UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

The Council invites applications for the provision of services as Panel Member/Chair of the Croydon Design Review Panel The full scope of services is listed within DRP Consultant Specification (Vol 3). Broadly, this involves sitting on the Councils independent, multi-disciplinary and expert Design Panel and reviewing emerging developer and council-led schemes within the Borough. The aim is to provide constructive feedback which will enhance the design, ensuring it is place-specific improves the quality of the built environment and public realm.

London Borough of Culture (LBoC) is a year-long celebration of culture, heritage and arts in a London Borough selected by the Mayor of London. Croydon won the opportunity to be the London Borough of Culture 2023, and the programme will run from April 2023 to March 2024. The scope of work is to provide a marketing strategy for the year-long Croydon LBoC programme, with a particular focus on several milestone moments throughout the year. This includes managing social media channels and output. This opportunity is available through the London Tenders Portal: https://www.londontenders.org/ (reference DN637741)

London Borough of Culture (LBoC) is a year-long celebration of culture, heritage and arts in a London Borough selected by the Mayor of London. Croydon won the opportunity to be the London Borough of Culture 2023, and the programme will run from April 2023 to March 2024. The scope of work is to provide a Press & PR strategy for the year-long Croydon LBoC programme, with a particular focus on certain high profile 'milestone moments' throughout the year to engage press and media channels (e.g. the programme launch, the first flagship show, summer large-scale events etc). This opportunity is available through the London Tenders Portal: https://www.londontenders.org/ (reference DN637749)

We are seeking to commission a tier 2 weight management service for Croydon residents from Black African and Black Caribbean heritage. The purpose is to work collaboratively with these communities to provide a tailored and culturally sensitive weight management service that creates opportunities to achieve and sustain better health and wellbeing. This proposal is only open to organisations who can provide specialist tier 2 adult weight management service.

Croydon Council, as lead authority for the Insurance London Consortium (ILC), is seeking tenders for corporate insurance cover. to engage a contractor for the provision of insurance services (excluding Broker Services). The Consortium members taking part in this tender consist of the following London Borough Councils: London Borough of Camden Croydon Council Haringey Council Harrow Council Islington Council Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Council London Borough of Sutton London Borough of Tower Hamlets Insurance is required for: Lot 1: Motor Lot 2: Commercial Property Lot 3: Crime Lot 4: Engineering Insurance and Inspection Lot 5: Personal Accident and Business Travel Lot 6: School Journey Lot 7: Leasehold / Right to Buy Issue Date: 3 October 2022 Tender Response deadline: 7 November 2022 Renewal date: 1 April 2023 The Council reserves the right, subject to the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to change without notice the basis of any part of the procurement process or to cancel the procurement at any time and not to proceed with the award of any contract at any stage of the procurement process. If you wish to register an interest in this contract please register your company free of charge via https://www.londontenders.org/procontract/supplier.nsf/frm_home?openForm Await acceptance. You will receive an email confirming your username and password. Use your username and password to log into the London Tenders Portal and register your interest in this contract. Shortly after you have registered your interest, you will receive a second email containing a link to access the Tender Documentation. All questions and queries regarding the procurement must be posed via the London Tenders Portal. Tenders may be submitted at any time before the closing date.

Croydon Council, as lead authority for the Insurance London Consortium (ILC), is seeking tenders for corporate insurance cover. to engage a contractor for the provision of insurance services (excluding Broker Services). The Consortium members taking part in this tender consist of the following London Borough Councils: London Borough of Camden Croydon Council Haringey Council Harrow Council Islington Council Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Council London Borough of Sutton London Borough of Tower Hamlets Insurance is required for: Lot 1: Motor Lot 2: Commercial Property Lot 3: Crime Lot 4: Engineering Insurance and Inspection Lot 5: Personal Accident and Business Travel Lot 6: School Journey Lot 7: Leasehold / Right to Buy

Croydon Council are advertising the opportunity to lease two cars to be used in their fleet services.

The South London Commissioning Programme (SLCP) established a multi-provider agreement known as Approved Provider Panel Agreement (APPA) in June 2020 for the delivery of residential and IFA services for children and young people aged 0 - 18years. The APPA has been established under the Light Touch Regime (LTR); the procurement rules applicable to the procurement of health, social and other services listed at Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This offers the flexibility to admit additional providers to increase capacity. This is the first refresh tender opportunity for suitably qualified providers to bid to join the APPA. The APPA has an initial term of 3 years with an option to extend for a further 5 years (2years +2years +1 year), unless otherwise terminated in line with the conditions of contract. The services under the APPA have been categorised into Lot 1: Residential Child Care Provision [Sub-Lots: Standard and Specialist] and Lot 2: Independent Fostering Agency Provision [Sub-Lots: Standard, Specialist and Emergency]. Applicants have the option to bid for services in Lot 1, Lot 2 or both. The tender opportunity is open to Providers in England: rated 'Good or 'Outstanding' by Ofsted, Providers in Scotland: rated "good", "very good" or "outstanding" by the Scottish Care Inspectorate, Providers in Wales: registered with the Wales Care Inspectorate and Providers in Northern Ireland registered with the Northern Ireland Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (NIRQIA). The APPA will be accessed initially by the London Boroughs of Croydon and Lambeth. In time, the APPA may be accessed by the London Boroughs of Bromley, Richmond, Wandsworth and Kingston.

This is the second refresh tender opportunity for suitably qualified providers to bid to join an existing contractual arrangement for the delivery of residential and independent fostering agency services for children and young people aged 0 — 18 years. The arrangement is known as Approved Provider Panel Agreement (APPA) and has an initial term of 3 years with an option to extend for a further 5 years (2 years +2 years +1 year), unless otherwise terminated in line with the conditions of contract. The APPA has been established under the Light Touch Regime (LTR); the procurement rules applicable to the procurement of health, social and other services listed at Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This offers the flexibility to admit additional providers to increase capacity. The services under the APPA have been categorised into Lot 1: Residential Child Care Provision [sub-lots: standard and specialist]; and Lot 2: Independent Fostering Agency Provision [sub-lots: standard, specialist and emergency]. Applicants have the option to bid for services in Lot 1, Lot 2 or both. The tender opportunity is open to providers in England: rated ‘Good or ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, Providers in Scotland: rated ‘good’, ‘very good’ or ‘outstanding’ by the Scottish Care Inspectorate, Providers in Wales: registered with the Wales Care Inspectorate and Providers in Northern Ireland registered with the Northern Ireland Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (NIRQIA). The APPA will be accessed by the London Boroughs of Croydon and Lambeth. In time, the APPA may be accessed by the London Boroughs of Bromley, Richmond, Wandsworth and Kingston.

The Council invites quotations for provision of AutoCAD licences. The Council anticipates a requirement of 36 AutoCAD w/toolsets Named Single User Annual Subscription - With Technical AutoCAD Support. Final volumes will be confirmed upon entering into a contract. The duration of the contract is one year. Dates of our renewal are 24 Jan 2023 until 23 Jan 2024.

On Premise server & Network Hardware Break/fix

1. Procuring hardware maintenance (break fix) support for on premise network hardware including LAN devices and on Premise servers 2. Maintenance and support (the break/fix service) of on-site hardware e.g. fix or replace hardware where applicable - e.g. the council holds some surplus devices in storage. Where applicable, suppliers will be able to swap out failed devices with existing devices held in storage

The Council invites quotations for the provision of an online technical library of building and construction related technical information including Codes, British Standards, etc. for Croydon Building Control (CBC). CBC require an up-to-date online library of construction and building standards, codes and technical information to ensure it is enforcing to the correct and latest standards and to ensure it is in conformity with its ISO 9001 Quality Management accreditation. This information must be guaranteed to be timely, accurate, easily searchable and portable so it can be accessed remotely i.e. from a surveyor's phone or tablet whilst on an active construction site. The duration of the contract is 3 years, subject to the right of The Council (at its sole discretion) to exercise its right to extend the Contract once, for a duration of 3 years. The maximum length of the contract is therefore 6 years. This opportunity has been published on the London Tenders Portal: https://www.londontenders.org/ Reference number DN636626

London Borough of Croydon (‘The Council’) is seeking to appoint one leading provider suitably qualified and experienced contractor in relation to entering into a term service contracts to deliver a range of arboricultural services and maintenance functions. The proposed service shall include works are aligned in the following areas: (a) Tree works and management; (b) Tree survey and inspection; (c) Planned maintenance; (d) Reactive maintenance A term service maintenance contract for The London Borough of Croydon’s trees and woodlands team manages trees across Highways, Parks & Open Spaces, Housing land, Woodlands, and other Council Estates land. This comprises of Approximately 35,00 street trees, 500 hectares of woodlands, and Approximately 20,000 trees across our 127 Parks and Housing sites and Crematoria, this is within an area of 87km², this extends from Upper Norwood in the north to Old Coulsdon in the south. The London Borough of Croydon is supported by a road network of 726km. The contract will be for an estimated value of £7,500,000 (excluding VAT) across 5 years with the option to extend for 1 or more times up to a maximum of 5 years.

Norbury Manor Primary School requires acoustic treatment to 3 no. Reception classrooms. Currently acoustic conditions are extremely poor with the 3 no. Reception classrooms being interlinked and largely open plan with hard wooden floors and high ceilings. This causes noticeable reverberation. Improving the acoustics will reduce unwanted reverberation and noise and improve listening conditions for deaf and hearing pupils. Croydon Council wish to appoint a contractor to design and install acoustic solutions to 3 no. Reception classrooms to reduce and control reverberated (echo) noise. Any installation must meet the performance standard for reverberation time for Primary school classroom refurbishment as set out in Table 6 of the Building Bulletin 93 (BB93) 'Acoustic design for schools: Performance standards'. Works to be carried out under a JCT Minor Works Building Contract with contractor's design 2016 with London Borough of Croydon amendments. This opportunity has been published on the London Tenders Portal https://www.londontenders.org/ reference DN639074

Arboricultural Service and Maintenance Contract

Croydon Council wishes to appoint a Professional Services Consultancy to provide professional, technical and construction services to support the design, supply, installation and commissioning of replacement rooftop chiller plant at the Town Hall complex, Katharine Street, East Croydon, CR0 1NX. The project will comprise the following two phases: Phase 1 - Output design and specification, provision of Principal Designer duties, overview of tendering and procurement through term maintenance contractor. Phase 2 - Overall project management The supply and installation works will be undertaken by the Council's term maintenance provider. All services will be undertaken and delivered in accordance with RICS & RIBA guidelines and best practice (or appropriate professional standards and guidance). This opportunity has been published on the London Tenders Portal https://www.londontenders.org/ reference DN641423

London Borough of Croydon wish to procure a Healthwatch service for Croydon residents. Healthwatch is a service designed to strengthen the collective voice of users of health and social care services and members of the public. The service delivers a range of key functions to promote and support the involvement of people in the commissioning and provision of local care services.

The London Borough of Croydon (LBC), in collaboration with the Friends of Grange Park Old Coulsdon (FoGPOC), are seeking to procure a contractor who can deliver a perimeter path at Grange Park in Old Coulsdon, Croydon. The path will be for pedestrian use to encourage and enable more residents, including those with accessibility requirements, to enjoy the benefits of walking outside in the picturesque setting. This opportunity has been published on the London Tenders Portal https://www.londontenders.org/ Reference DN641462

The Council is seeking to engage with one or more providers to deliver 7 temporary nursing care beds over the winter period, from the 12th December 2022 until 31st March 2023.