and Swansea Council will be undertaking a procurement exercise to establish a Framework Agreement for use by public and voluntary sector organisations based (or operating) in the counties of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys and Swansea for the provision of construction-related works. These organisations may include, but are not limited to, central Government departments and their agencies, non-departmental public bodies, devolved administrations, NHS bodies, local authorities, police, fire service, voluntary sector, charities and private sector organisations procuring on behalf of these bodies. Details of any Other Participating Bodies will be confirmed upon publication of the tender.

The Wales Pension Partnership (“WPP”) was established in 2017. The WPP is a collaboration of the eight LGPS funds (Constituent Authorities *) covering the whole of Wales and is one of eight national Local Government Pension pools. The eight Constituent Authorities have an existing contract with Link Fund Solutions Limited to provide regulated third party operator services for WPP. The current contract is due to end in December 2024. The contracting authority (Carmarthenshire County Council), on behalf of the WPP, shall be conducting a procurement process to appoint a regulated third party operator for WPP’s ACS sub fund requirements following expiry of that existing contract. It is anticipated that if a new provider is appointed, the contract will commence approximately 6 months prior to the expiry of the existing contract to allow for transition planning. The procurement will be conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (or any replacement regulations that may come into force prior to the commencement of the procurement). This PIN is to notify interested suppliers of regulated third party operator services that WPP shall be conducting a market engagement as below: - Date: 9 March 2023 - Time: to be confirmed - Location: Marriot Hotel, Mill Lane, Cardiff, CF10 1EZ The purpose of the market engagement day will be to: (i) provide information to interested suppliers regarding the upcoming procurement procedure; and (ii) to obtain any feedback on the proposed scope of services and proposed service delivery model. The appointed provider shall be required to engage directly with the existing operator’s current delegates (including investment advisors, investment managers and providers of transfer agency and fund accountancy services) and depositary for an interim period to facilitate service continuity. Accompanying documents can be found in the general attachments area. Please refer to Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 for information about the proposed scope of services. If your organisation is capable of delivering all of the services and you wish to attend the market engagement day, you must contact the Wales Pension Partnership via email at: walespensionpartnership@carmarthenshire.gov.uk before Friday 17 February 2023 and provide the name of your organisation and the name of the person(s) attending. The eight constituent authorities are Carmarthenshire County Council (Host Authority), City and County of Swansea Council, City of Cardiff Council, Flintshire County Council, Gwynedd Council, Powys County Council, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council and Torfaen County Borough Council

Carmarthenshire County Council are shortly due to tender an opportunity for the provision of Community Based Services across Carmarthenshire. To promote the opportunities available to providers, the Council is planning to hold a Market Briefing Session, which will be held via MS Teams between 10 AM – 12 noon on 18th December 2023. The briefing session will provide an overview of the service specification and tender process. Business Wales will also be in attendance to explain the tendering advice and support they offer tenderers. To register interest please email CWright@carmarthenshire.gov.uk by no later than 14th December 2023.

Carmarthenshire County Council wishes to appoint a development partner to drive forward an exciting and ambitious redevelopment regeneration of the Tyisha ward, Llanelli. The development partner will deliver sustainable, high quality, mixed use housing-led developments that considers the character of the area and helps the area to thrive through housing, employment, and environmental improvements. The developments will aim to become a prosperous gateway connecting both strategic sites of the new Pentre Awel development and Llanelli town centre.

Domiciliary Care services in Carmarthenshire.

Accommodation and Support for complex needs

This arrangement will be for servicing of boilers in the Council's social housing properties in addition to associated remedial works, installations or other associated works.

This Framework will be for the hiring of plant vehicles and associated machinery to the Council, both with and without an operator. The requirement includes heavy plant machinery such as excavators, gully emptiers, sweepers, telehandlers, rollers and dumpers etc., both with and without operators.

Carmarthenshire County Council are shortly due to tender an opportunity for the provision of Community Preventative Services across Carmarthenshire. To promote the opportunities available to providers, the Council is holding a market briefing session, which will be held at The Ffwrness, Llanelli, SA15 3YE on Friday 14th October 2022 between 10:00 and 13:00. The briefing session will provide an overview of the service specification and tender process. The tender is expected to be live in mid-October 2022. Business Wales will also be in attendance to explain the tendering advice and support they offer tenderers. To register interested parties need to send an email to: commissioningdevelopment@carmarthenshire.gov.uk

Carmarthenshire County Council is commissioning the Framework for the provision of Mowing on the Trunk Road Soft estate. To promote the opportunities available to providers Carmarthenshire is holding a market briefing session, which will be held at The Beacon, Dafen, Llanelli, SA14 8LQ on Friday 7th October 2022 at 11:00. The briefing session will provide an overview of the new Framework as well as details on the service specification and tender process which is expected to be live in mid-October 2022. Business Wales will also be in attendance to explain the tendering advice and support they offer. Please register to attend the event by emailing Kim Baker at KBaker@carmarthenshire.gov.uk

Supplier Engagement Event Thursday 8th June 14:00 Online Event The 3 Authorities are looking to engage a supplier to carry out the servicing and maintenance of certain equipment used as part of the delivery of each of the Council’s Integrated Community Equipment Service (ICES). Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire require a supplier to carry out all of their servicing and maintenance needs, with Ceredigion only requiring an out of hours provision. To register your interest please email CRCorporateProcurement@carmarthenshire.gov.uk

Carmarthenshire County Council are completing a ‘Re-fresh’ of their Framework of Domiciliary Care Service and are seeking to procure providers to deliver high quality care through a range of different service models to support eligible Service Users within Carmarthenshire. To promote the opportunities available to Providers Carmarthenshire is holding an online market briefing session via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 12th of April 2023 at 10am – 12pm. The briefing session will provide an overview of the Domiciliary Care Framework as well as detail on the service specification and tender process which is expected to be live on 14th of April 2023. Please register to attend the event by emailing HRosser@carmarthenshire.gov.uk Mae Cyngor Sir Gâr yn cwblhau 'Adnewyddiad' o'u Fframwaith Gwasanaeth Gofal Cartref ac yn ceisio caffael darparwyr i ddarparu gofal o ansawdd uchel trwy ystod o wahanol fodelau gwasanaeth i gefnogi Defnyddwyr Gwasanaeth cymwys yn Sir Gaerfyrddin. Er mwyn hyrwyddo'r cyfleoedd sydd ar gael i Ddarparwyr Sir Gâr yn cynnal sesiwn briffio ar-lein ar y farchnad drwy Microsoft Teams ddydd Mercher 12 Ebrill 2023 am 10am – 12pm. Bydd y sesiwn briffio'n rhoi trosolwg o'r Fframwaith Gofal Cartref yn ogystal â manylion am fanyleb gwasanaethau a phroses dendro y disgwylir iddo fod yn fyw ar 14eg o Ebrill 2023. Cofiwch gofrestru i fynd i'r digwyddiad drwy e-bostio HRosser@carmarthenshire.gov.uk