UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Hartlepool Borough Council is seeking submissions from suitably experienced organisations or individuals to provide support, information, advice and guidance to the Deaf community in Hartlepool, primarily by means of drop in sessions and more focussed one to one involvement. Organisations wishing to register an interest and download the tender documentation, should apply via the NEPO Portal only. www.qtegov.com Procontract Reference No. 609100 All completed documentation must be returned via the NEPO Portal Only and by no later than Friday 13th May at 2pm For guidance notes on how to register onto the NEPO Portal please follow link below: - http://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/downloads/download/2576/guide_to_registering_as_a_new_supplier_on_the_nepo_portal

Hartlepool Borough Council is seeking submissions from suitably experienced organisations or individuals to provide a Support Service for People with Hearing Loss in Hartlepool. For guidance notes on how to register onto the NEPO Portal please follow link below: - https://procontract.due-north.com/SupplierRegistration/Register

Hartlepool Borough Council currently has a requirement for an After School provision. Predominantly the journeys will be within the Borough of Hartlepool, however there may be requests for some out of town work. The service will predominantly be provided between the hours of 2.50pm - 4pm, Term time only, excluding bank holidays and some provisional development days. The council in accordance with the conditions of contract may suspend the service at any time Organisations wishing to register an interest and download the tender documentation, should apply via the NEPO Portal only. www.qtegov.com - Procontract Reference No. 608756 All completed documentation must be returned via the NEPO Portal Only and by no later than Friday, 10th June 2022 For guidance notes on how to register onto the NEPO Portal please follow link below: - https://procontract.due-north.com/SupplierRegistration/Register

Hartlepool Borough Council are looking to develop a mobile Changing Place facility which will be suitable for use at key events across the town The facility must be mobile or be able to be transported easily in the event it is needed to support an event at short notice. We anticipate the design and specification of the changing place must adhere to the design criteria as set out on the changing places Website. https://www.changing-places.org/install-toilet Organisations wishing to register an interest and download the tender documentation, should apply via the NEPO Portal only. www.qtegov.com - Procontract Reference DN 614288 All completed documentation must be returned via the NEPO Portal Only and by no later than Friday, 10th June 2022 at 2pm For guidance notes on how to register onto the NEPO Portal please follow link below: - https://procontract.due-north.com/SupplierRegistration/Register

Hartlepool Borough Council currently have a requirement for Officer Transportation and also for safeguarding, assessment & support services. Both these services are required during both normal working hours and some out of hours work. Predominantly the journeys will be within the Borough of Hartlepool however there may be requests for some out of town work. The tender will be divided into 2 lots, based on vehicle seats. LOT 1 - Vehicle 4/5 seat and 6/7/8 seat. LOT 2 - 16 seat Organisations can bid for one or more lots Organisations wishing to register an interest and download the tender documentation, should apply via the NEPO Portal only. www.qtegov.com All completed documentation must be returned via the NEPO Portal Only and by no later than Friday, 10th June 2022 For guidance notes on how to register onto the NEPO Portal please follow link below: - https://procontract.due-north.com/SupplierRegistration/Register

Local Authorities now have new statutory responsibilities under the new Domestic Abuse Act which came into statute in April 2021. Hartlepool Borough Council wishes to meet these duties in relation to domestic abuse for victims, perpetrators and children through commissioning services to help reduce the incidents and impact of domestic abuse. The contract will comprise the following Lots: Lot 1 - A Domestic Abuse Support Service (Hartlepool) The Contractor will provide domestic abuse services for adults and children that are integrated and deliver holistic support to the whole family. The Contractor will establish clear pathways and referral routes into the different elements of the service for different family members. The Service will be comprised of: 1. Safe accommodation (Refuge & dispersed) with specialist onsite support 2. Move on 3. Specialist outreach support for victims/survivors and their families 4. Early intervention 5. Perpetrator intervention and support 6. Dispersed properties 7. Sanctuary schemes Lot 2 - A Domestic Abuse Children's therapeutic service (Hartlepool) The Contractor will provide a therapeutic service to children and young people aged from 4 - 18 who have experienced domestic abuse. Organisations can bid for one or more lots The full requirements associated with the provision of the service will be given within the tender documents. Organisations wishing to register an interest and download the tender documentation, should apply via the NEPO Portal only. www.qtegov.com For guidance notes on how to register onto the NEPO Portal please follow link below: - https://procontract.due-north.com/SupplierRegistration/Register

Local Authorities now have new statutory responsibilities under the new Domestic Abuse Act which came into statute in April 2021. Hartlepool Borough Council wishes to meet these duties in relation to domestic abuse for victims, perpetrators and children through commissioning services to help reduce the incidents and impact of domestic abuse. Lot 1 - The Contractor will provide domestic abuse services for adults and children that are integrated and deliver holistic support to the whole family. Lot 2 - The Contractor will provide a therapeutic service to children and young people aged from 4 – 18 who have experienced domestic abuse.

The Council is seeking submissions from suitably skilled and experienced organisations to work in partnership to design and build a service to provide assistive technological solutions to support people to maintain their independence in the community and contribute to the prevention of admissions to hospital and into long term residential and nursing care. The service will be person centred ensuring each recipient has the assistive technology they need to increase their independence and to support them to feel safe whilst reducing the need for unplanned care.

Hartlepool Borough Council are conducting a procurement for the provision of full scope ICT managed services via Restricted Process to replace an existing arrangement that expires in September 2023. Through this selection phase and a subsequent ITT phase, the Council will identify a single supplier to provide full scope ICT managed services for a maximum of 6 years (4+1+1) with effect from September 2023. Hartlepool Borough Council employs approximately 2,000 staff to deliver public services to a population of over 93,000 residents and has set out its ICT strategy that outlines how, over the coming years, the Council will improve services for its residents and employees by positioning ICT (and digital) as a business enabler. The Council is excited about working with providers who can help shape and deliver the Council's ambitions. A high-level service specification is available for reference (Document 3), however, the scope of the procurement can be summarised as: Service Integration and Service Management       • Full ICT support and integration services across multiple service components including operational management of Council-owned 3rd party contracts; continual service improvement and user-centric ways of working; asset, licence and configuration management; using owned instance of ITSM toolset End User Computing       • Provision of support and enabling services to allow end users to work 'any time' and 'anywhere'. Includes support of physical devices (laptops, desktops & corporate tablets) and installed software, remote take-over Service Desk       • UK based single point of contact for end users; Provides self-help and multi-channel contact; Targets first contact resolution; passes user records on to other resolver groups; provision and deployment of applicable ITSM toolset Hosting and Data Centre Services       • Manage existing hosting environment in 3rd party data centre facility; expertise on design and migration to future cloud-based alternative; manage full life cycle of supported services; DR/BC provision Network Services       • Office WiFi & LAN; Inter-site connections; Dark fibre link, Outbound connectivity (internet, PSN); Network services (DNS, DHCP, WiFi Certs, Firewall, Monitoring); SIP trunking and session controller management Application Support and Development       • Facilitate and coordinate application maintenance services and provision of lifecycle management of the application estate against an application strategy Procurement - Hardware / Software       • Single point of contact for the procurement of all Council ICT hardware, ensuring value for money purchase of defined equipment Project Management       • ProProvision of resources to support the Council in delivering programmes and projects across a wide range of ICT activities • Managed Print Coordinate and manage print services to support the Council's printing, scanning, and copying requirements through an incumbent sub-contractor Additional information: The full requirements associated with the provision of the service will be given within the tender documents. Organisations wishing to register an interest and download the tender documentation, should apply via the NEPO Portal only. www.qtegov.com All completed Selection Questionnaires must be returned via the NEPO Portal Only and by no later than Friday, 19th August 2022 at 5pm For guidance notes on how to register onto the NEPO Portal please follow link below: - https://procontract.due-north.com/SupplierRegistration/Register

The Authority will be appointing a single service provider to deliver the Services. The new contract arrangement is anticipated to be a single sourced, full scope ICT managed services contract as described in Document 3. The new service provider will be responsible for service integration and management across the ICT landscape, working collaboratively with the Authority to input to, and deliver against, the overall ICT Strategy. The Authority’s inhouse ICT team are anticipating managing the relationship with the Directorates and working with the new service provider to ensure coordinated and controlled ICT development, change and embracing continuous, user centric, improvement. A high level overview of the Services is: - Service Integration and Service Management - End User Computing - Service Desk - Hosting and Data Centre Services - Network Services - Application Support and Development - Procurement – Hardware / Software - Project Management - Managed Print

Hartlepool Borough Council are conducting a procurement for the provision of full scope ICT managed services via Restricted Process to replace an existing arrangement that expires in September 2023. Through this selection phase and a subsequent ITT phase, the Council will identify a single supplier to provide full scope ICT managed services for a maximum of 6 years (4+1+1) with effect from September 2023. Hartlepool Borough Council employs approximately 2,000 staff to deliver public services to a population of over 93,000 residents and has set out its ICT strategy that outlines how, over the coming years, the Council will improve services for its residents and employees by positioning ICT (and digital) as a business enabler. The Council is excited about working with providers who can help shape and deliver the Council's ambitions. A high-level service specification is available for reference (Document 3), however, the scope of the procurement can be summarised as: Service Integration and Service Management       • Full ICT support and integration services across multiple service components including operational management of Council-owned 3rd party contracts; continual service improvement and user-centric ways of working; asset, licence and configuration management; using owned instance of ITSM toolset End User Computing       • Provision of support and enabling services to allow end users to work 'any time' and 'anywhere'. Includes support of physical devices (laptops, desktops & corporate tablets) and installed software, remote take-over Service Desk       • UK based single point of contact for end users; Provides self-help and multi-channel contact; Targets first contact resolution; passes user records on to other resolver groups; provision and deployment of applicable ITSM toolset Hosting and Data Centre Services       • Manage existing hosting environment in 3rd party data centre facility; expertise on design and migration to future cloud-based alternative; manage full life cycle of supported services; DR/BC provision Network Services       • Office WiFi & LAN; Inter-site connections; Dark fibre link, Outbound connectivity (internet, PSN); Network services (DNS, DHCP, WiFi Certs, Firewall, Monitoring); SIP trunking and session controller management Application Support and Development       • Facilitate and coordinate application maintenance services and provision of lifecycle management of the application estate against an application strategy Procurement - Hardware / Software       • Single point of contact for the procurement of all Council ICT hardware, ensuring value for money purchase of defined equipment Project Management       • ProProvision of resources to support the Council in delivering programmes and projects across a wide range of ICT activities • Managed Print Coordinate and manage print services to support the Council's printing, scanning, and copying requirements through an incumbent sub-contractor Additional information: The full requirements associated with the provision of the service will be given within the tender documents. Organisations wishing to register an interest and download the tender documentation, should apply via the NEPO Portal only. https://procontract.due-north.com All completed Selection Questionnaires must be returned via the NEPO Portal Only and by no later than Friday, 19th August 2022 at 5pm For guidance notes on how to register onto the NEPO Portal please follow link below: - https://procontract.due-north.com/SupplierRegistration/Register

Hartlepool Borough Council are conducting a procurement for the provision of full scope ICT managed services via Restricted Process to replace an existing arrangement that expires in September 2023. Through this selection phase and a subsequent ITT phase, the Council will identify a single supplier to provide full scope ICT managed services for a maximum of 6 years (4+1+1) with effect from September 2023. Hartlepool Borough Council employs approximately 2,000 staff to deliver public services to a population of over 93,000 residents and has set out its ICT strategy that outlines how, over the coming years, the Council will improve services for its residents and employees by positioning ICT (and digital) as a business enabler. The Council is excited about working with providers who can help shape and deliver the Council's ambitions. A high-level service specification is available for reference (Document 3), however, the scope of the procurement can be summarised as: Service Integration and Service Management       • Full ICT support and integration services across multiple service components including operational management of Council-owned 3rd party contracts; continual service improvement and user-centric ways of working; asset, licence and configuration management; using owned instance of ITSM toolset End User Computing       • Provision of support and enabling services to allow end users to work 'any time' and 'anywhere'. Includes support of physical devices (laptops, desktops & corporate tablets) and installed software, remote take-over Service Desk       • UK based single point of contact for end users; Provides self-help and multi-channel contact; Targets first contact resolution; passes user records on to other resolver groups; provision and deployment of applicable ITSM toolset Hosting and Data Centre Services       • Manage existing hosting environment in 3rd party data centre facility; expertise on design and migration to future cloud-based alternative; manage full life cycle of supported services; DR/BC provision Network Services       • Office WiFi & LAN; Inter-site connections; Dark fibre link, Outbound connectivity (internet, PSN); Network services (DNS, DHCP, WiFi Certs, Firewall, Monitoring); SIP trunking and session controller management Application Support and Development       • Facilitate and coordinate application maintenance services and provision of lifecycle management of the application estate against an application strategy Procurement - Hardware / Software       • Single point of contact for the procurement of all Council ICT hardware, ensuring value for money purchase of defined equipment Project Management       • ProProvision of resources to support the Council in delivering programmes and projects across a wide range of ICT activities • Managed Print Coordinate and manage print services to support the Council's printing, scanning, and copying requirements through an incumbent sub-contractor Additional information: The full requirements associated with the provision of the service will be given within the tender documents. Organisations wishing to register an interest and download the tender documentation, should apply via the NEPO Portal only. www.qtegov.com All completed Selection Questionnaires must be returned via the NEPO Portal Only and by no later than Friday, 19th August 2022 at 5pm For guidance notes on how to register onto the NEPO Portal please follow link below: - https://procontract.due-north.com/SupplierRegistration/Register

Hartlepool Borough Council currently has a requirement for an After School provision. Predominantly the journeys will be within the Borough of Hartlepool, however there may be requests for some out of town work. The Council is looking for providers to call on for this service. The service will predominantly be provided between the hours of 2.50pm - 4pm, Term time only, excluding bank holidays and some provisional development days. The council in accordance with the conditions of contract may suspend the service at any time Organisations wishing to register an interest and download the tender documentation, should apply via the NEPO Portal only. www.qtegov.com - Procontract Reference No. 622242 All completed documentation must be returned via the NEPO Portal Only and by no later than Monday, 22nd August 2022 For guidance notes on how to register onto the NEPO Portal please follow link below: - https://procontract.due-north.com/SupplierRegistration/Register

The provision of toilets/showers for Tall Ships Event 2023 in Hartlepool.

Hartlepool Borough Council are seeking to procure a suitably experienced Principal Contractor to construct their proposed new 2 storey wet and dry leisure centre to be known as "Highlight". The facility is to be located on a piece of land known as Jackson's Landing, adjacent to Hartlepool Marina on the East Coast of Northern England. The development involves the construction of a new build leisure facility, together with external works, comprising the following: • 8 lane x 25m pool • 4 lane x 25m pool with moveable floor • Recreational/splash pool with race slide • Pool spectator area • Wet and dry changing facilities • FITTess suite • NHS accommodation • Cycling studio with digital/virtual facilities • 2 no. multi-purpose studios • Reception and rear office accommodation • Internal storage with externally accessible storage area for use in the dock • Externally accessible wet changing for use by open water swimmers in the dock • Indoor active play/family facility • Party/function/meeting rooms for potential external use • Café/refreshment area and social hub area

Temporary Accommodation (Cabins) - Tall Ships 2023 Organisations wishing to register an interest and download the tender documentation, should apply via the NEPO Portal only. www.qtegov.com - Temporary Accommodation (Cabins) - Tall Ships 2023 All completed documentation must be returned via the NEPO Portal Only and by no later than Friday, 18th November 2022 For guidance notes on how to register onto the NEPO Portal please follow link below: - https://procontract.due-north.com/SupplierRegistration/Register

Plant Hire - Tall Ships 2023 Organisations wishing to register an interest and download the tender documentation, should apply via the NEPO Portal only. www.qtegov.com - Plant Hire - Tall Ships 2023 - DN641014 All completed documentation must be returned via the NEPO Portal Only and by no later than Friday, 18th November 2022 For guidance notes on how to register onto the NEPO Portal please follow link below: - https://procontract.due-north.com/SupplierRegistration/Register

Event (Utility) Buggy Hire - Tall Ships Event 2023 Organisations wishing to register an interest and download the tender documentation, should apply via the NEPO Portal only. www.qtegov.com - Event (Utility) Buggy - Tall Ships 2023 - DN 640093 All completed documentation must be returned via the NEPO Portal Only and by no later than Friday, 18th November 2022 For guidance notes on how to register onto the NEPO Portal please follow link below: - https://procontract.due-north.com/SupplierRegistration/Register

Hartlepool Borough Council wishes to invite registered domiciliary care providers to tender for two contracts for the provision of domiciliary care services in Hartlepool. The primary objective of the service is to enable people living in the Hartlepool community to remain living at home for as long as possible and maintain a good quality of life which meets their identified outcomes. People who use the service should be able to achieve and maintain their maximum levels of independence and self-care allowing them to live more independently with dignity.