UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

East Cambridgeshire District Council require the supply and installation of external digital signage in and around the city of Ely. This requirement will include: • Twenty touch screens • Internal media players for each screen • Maintenance and support for a minimum of three years • Installation of the screens

East Cambridgeshire District Council Home Improvement Agency wishes to invite tenders for the provision of disabled adaptations to residential properties with the district. The total annual value of the 4 year framework is anticipated to be £3,200,000 per annum across all Lots and contractors.\r \r There are 13 separate Lots:\r • Lot 1 - Bathroom Works\r • Lot 2 - Internal Works\r • Lot 3 - External Works\r • Lot 4 - External Access Works\r • Lot 5 - Extensions\r • Lot 6 - Service Supply Works 1\r • Lot 7 - Service Supply Works 2\r • Lot 8 - Service Supply Works 3\r • Lot 9 - Service Supply Works 4\r • Lot 10 - Specialist Works 1\r • Lot 11 - Specialist Works 2\r • Lot 12 - Specialist Works 3\r • Lot 13 - Specialist Works 4\r \r The appointed Contractors are expected to provide an extremely high-quality service at the Employer's properties and for Clients of those properties. This includes satisfactorily completing Orders within the specified time periods, good Client liaison, efficient and accurate record keeping, prompt submission of accounts and immediately responding to any complaints received.

East Cambridgeshire District Council (ECDC) invites quotations for the provision of service providers to replace our existing core switch chassis (5412 zl). The chassis is over 10 years, and currently serves our council well. We are looking to replace the switch with the latest model to meet our current and future needs. We have an edge switch infrastructure consisting of 9 edge switches which are all HPE Aruba 2920-48g. These switches were installed in 2016 and not looking at replacing them currently. ECDC requires maintenance of support of the hardware and monitoring software for a period of 5 years. This is a further competition using the CCS Framework RM6068 Technology Products & Associated Services 2 Framework Lot 1.

East Cambridgeshire District Council requires the provision of Microsoft Software Volume Licences. The successful supplier should have the knowledge and availability to be able to assist the Authority with choosing the right licenses for our needs to ensure we remain sufficiently licensed at good value for money, with at minimum discussions taking place at the start of the contract and again at the one-year and two-year marks in case any of the Authority's requirements change. The Authority should be able to add licenses to our agreement at any time and be able to remove licenses at each year mark if not more regularly. Licenses provided will need to either run month on month or annually. Annual licences should run from 1st May to 30th April the following year. This is a further competition using the Crown Commercial Services RM6098 Technology Products & Associated Services 2 Framework Lot 3: Software.

East Cambridgeshire District Council requires the provision of insurance services for The Authority and its two trading companies: East Cambs Trading Company and East Cambs Street Scene. It requires an umbrella policy covering all three organisations for most risks, with then separate specific policies where they are required. This is a further competition using the Crown Commercial Services Insurance Services 3 DPS Agreement RM6138.

East Cambridgeshire District Council (ECDC) are looking to replace our existing Storage Access Network (SAN) Units. We are looking to upgrade the SAN units due to coming to end of life, at both our Head Quarters (HQ) and Disaster Recovery (DR) Site. Currently our existing unit at HQ has 45TB of available space with 19TB in use, serving as our primary datastores for our virtual environment with @ 60 VM's. The replacement units need 60TB of available space at HQ and 90TB at DR. ECDC Require support for 3 years with same day part/s replacement for both units. 10 year life span of each unit. Both units to be delivered by 22nd March 2024. This is a further competition using the CCS RM6098 Technology Products & Associated Services 2 Framework Lot 1: Hardware and Software and Associated Services.

East Cambridgeshire District Council (ECDC) are looking to replace our existing ESXI servers. We are looking to replace the servers with the same manufacturer due to existing internal configuration(s) within the Council, therefore an upgraded version is sought to meet our current and future needs. Currently we have 4 ESXI servers HP DL380 Gen9 serving as our Hypervisor with @ 60 VM's. These in turn replicate to our DR site, thus replacement ESXI Servers in this tender must be interoperable with existing HPE DR Servers. ECDC requires hardware support for a period of 5 years. This is a further competition using the CCS RM6098 Technology Products & Associated Services 2 Framework Lot 2: Hardware.

While the rapid acceleration of digital technologies has enhanced services for many, it has also highlighted existing inequalities and has the potential to exclude people without access to technology or the skills and confidence to use it.\r \r The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated our reliance on connectivity and exposed the digital divide in the UK. This is being exacerbated by the current cost of living crisis with many people struggling to afford broadband and mobile connectivity, and the upcoming switch-off of the copper, analogue telephone network which will affect the most vulnerable.\r \r Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, East Cambridgeshire District Council is looking to commission an experienced delivery partner to implement a digital inclusion project for residents living within East Cambridgeshire who are facing barriers to gaining digital skills and/or access to digital services.\r \r The project should provide digital inclusion initiatives to help improve people's digital skills so that they can use online services. The scheme will address the main challenges that people face to going online:\r • access - the ability to actually go online and connect to the internet\r • skills - to be able to use the internet\r • motivation - knowing the reasons why using the internet is a good thing\r • trust - a fear of crime, or not knowing where to start to go online. \r

The Cambridgeshire Waste Collection Authorities collect dry mixed recycling from domestic and commercial premises across Cambridgeshire. This tender is to provide suitably located and permitted transfer stations for accepting the delivery, weighing, storage and bulking for onward transport, of this mixed dry recycling. The onward transport is an element of a separate procurement. This transport will be coordinated such that materials are moved from each transfer site at a suitable frequency.\r \r The RECAP Councils have worked collaboratively for many years in the delivery of DMR across Cambridgeshire. That collaboration continues for this procurement. The procurement itself is being conducted as a single procurement, but with the award of contract being in the form of separate Lots, as described in more detail in this ITT. The Lots are presented as alternative Lots (by reference to size), to enable the Councils to seek the broadest possible market response. ?This means that an award will not be made for every Lot. This is described in more detail in 'Lotting Guidance' within the ITT.\r \r The RECAP Councils will make the decision collectively as to which Lots to award and to which bidders. Following award, the ensuing contracts will either be concluded with an individual Council or a number of them, depending upon which Lots have been chosen as the best value for money.\r \r Notwithstanding, the separate Contracts, the Councils are committed to sharing the per tonne costs equally across Cambridgeshire and to manage the contracts on a collective basis. They have committed to concluding an Inter Authority Agreement (IAA) to facilitate this arrangement. ?The joint contract management arrangements will be reflected in each of the contracts, but otherwise, the IAA not be affect the contractual position of each successful bidder, whose rights and obligations will be governed solely by the Contract it has with the individual Council or number of Councils, as the case may be.\r \r The Authorities look to secure this Bulking Service in a set of individual locations across Cambridgeshire with suitable proximity to existing collections and/or depots with the aim of reducing unnecessary travel.\r \r For the avoidance of doubt, bids are welcome from contractors who can provide one or more sites with capacity in any one or more of the geographical areas identified in the specification. As such the Authorities welcome bids for any one or more or all the lots available.\r \r Potential Providers will need to register an account via the Procontract Portal at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register before being able to view the full tender details.\r \r In order to access the tender documentation, click Find Opportunities then on the drop-down menu, filter by Cambridgeshire Public Services by clicking on Update to find the relevant opportunity or alternatively within the organisations drop down select Cambridgeshire County Council to also find the relevant opportunity.

The Cambridgeshire Waste Collection Authorities ("the Authorities") collect dry mixed recycling from domestic and commercial premises across Cambridgeshire. This tender is for the transportation/receipt, sorting and onward sale/re-processing of commingled dry recyclable materials.\r \r The RECAP Councils have worked collaboratively for many years in the delivery of DMR across Cambridgeshire. That collaboration continues for this procurement. The procurement itself is being conducted as a single procurement, but with the award of contract being in the form of separate Lots, as described in more detail in the ITT. The Lots are presented as alternative Lots (by reference to size), to enable the Councils to seek the broadest possible market response. ?This means that an award will not be made for every Lot. This is described in more detail in 'Lotting Guidance' of the ITT.\r \r The RECAP Councils will make the decision collectively as to which Lots to award and to which bidders. Following award, the ensuing contracts will either be concluded with an individual Council or a number of them, depending upon which Lots have been chosen as the best value for money. The number and size of the Lots has been determined to enable the Authorities to receive the maximum number of responses from the market taking account of the size of the different Lots and the needs of the different Authorities. Contractors should note that the Lots are presented in varied Lot Sizes which are to ensure processing capacity is secured for all RECAP Partners. The dry mixed recyclables will come from any one of the district and unitary authorities within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area. This may mean that certain Lots will not have an award of contract made in respect of them, because better value alternatives exist in the award of alternative Lots. As a result, we would request that contractors bid for as many lots as they are interested in whilst also sharing the maximum capacity available at your MRF.\r \r For the avoidance of doubt, bids are welcome from contractors who can provide one or more processing sites with capacity and can collect from transfer facilities expected to be within a 10 mile radius of each local authority in this procurement. These transfer locations are the subject of a separate procurement. There is a map in Appendix 5 showing the location of the depots. As such the Authorities welcome bids for any one or more or all the Lots available. Contractors are not limited in the number of Lots they are able to bid for, although the Authorities will carry out the assessment of Contractors' financial standing and technical ability by reference to the number of Lots bid for and which meet the Authorities selection criteria to enable a contract to be awarded in accordance with the provisions of this ITT. \r \r Additional information: Potential Providers will need to register an account via the "Procontract Portal" at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register before being able to view the full tender details. In order to access the tender documentation, click "Find Opportunities", then on the drop-down menu, filter by "Cambridgeshire Public Services" by clicking on "Update" to find the relevant opportunity or alternatively within the organisations drop down select Cambridgeshire County Council to also find the relevant opportunity.

The Reprographics Service has responsibility for the provision of specialist printing to all departments and for the procurement of printing equipment for the print room and multifunctional print devices (MFDs) that can print, copy and scan for the Council's other offices. We require the provision of 10 MFDs (3 colour and 7 mono), inclusive of a maintenance service and print management software. The current lease agreement expires on 23rd September 2024. Existing printing equipment and print management software will be removed by the incumbent supplier before that date. The new, leased equipment and software must be installed by the new supplier and be fully functional within a working day after the removal of existing equipment. The installation date is estimated to be 24th September 2024 at the latest and it must take into account the removal date. This is a further competition using the CCS RM6174 Multifunctional Devices (MFDs), Print and Digital Workflow Software Services and Managed Print Service Provision framework Lot 2: Multifunctional print devices MFDs, print management, digital workflow software.

In 2023/24, East Cambridgeshire District Council (ECDC) commissioned Go to Places to develop a digital marketing strategy, aimed at maximising the online visibility of the district's tourism existing website 'Explore East Cambs'.\r \r The digital marketing strategy builds on the Council's Tourism Strategy, which aims to:\r • To maximise visitor spend for the benefit of local businesses and communities.\r • To increase the footfall and spread of visitors across the district.\r \r We are seeking to appoint an experienced consultant to deliver a series of actions identified in the digital marketing strategy and to design and develop the Explore East Cambs website.

East Cambridgeshire District Council require the refurbishment of the annexe passenger lift at The Grange, Nutholt Lane, Ely, CB7 4EE. The current lift is an electric hydraulic passenger lift (max. 8 persons/630kg) 3 floors indirect acting.\r \r It is expected that works will include:\r • The following to be removed and disposed of according to current hazardous waste regulations:\r o Lift control panel\r o Shaft information system, including wiring and limit switches\r o Car and landing push stations\r o Car lighting unit\r o Door drive unit.\r \r • Supply and fit the following:\r o New control system including shaft information system and switches\r o Rewire complete lift installation back as far as main isolator within the motor room\r o New door drive unit\r o New car and landing push stations to be DDA compliant\r o New car lighting including emergency backup\r o Carry out full hydraulic valve overhaul\r o Carry out full shaft clean down and paint lift pit area\r o Set up and test to the required British standards under BS EN 81, before returning lift to normal service.\r

The Hive Leisure Centre located in Ely (CB6 2FE) is a district leisure centre in East Cambridgeshire owned by East Cambridgeshire District Council and run by GLL / Better. The facility has an 8-lane swimming pool, a teaching pool, gym, sports hall, fitness studies and 3G artificial football pitch with floodlights.\r \r The District Council is seeking to install solar PV panels on the roof of the building. The building height is 10m and can be access from within the building, but panels would need to be lifted from the outside. It is a flat roof with a single ply membrane and has a man safe system. The project has an indicative budget of £100k for the PV panels work with the potential of additional funding for Battery storage.\r \r Battery storage is a separate part of the project and not part of the initial funding gained to deliver the PV panels but an option that we would like to explore.\r \r The Hive Leisure Centre plans to remain fully operational during the works and therefore any necessary requirements would need to be requested with the management team.\r \r The project is to be completed by 31st March 2025.

East Cambridgeshire District Council owns and manages a large number of public open spaces, of varying sizes and uses.\r \r We are seeking a contactor to prepare a habitat management plan for ten of our such sites. Further details on these sites will be passed to the successful contractor at the start of the work.\r \r All such created management plans will subsequently be used by the Council's teams that oversee the maintenance and management of such open spaces.\r \r The work must be completed in a timely manner, so that the plans can be published no later than Autumn 2025.

The council is in the process of building a new build crematorium and bereavement centre located at the Former Outdoor Centre, Mepal, UK. The key aims of this new facility is to provide a beautiful and sustainable alternative to the residents of East Cambridgeshire and surrounding area. To assist with this aim, it has been decided that an electric cremator will be installed. Production, supply and installation of an electric cremator and supporting equipment, as listed below. Supporting equipment includes · Automatic charging bier · Attachment for automatic charging bier for little cremations · Control system · Extraction box above the oven entry · Crematoria Emissions Monitoring system · Reporting tool · Single Stream Filtration installation · Raking box and tools · Ash pan lift · Ash pan trolley · Cremulator · Ash treatment table with ashpan storage · Electric driven coffin trolley · Remote control for charging · Secondary heat exchanger Training of operatives on the equipment supplied and ongoing maintenance contract with UK based provider. The provision of the electric cremator needs to be within the constraints of the new building, changing the build layout at this stage is not a possibility due to cost implications for redesign work. The floor area available in the cremator hall for the cremator and the supporting equipment is 71m2. This does not include the floor area that has been allocated for the committal hall. There is also the constraint for the delivery and installation of the cremator to fit with the build programme, with an anticipated installation date of March 2026.

Remove the old surface, resurface and re-line the main car park area, the car park outside the High Flyer pub and the access road at Newnham Street car park, Newnham Street, Ely, CB7 4PE.

The Cambridgeshire Waste Collection Authorities collect dry mixed recycling from domestic and commercial premises across Cambridgeshire. This tender is to provide suitably located and permitted transfer stations for accepting the delivery, weighing, storage and bulking for onward transport, of this mixed dry recycling. The onward transport is an element of a separate procurement. This transport will be coordinated such that materials are moved from each transfer site at a suitable frequency. The RECAP Councils have worked collaboratively for many years in the delivery of DMR across Cambridgeshire. That collaboration continues for this procurement. The procurement Page 7 to 30 itself is being conducted as a single procurement, but with the award of contract being in the form of separate Lots, as described in more detail in this ITT. The Lots are presented as alternative Lots (by reference to size), to enable the Councils to seek the broadest possible market response. This means that an award will not be made for every Lot. This is described in more detail in ‘Lotting Guidance’ within the ITT. The RECAP Councils will make the decision collectively as to which Lots to award and to which bidders. Following award, the ensuing contracts will either be concluded with an individual Council or a number of them, depending upon which Lots have been chosen as the best value for money. Notwithstanding, the separate Contracts, the Councils are committed to sharing the per tonne costs equally across Cambridgeshire and to manage the contracts on a collective basis. They have committed to concluding an Inter Authority Agreement (IAA) to facilitate this arrangement. The joint contract management arrangements will be reflected in each of the contracts, but otherwise, the IAA not be affect the contractual position of each successful bidder, whose rights and obligations will be governed solely by the Contract it has with the individual Council or number of Councils, as the case may be The Authorities look to secure this Bulking Service in a set of individual locations across Cambridgeshire with suitable proximity to existing collections and/or depots with the aim of reducing unnecessary travel. For the avoidance of doubt, bids are welcome from contractors who can provide one or more sites with capacity in any one or more of the geographical areas identified in the specification. As such the Authorities welcome bids for any one or more or all the lots available.

The Cambridgeshire Waste Collection Authorities (“the Authorities”) collect dry mixed recycling from domestic and commercial premises across Cambridgeshire. This tender is for the transportation/receipt, sorting and onward sale/re-processing of commingled dry recyclable materials. The RECAP Councils have worked collaboratively for many years in the delivery of DMR across Cambridgeshire. That collaboration continues for this procurement. The procurement itself is being conducted as a single procurement, but with the award of contract being in the form of separate Lots, as described in more detail in the ITT. The Lots are presented as alternative Lots (by reference to size), to enable the Councils to seek the broadest possible market response.  This means that an award will not be made for every Lot. This is described in more detail in ‘Lotting Guidance’ of the ITT. The RECAP Councils will make the decision collectively as to which Lots to award and to which bidders. Following award, the ensuing contracts will either be concluded with an individual Council or a number of them, depending upon which Lots have been chosen as the best value for money. Notwithstanding, the separate Contracts, the Councils are committed to sharing the per tonne costs equally across Cambridgeshire and to manage the contracts on a collective basis. They have committed to concluding an Inter Authority Agreement (IAA) to facilitate this arrangement.  The joint contract management arrangements will be reflected in each of the contracts, but otherwise, the IAA not be affect the contractual position of each successful bidder, whose rights and obligations will be governed solely by the Contract it has with the individual Council or number of Councils, as the case may be The number and size of the Lots has been determined to enable the Authorities to receive the maximum number of responses from the market taking account of the size of the different Lots and the needs of the different Authorities. Contractors should note that the Lots are presented in varied Lot Sizes which are to ensure processing capacity is secured for all RECAP Partners. The dry mixed recyclables will come from any one of the district and unitary authorities within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area. This may mean that certain Lots will not have an award of contract made in respect of them, because better value alternatives exist in the award of alternative Lots. As a result, we would request that contractors bid for as many lots as they are interested in whilst also sharing the maximum capacity available at your MRF. For the avoidance of doubt, bids are welcome from contractors who can provide one or more processing sites with capacity and can collect from transfer facilities expected to be within a 10 mile radius of each local authority in this procurement. These transfer locations are the subject of a separate procurement. There is a map in Appendix 5 showing the location of the depots. As such the Authorities welcome bids for any one or more or all the Lots available. Contractors are not limited in the number of Lots they are able to bid for, although the Authorities will carry out the assessment of Contractors’ financial standing and technical ability by reference to the number of Lots bid for and which meet the Authorities selection criteria to enable a contract to be awarded in accordance with the provisions of the ITT.