UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Dumfries and Galloway Council is seeking to appoint a suitably licenced service provider to receive, treat, and/or dispose of street sweepings with a view to manage the waste in accordance with the waste hierarchy.

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 2023 to commence Brokerage placements from Q2 2023 and funded Early Learning and Childcare placements from August 2023. This is the September 2023 re-opening of the framework that was awarded in February 2023. If you have already been awarded a place on this framework, you do not need to re-apply.

Dumfries and Galloway Council required a fully comprehensive contract to supply heat and maintenance to biomass boilers within schools and other council buildings throughout the region.

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.

Dumfries and Galloway Council are seeking suppliers for the provision of dairy products: Cheese, Yogurts and Ice Cream. Goods will be delivered to a Central Distribution Store in Dumfries for schools and nurseries throughout the region.

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.

Plant Hire of Five 20t Lorries and Two Sweepers

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

Dumfries and Galloway Local Employability & Skills Partnership (DGLEP) are looking to work with support organisations and training providers who can deliver a range of employability services to people of all ages who have a disability. The partnership is funded to provide and commission support for individuals who are unemployed, low skilled or who have a low-income role to support them to move towards and into learning, volunteering, training, education and/or work. There will also be support to help those who are low skilled and on low income to progress within employment. DGLEP oversees Scottish Government No One Left Behind (NOLB) and Best Start Bright Futures funding (BSBF) and UK Government Shared Prosperity Funding (SPF). The Partnership is committed to community wealth building and Fair Work.

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.

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.

Carriageway resurfacing in Dumfries and Galloway.

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

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

The Scottish Government has committed to providing additional funding in the form of Pupil Equity Funding (PEF), to schools as part of the Scottish Attainment Challenge programme. This funding is allocated directly to schools and is aimed at closing the poverty related attainment gap. The aim of this framework agreement is to allow schools to contract compliantly with providers who will be able to support the pupil equity fund.

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

Dumfries and Galloway Council are seeking interested parties for participation in the Contract for the development of a new Zero Waste Park on the outskirts of Dumfries.

Carriageway resurfacing in Dumfries and Galloway.

Traffic Management services across Dumfries and Galloway.