UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

As part of the City of London’s commitment to delivering excellence in our public services, we commission a quality assurance audit service to deliver, on average, 24 audits per annum. This number may vary depending on the outcome of the audits, the workload of staff, and the complexity. We would like to gauge market interest in delivering this service for the City of London Corporation’s Department of Community and Children’s Services in the future. We would also like to learn more about what delivery models are most attractive to the provider market and use this feedback to shape the service moving forward.

The requirement is to develop an overarching furniture strategy and bespoke designs for the Barbican Centre through the following stages: • An analysis of the proposed use of the Foyers, Conservatory, Learning Spaces, Sculpture Court and Lakeside in close consultation with the Barbican Renewal design team and using the RIBA Stage 4 design as a basis to classify types of spaces, zones, likely users and shifts at different times of the day and week, for example: o Comfortable, informal seating that can be easily moved and reconfigured for flexible use of spaces o Ergonomic design including for individuals with mobility challenges that is integrated in general seating areas o Furniture for quiet, individual work o Furniture for communal gathering o Moveable/ foldable/ stackable furniture for events held in different spaces o This analysis should also make recommendations for where bespoke or off the shelf products are most appropriate, taking into account the relationship to the Centre’s architecture, budgetary and user experience considerations. • Where agreed with the Client, bespoke design of new Furniture befitting of the Barbican Centre’s identity and history. The Furniture must: o Enhance the outcomes of the Renewal projects through complementing the Barbican Centre’s design heritage, responding to user needs and demonstrating careful coordination and consultation with the Barbican Renewal Design and Client Team. o Be innovative in minimising whole-lifecycle carbon o Demonstrate holistic inclusive design across the site o Meet the relevant British Standards for furniture • A strategy for re-use of existing furniture and incorporation in overall design site wide. • Prototyping of bespoke items. • Recommendation for off the shelf furniture products, where appropriate, to ensure successful integration into site-wide design approach • Oversee manufacture and installation on site • Creation of guidelines to ensure the furniture is used and stored as intended, via a limited set of iterations and layouts.

Background and Scope The City of London Corporation is commissioning a Floating Support Service to provide wrap-around support to female survivors of DA/DV who are located in a 6-bed temporary accommodation in the London Borough of Greenwich. The City of London Women’s Project (COLWP) is a 6-bed HMO located in the London Borough of Greenwich that serves female survivors of DA/DV, under the statutory duties of the Housing Act 1996 (Part VII), the Homeless Reduction Act 2017 and the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. This floating support service will provide rapid, effective, and tailored support to the City of London Women’s Project with the goal of empowering survivors of domestic abuse to prepare them to move into safe, healthy and independent housing. The service will support intersectionally marginalised service users with a range of needs, focusing on removing barriers to resettlement and ensuring their safety and wellbeing, with built-in understanding of the added needs surrounding neurodiversity and homelessness. The service will interact with the local Domestic Abuse MARAC and IDVA’s where appropriate to ensure support is coordinated and client focussed whilst supporting the service users to develop and work through their personal housing plans. The City of London Corporation Department of Community and Children's Services is responsible for delivering these services. The estimated contract value given is for the full duration of the contract, including the maximum possible extensions. The estimated annual contract value is therefore £100,000