UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) intends to appoint a suitably experienced Contractor to install, commission, maintain, and remove temporary festive lighting infrastructure at various locations throughout the City.

The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) intends to establish a ranked Framework Agreement for the Supply and Repair of Cleaning Equipment.

The City of Edinburgh Council provides gardening support (Garden Aid) to elderly and disabled residents who are not able to undertake gardening work and who have no other adult in their home able to maintain their garden. The successful Contractor must provide a regular frequency based grass cutting and hedge trimming service to all active Garden Aid customers, as well as other homes as instructed by the Council. In addition, on a request basis small scale path, fencing, landscaping, grounds maintenance and tidy-up works may be required in areas covered by the Garden Aid Service and within the Council's wider Parks and Green Spaces estate.

Framework agreement for Specialist Paper and Wide Format Material

The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) has the requirement for the supply and delivery of various types of aluminium street lighting columns.

The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) is responsible for the collection of council tax for approximately 262,000 dwellings. Around 90,000 of these are currently in receipt of a single occupancy discount (SOD). The Council is seeking to procure a third party to undertake a fully managed service that will review, validate, and update the Council’s SOD accounts.

The City of Edinburgh Council requires the construction of 27 new-build light industrial buildings within the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh. These units are being built to create much needed rental accommodation to help support local businesses and start-ups.

The City of Edinburgh Council seeks to set up a DPS for the Provision of Supported Bus Services. The DPS will be in place for 5 years and the Council will have the option to extend for an additional 3 periods of 12 months each, which will be exercised by the Council serving notice on the successful applicants in accordance with the Council's Terms and Conditions. The DPS is open to any supplier that satisfies the specified selection criteria.

The City of Edinburgh Council requires cycle and scooter storage for various locations across the city.

The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking to appoint a Framework Agreement of a maximum of 10 multi-disciplinary Suppliers to meet the production needs of live events (mainly concert & conferences etc) at its Cultural Venues.

The City of Edinburgh Council intends to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of a Linen and Laundry service. This will involve the collection of used linen and delivery of laundered linen on a weekly basis to Benmore and Lagganlia Outdoor Residential Centres which are situated in the Highlands & Islands area of Scotland.

Framework Agreement for the provision of Emergency Electricity Generator Provision & Associated Services.

The City of Edinburgh Council intends to establish a single Lot Framework Agreement for the provision of Funeral Services under the terms of Section 87 of the Burial and Cremation Act (Scotland) 2016. This will include the provision of funeral services, transport and storage of the deceased.

The City of Edinburgh Council intends to establish a Framework Agreement for the purpose of transport by taxi, private hire car or coach for a range of transport services including home to school transport for pupils and transport for a range of vulnerable services users. This Framework Agreement will be divided into Lots to cover unescorted and escorted travel arrangements, mainly within the city of Edinburgh.

The Council requires registered childcare providers in the highest areas of deprivation in the city, defined as SIMD1 and/or 2, to ensure that there is childcare provision available to support low income working families to access subsidised childcare provision in each of the four localities in Edinburgh. The service will deliver early years and school age childcare year-round for children aged 0 - 12 years for Edinburgh families. They will be a partner provider for the Affordable Childcare for Working Parents service. This means working with the Council to offer childcare places to low-income families that are assessed by the Council as being eligible for a subsidised space. The childcare provider(s) will work with the Council to refer any parents who are/would be struggling financially to pay for childcare to a central Council team who will provide a financial assessment to ensure that these families are accessing all available financial interventions, such as Universal Credit, tax-free childcare and 1140 hours. If the cost of childcare would still leave the family in poverty, they may be eligible for a subsidised place where a vacancy exists. This contract 4.11. It is recognised that this service would incur an additional administrative obligation for the childcare provider and so funding would be provided to support this. The budget allowance is estimated to be up to a maximum of 20000 GBP per annum per sublot for each of the four localities.

The City of Edinburgh Council wish to put a single Lot Framework Agreement in place with a single Supplier for supply of bidet style toilets and associated services, encompassing: - supply deliver and installation of equipment - planned preventative maintenance and servicing - reactive repairs of equipment - removal, refurbishment, storage and re-use of equipment The City of Edinburgh Council work collaboratively with Midlothian Council, East Lothian Council and NHS Lothian, all of whom order the Equipment via their Community Equipment Loans Store.

The City of Edinburgh Council are seeking to create a framework agreement for Payroll Support Services. This includes delivering Payroll Support and/or Financial Management Services (FMS). The purpose of the Framework agreement is to offer a selection of Payroll Support/FMS Services for the Supported Person to choose from, in keeping with the values and principles of the Social Care (Self directed support) (Scotland) Act 2013. This Framework Agreement does not guarantee business for the Provider for any set period of time or for any number of people.

The City of Edinburgh is proud to announce the forthcoming celebration of its 900th anniversary as a royal burgh. As part of a wider events programme (‘Edinburgh 900'), the City of Edinburgh Council is seeking to commemorate this milestone through the Edinburgh 900 Civic Projections. These night-time outdoor public projection mappings, running sometime between September 2024 to March 2025, are designed as free art installations to enhance civic pride, engage with our rich cultural history, and support our vibrant creative sector. This initiative aligns with our Citywide Cultural Strategy and celebrates our heritage and community spirit.

The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) requires a responsive citywide service for managing empty homes and garden areas, including wider estates, through the Council’s four locality housing teams. The Council has a housing stock of just under 20,000 homes, with approximately 1,500 homes becoming vacant each year. The service involves reactive work related to garden areas for the Council’s empty properties and surrounding wider areas, covering: Garden Maintenance and Groundworks includes grass tidying and cutting, minor hard landscaping, small-scale fencing, and hedge and tree cutting. Estate Clearance: fly-tipping uplifts, litter picks, etc

The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) intends to establish a Framework Agreement for cleaning services within Edinburgh housing blocks. This Framework Agreement will provide comprehensive cleaning services across approximately 2,877 housing blocks and offer emergency and bespoke cleaning for larger blocks.