UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Minor Roads Patching

Multiply is an adult numeracy programme, which will support people with no or low-level maths skills get back into work. The scheme will offer free personal tutoring, digital training, and flexible courses to improve adults’ numeracy skills. Under the UK Shared Prosperity Fund predefined interventions, outputs and outcomes for the Multiply Programme, Dumfries and Galloway Council is looking to put in place a multi-Lot flexible framework.

This tender process is for participation in the Contract for a fully comprehensive contract to carry out Electrical Repair & New Works, which also incorporates an element of Servicing to Fan Convectors, Emergency Lights and Kitchen Fans & Lights within schools and other council buildings throughout Dumfries and Galloway. The Electrical services which may be carried out under this contract include: - Electrical Installations Power Failures Lighting Repairs Electric Heating Repairs Small Electrical alterations Fixed Electrical Remedials * Cleaning Kitchen Fans & Lights ** Fan Convector Servicing ** Emergency Lights Servicing ** Solar Panels Inspections * Fixed Electrical Remedials are a result of the Fixed Electrical Inspection which is carried out under another contract. ** Any repairs as a result of the Cleaning Kitchen Fans & Lights will be carried out under this contract ** Any repairs as a result of the Servicing of Emergency Lights will be carried out under this contract. This contract will provide Dumfries and Galloway with Contractors certified and qualified to Electrical Repairs and New Works. The Contract will be divided into four individual lots by geographical area. Dumfries and Galloway Council’s preference is that a Contractor can only win 3 of the 4 available Lots/areas. The Lots are defined as follows. Lot 1 Wigtownshire Lot 2 Stewartry Lot 3 Nithsdale Lot 4 Annandale & Eskdale

Carriageway resurfacing in Dumfries and Galloway.

Traffic Management services across Dumfries and Galloway.

Lining & Road Markings in Dumfries and Galloway

The Council are seeking offers from suitably licenced service providers to receive, treat and/or dispose of a number of resource streams with a view to managing them in accordance with the waste hierarchy. The contract requirements are split into seven waste streams over twenty separate lots as detailed within ‘Kerbside & Recycling Centre Waste Streams Specification’ within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) and shown below. The contract(s) will be awarded on lot basis, with the Tenderer being able to bid for one, any or all of the twenty lots without penalty. 1 - Fibres (mixed paper, card & cardboard) (Annan) 2 - Fibres (mixed paper, card & cardboard) (Stranraer) 3 - Fibres (mixed paper, card & cardboard) (Dumfries & Castle Douglas) 4 - Containers (metals, plastics & cartons) (Annan) 5 - Containers (metals, plastics & cartons) (Stranraer) 6 - Containers (metals, plastics & cartons) (Dumfries & Castle Douglas) 7 - Container Glass (Annan) 8 - Container Glass (Dumfries) 9 - Container Glass (Castle Douglas) 10 - Container Glass (Stranraer) 11 - Used Engine Oil 12 - Used Cooking Oil 13 - Scrap Metal (Annandale & Eskdale Area) 14 - Scrap Metal (Nithsdale Area) 15 - Scrap Metal (Stewartry Area) 16 - Scrap Metal (Wigtown Area) 17 - Lead Acid Batteries (e.g., car batteries) (Annandale & Eskdale Area) 18 - Lead Acid Batteries (e.g., car batteries) (Nithsdale Area) 19 - Lead Acid Batteries (e.g., car batteries) (Stewartry Area) 20 - Lead Acid Batteries (e.g., car batteries) (Wigtown Area)

This tender process is for participation in the Contract for a fully comprehensive contract to carry out Servicing and Maintenance of Boiler Plant within Council buildings throughout Dumfries and Galloway. The services which may be carried out under this contract include: - Gass and Oil Boiler Flues - Air Handling - Gas Taps - Pressurisation Units The Contract will be awarded on a Lot basis, with the Tenderer being able to bid for one, any or all of the four lots without penalty. 1 - Wigtownshire 2 - Stewartry 3 - Nithsdale 4 - Annandale & Eskdale

This Framework opportunity is for Minor roads patching by machine or hand laying and all aspects of the operations including traffic management.

Carriageway resurfacing in Dumfries and Galloway.

Creative placemaking is defined as support to community-led engagement which incorporates creative activity to facilitate positive change for people and the places they live. Dumfries and Galloway Council are looking to establish a framework for creative placemaking providers to enable a compliant route to appointing services to support communities to engage local people over a range of topics.

Dumfries and Galloway Council are looking to establish a Flexible Framework solution for Employability Support Services across Dumfries and Galloway Region.

The Council has a statutory duty to make pre-school education available for eligible children under the Standards in Scotland’s Schools Act 2000. The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and Statutory Guidance set out the increased entitlement to 1140 hours for eligible children which became a statutory duty from August 2021. The Funding Follows the Child approach places choice in parents’ and carers’ hands enabling them to access their child’s funded entitlement with a provider that best suits their needs. To provide Early Learning and Childcare and/or Brokerage Services on behalf of the Council all existing and prospective providers should register their interest through this PIN on Public Contracts (Scotland) and will then need to apply for a place on the Early Learning and Childcare and Brokerage Services Flexible Framework in Autumn 2022. All providers who apply and meet the expected standard, legislation and the Council's procedural requirements as set out in the Invitation to Tender and accept the rates and contract terms set out by the Council shall be accepted to deliver funded provision through the Flexible Framework enabling them to register children in January 2023 to commence Brokerage placements from January 2023 and funded Early Learning and Childcare placements from August 2023.

Dumfries and Galloway Council on behalf of the Health and Social Care Partnership will be seeking the Provision of Day Centres across Dumfries and Galloway.

Specialist Surface Treatments - Lot 1 – Carriageway Surface Dressing Binder - Lot 2 – Carriageway Anti-Skid Surfacing - Lot 3 – Carriageway Slurry Microsurfacing - Lot 4 – Thermal Patching - Lot 5 – Spray Injection Patching – Pre Surface-Dressing and Revenue Works - Lot 6 – Spray Injection Patching – Responsive Capital Maintenance

Specialist Surface Treatments - Lot 1 – Carriageway Surface Dressing Binder - Lot 2 – Carriageway Anti-Skid Surfacing - Lot 3 – Carriageway Slurry Microsurfacing - Lot 4 – Thermal Patching - Lot 5 – Spray Injection Patching – Pre Surface-Dressing and Revenue Works - Lot 6 – Spray Injection Patching – Responsive Capital Maintenance

Specialist Surface Treatments - Lot 1 – Carriageway Surface Dressing Binder - Lot 2 – Carriageway Anti-Skid Surfacing - Lot 3 – Carriageway Slurry Microsurfacing - Lot 4 – Thermal Patching - Lot 5 – Spray Injection Patching – Pre Surface-Dressing and Revenue Works - Lot 6 – Spray Injection Patching – Responsive Capital Maintenance

This service is to increase the employability of people in Dumfries and Galloway through improving the capacity, scope, and influence of third sector provision in the region in line with Dumfries and Galloway Local Employability & Skills Partnership (LEP) vision and objective.

The Council has a statutory duty to make pre-school education available for eligible children under the Standards in Scotland’s Schools Act 2000. The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and Statutory Guidance set out the increased entitlement to 1140 hours for eligible children which became a statutory duty from August 2021. The Funding Follows the Child approach places choice in parents’ and carers’ hands enabling them to access their child’s funded entitlement with a provider that best suits their needs. All providers who apply and meet the expected standard, legislation and the Council's procedural requirements as set out in the Invitation to Tender and accept the rates and contract terms set out by the Council shall be accepted to deliver funded provision through the Flexible Framework enabling them to register children in 2025 to commence Brokerage placements from Q2 2025 and funded Early Learning and Childcare placements from August 2025. This is the July 2025 re-opening of the framework. If you have already been awarded a place on this framework, you do not need to re-apply.