UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (the "Authority") is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") in connection with the competitive procurement of Cleaning Services. The purpose of this procurement process is to identify a provider that is able to provide a professional cleaning service to the Trust as per the requirements listed within the specification document. The Authority has seven (7) sites, and although they all have similar requirements, the contractual relationships are similar, as are the outputs, the Authority has adopted a seven (7) lot approach for this procurement. Suppliers are able to submit a bid for whichever lots they wish and in any combination that they wish. Each submission for each lot is standalone and a full separate response is required for each lot to be compliant. To register your interest and to download the tender documents, access the LPP portal below on http://www.lppsourcing.org. Additional information: http://www.lppsourcing.org

The trust is establishing a hardship fund for colleagues that find themselves in financial difficulties via the Trust's Charity. The Trust needs support from an external partner who would be able to assess a colleague's financial hardship so that funds can be assessed appropriately and equitably. If you are interested in this opportunity you will need to express your interest against this project to get our procurement documents. This is via http://www.supplying2nhs.org/ Your response should be sent by midday on Thursday, 2nd February.

KCHFT (Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust) have a requirement to replace their Citrix ADCs (NetScalers) with 4 virtual Citrix ADC appliances - 2 per data centre. The NetScaler's currently provide KCHFT with a secure reverse proxy to in house web servers, as well as load balancing capabilities. KCHFT currently have 2 physical NetScaler (ADCs), which are due to go out of support soon (The current hardware devices reach their "EoL" in April 2023), and a suitable replacement needs to purchased. The requirement is to have 4 virtual load balancers 2 per datacentre. This would enable business continuity in the event of the loss of a single appliance, or disaster recovery in the event of losing the whole data centre. This will be capitalised and also comes with the possibility of extra funding from the capital budget. Expressions of interest (EOI) must be submitted via the Procontract Procurement Portal (Proactis) under opportunity number DN657494. Any correspondence to the Authority's staff email will be disregarded. Please log in via the following link to EPI if already registered, or the link will also allow you to register and then EOI. https://procontract.due-north.com/Register

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust & Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (the "Authority") is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") in connection with the competitive procurement of Removals, Storage and Courier Services. The purpose of this procurement process is to identify a provider that is able to provide Removals, Storage and Courier services to the Trust's as per the requirements listed within the specification document. The tender will be divided into two (2) Lots: Lot 1 - Removal & Storage Services: The Authority requires the provision of an efficient and effective removal service, delivered in a timely, safety conscious, and considerate manner, with all due care and skill to conform to the specification and to best industry standards. The Supplier will have sufficient expertise and resources to meet the Authority's requirements, undertaking removal, transportation, and relocation services, in addition to other associated services. The majority of the Authority's removals and relocation requirements are to be provided on an ad hoc basis, as these are subject to requests submitted by the Authority's service departments. The Authority therefore cannot guarantee any volume or value for this contract. The services required by the Authority can be broadly categorised into the following:  Major removals;  Standard removals;  Minor removals;  Storage services; and  Other associated services. Lot 2 - Courier Services The Authority requires the provision of an efficient and effective courier service, delivered in a timely, safety conscious, and considerate manner, with all due care and skill to conform to the specification and to best industry standards. The Supplier will have sufficient expertise and resources to meet the Authority's requirements, undertaking collection, transportation, and delivery services. The majority of the Authority's requirements are to be provided on an ad hoc basis, as these are subject to requests submitted by the Authority's service departments. The Authority therefore cannot guarantee any volume or value for this contract. The Supplier will be required to collect individual or small numbers of applicable items from the Authority's premises and to deliver them to other sites and locations as required by the Authority. The items will be movable by manual handling and without the need for specialist equipment. Additional information: http://www.Ippsourcing.org

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust & Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (the "Authority") is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") in connection with the competitive procurement of Removals, Storage and Courier Services. The purpose of this procurement process is to identify a provider that is able to provide Removals, Storage and Courier services to the Trust's as per the requirements listed within the specification document. The tender will be divided into two (2) Lots: Lot 1 – Removal & Storage Services: •The Authority requires the provision of an efficient and effective removal service, delivered in a timely, safety conscious, and considerate manner, with all due care and skill to conform to the specification and to best industry standards. The Supplier will have sufficient expertise and resources to meet the Authority’s requirements, undertaking removal, transportation, and relocation services, in addition to other associated services. •The majority of the Authority’s removals and relocation requirements are to be provided on an ad hoc basis, as these are subject to requests submitted by the Authority’s service departments. The Authority therefore cannot guarantee any volume or value for this contract. •The services required by the Authority can be broadly categorised into the following:  Major removals;  Standard removals;  Minor removals;  Storage services; and  Other associated services. Lot 2 – Courier Services The Authority requires the provision of an efficient and effective courier service, delivered in a timely, safety conscious, and considerate manner, with all due care and skill to conform to the specification and to best industry standards. The Supplier will have sufficient expertise and resources to meet the Authority’s requirements, undertaking collection, transportation, and delivery services. The majority of the Authority’s requirements are to be provided on an ad hoc basis, as these are subject to requests submitted by the Authority’s service departments. The Authority therefore cannot guarantee any volume or value for this contract. The Supplier will be required to collect individual or small numbers of applicable items from the Authority’s premises and to deliver them to other sites and locations as required by the Authority. The items will be movable by manual handling and without the need for specialist equipment.

KCHFT have undertaken a Direct Award under Framework: SBS 10175, for outsourced mailing services. Initial contract term of 12 months, with the potential of four 12 month extensions, to total 5 years. (1+1+1+1+1)

Provision of an NHS payroll service To provide a weekly and monthly payroll to our workforce, including a supplementary run To have comprehensive knowledge and experience of managing an NHS Payroll and Pension To be able to transition between the months of July - October 2023 with a go live of the 1st November 2023 To be a provider that meets all the necessary statutory requirements of a payroll provider and has knowledge and experience of using ESR and NHS Pensions Online The term of the contract is 3 years plus an additional 4 years in tranches of one year

Provision of an NHS payroll service To provide a weekly and monthly payroll to our workforce, including a supplementary run To have comprehensive knowledge and experience of managing an NHS Payroll and Pension To be able to transition between the months of July – October 2023 with a go live of the 1st November 2023 To be a provider that meets all the necessary statutory requirements of a payroll provider and has knowledge and experience of using ESR and NHS Pensions Online The term of the contract is 3 years plus an additional 4 years in tranches of one year

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust have a requirement for 350 x Citrix Virtual Apps Advanced Edition Renewal for 12 months. Expressions of interest must be submitted via the ProContract Procurement Portal (Proactis) under opportunity number DN665650 Any correspondence to the authority staff email will be disregarded. Please log in via the following link to EOI if already registered, or the link will also allow you to register and then EOI. https://procontract.due-north.com/Register The ITQ documentation will be available immediately.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (the "Authority") is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") in connection with the competitive procurement of Occupational Health Services. The Trust is seeking a supplier to provide Occupational Health Services at the nominated sites as per the specification document provided. The Authority has three (3) sites, and although they all have similar requirements, the contractual relationships are similar, as are the outputs, the Authority has adopted a three (3) lot approach for this procurement.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (the "Authority") is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") in connection with the competitive procurement of Occupational Health Services. The Trust is seeking a supplier to provide Occupational Health Services at the nominated sites as per the specification document provided. The Authority has three (3) sites, and although they all have similar requirements, the contractual relationships are similar, as are the outputs, the Authority has adopted a three (3) lot approach for this procurement. The Authority will enter into three (3) separate agreements. It is intended that each lot will be awarded to the provider who achieves the overall highest score for quality and financial costs for that lot. To register your interest and to download the tender documents, access the Due North e-tendering portal at www.lppsourcing.org ("the e-Tendering Portal").

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (the "Authority") is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") in connection with the competitive procurement of Any Qualified Provider ("AQP") for the Provision of Podiatry Services. KCHFT is seeking to award new contracts for routine care Podiatry health services under an Any Qualified Provider model. KCHFT intends to establish a list of qualified providers to provide safe, high quality, and equitable community podiatry services driven by clinical excellence and responsive to the needs of the Kent and Medway population. The service will be delivered to support KCHFT podiatry to meet the need of their registered patients at times of peak demand. The AQP programme aims to give patients more choice about where they receive routine care Podiatry health services. Patients can choose from a list of providers, based on their own preference and the reputation of the provider offering the service. To register your interest and to download the tender documents, access the Due North e-tendering portal at https://procontract.due-north.com/Login ("the e-Tendering Portal").

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (the "Authority") is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") in connection with the competitive procurement of Any Qualified Provider (“AQP”) for the Provision of Podiatry Services. KCHFT is seeking to award new contracts for routine care Podiatry health services under an Any Qualified Provider model. KCHFT intends to establish a list of qualified providers to provide safe, high quality, and equitable community podiatry services driven by clinical excellence and responsive to the needs of the Kent and Medway population. The service will be delivered to support KCHFT podiatry to meet the need of their registered patients at times of peak demand. The AQP programme aims to give patients more choice about where they receive routine care Podiatry health services. Patients can choose from a list of providers, based on their own preference and the reputation of the provider offering the service. To register your interest and to download the tender documents, access the Due North e-tendering portal at https://procontract.due-north.com/Login ("the e-Tendering Portal").

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust are looking for a supplier to transform a garden area into a sensory and therapy garden at our Tonbridge Community Hospital Site. The Trust are looking for an experienced landscape designer and developer to deliver on the following. Concept design working with the Trust project team to create evidence based concept designs which will lead to the final design and form part of the engagement and implementation phase with staff and stakeholders. Designs will look to reuse assets present, such as picnic tables and chairs as much as feasible. Full design and planting scheme providing full, deliverable design drawings and planting scheme to reflect the staff and patient engagement sessions and design input. Deployment of the design. Complete the build of the gardens, including any prior assessment and feasibility works, in line with the agreed design using locally sourced and sustainable products wherever possible. Please note that there is a budget cap on this project of 118,000 inclusive of VAT. The Trust would like potential suppliers to express their interest in this opportunity via the Procontract Procurement Portal Proactis under opportunity number DN661492. Any correspondence to the Authority's staff email will be disregarded. Please log in via the following link to express your interest if already registered, or the link will also allow you to register for free and then express your interest https://procontract.due-north.com/ Please note that a site visit has been organised for the 9 June 2023 at 10.00 and further details of this will be in the ITT documentation. Please note that the ITT documentation will not be released until the expressions of interest window closes on the 26 May 2023 at midday, when it will be released to all suppliers who have expressed an interest.

Refurbishment of the primary heating system including boilers, flues, primary and secondary pumps and pipework in the boiler room only. Replacement of existing DHW plate heat exchanger at Tonbridge Cottage Hospital. Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust are looking to appoint a contractor for the Replacement Boilers and Heat Exchangers at Tonbridge Cottage Hospital, Vauxhall Lane, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 0NE. The following must be valid at the time of bidding and for the duration of all construction works: - All bidders must be Constructionline registered to 'Silver' level with a 'verified' status. - The Bidder must have successfully carried out similar types of work at healthcare (NHS or Private), and educational buildings in a live environment within the last 5 years. Electrical Works: Install to be NICEIC or NAPIT certified and for bidders to supply their valid registration. Mechanical Works: Installer to be Gas Safe registered and to supply their valid registration number. Site Visit Dates: 12th, 13th and 14th July, 09:30am - 16:00pm Type of Contract: JCT Intermediate Building Contract (with Contractor's Design) 2016 Edition. If you would like to express your interest in this opportunity, please log in / register on the Proactis e-Tendering Portal here: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login/ and register your interest against DN674164. Expression of interest window closes on the 23/06/2023 @ 00:00hrs, ITT documentation will be published to all suppliers who have expressed an interest, on the 26/06/2023.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust requires a reactive service for gritting and snow clearance across Kent and one site in East Sussex and to this end has generated this specification with the intention of tendering for these duties with an external experienced contractor. This winning provider will be expected to operate between the hours of 7pm - 7am Monday to Sunday including out of hours and emergency calls (Bank holiday and weekends). A key objective of this tendering exercise is to ensure safe access to property is maintained for staff, patients and visitors and is based on a standard approach and specification. You will need to express your interest by logging into the Proactis Portal - https://procontract.due-north.com under opportunity number DN657995 - this will then also enable you to have access to the full ITT documentation. (Please note the EOI window closes on the same day as tender submission).

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust requires a reactive service for gritting and snow clearance across Kent and one site in East Sussex and to this end has generated this specification with the intention of tendering for these duties with an external experienced contractor. This winning provider will be expected to operate between the hours of 7pm – 7am Monday to Sunday, including out of hours and emergency calls (Bank holiday and weekends). A key objective of this tendering exercise is to ensure safe access to property is maintained for staff, patients and visitors and is based on a standard approach and specification. You will need to express your interest by logging into the Proactis Portal - https://procontract.due-north.com under opportunity number DN657995 - this will then also enable you to have access to the ITT documentation. (please note that the EOI window closes on the same day as the tender submission deadline).

KCHFT is one of the largest community health providers in England, serving a population of 1.4 million people across Kent, East Sussex and parts of London Boroughs in settings such as schools, people's homes, community clinics and community hospitals. KCHFT are looking for a provider to store KCHFT IT equipment, separately from other customers of the provider (in a designated area of the facility, such as crates), to take delivery of new stock from 3rd parties and collect items from KCHFT sites across Kent, Sussex and surrounding localities. Storage is to be in specialised removal storage containers (7ft x 8ft x 5ft (2.2m x 2.5m x 1.5m) - each holds approximately 250 cubic fee (7 cubic meters) approximately. KCHFT require the flexibility to increase/decrease the number of containers throughout the contract. If you are interested, please express your interest in this opportunity via the Pro Contract Procurement Portal (Proactis) and under opportunity number DN681921. Any correspondence to the Authority's email will be disregarded. Please login via the following link to express your interest if already registered, or the link will also allow you to register and the express your interest. https://procontract.due-north.com/ (https://procontract.due-north.com/) Once the expression of interest window has closed, tender documentation will be released to all suppliers expressing an interest. Please note that ITT documentation will not be released until the EOI window closes. The top three scoring bidders will be required to host a site visit on the morning of the 21 September 2023, which will be carried out by two members of the KCHFT IT Team who will have a number of questions which will be scored and evaluated and this score will be added to the quality/technical and financial scores.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (the Authority) seeks expressions of interest (EOI) from suitable suppliers to provide services for the provision and support for NHS Community Dental Laboratory technical services. We are looking to appoint a single supplier to cover the areas of East Kent and Inner and Outer North East London. This Tender opportunity is for the provision of dental laboratory work (technical services) to Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Dental Service. The Lab services required are defined as the construction and delivery of dental appliances and technical services of advanced restorative, orthodontic and implantology with supporting compliance of all lab work with current and anticipated clinical governance and Health & Safety regulations. The Authority requires a collection/delivery service to all sites as listed within the ITT documentation. Our Main work is providing special care and paediatric dentistry, but we also provide family dentistry under the NHS and privately, and dental care for prisoners and within other secure institutions, such as immigration removal centres and secure mental health units. Special care dentistry is for patients with significant impairment or disability. This may be physical, psychological, medical or social and who may require dental care to be adapted to them. The service also provides for patients that cannot access mainstream dentistry due to their physical and or psychological disability. This includes patients who need adapted surgeries that can manage patients in wheelchairs. It is also about having staff with the skills to treat patients with complex medical histories, for which dentistry may be a high risk. An example of this is patients who have learning disabilities and are unable to understand the care or co-operate with the required care. Special care dentistry is a core service for us. For most of our patients we are their only dentist and we recall some special care patients for regular examinations. Others can have regular examinations at their own family dentist, but need our support when having dental treatment. Our Community Dental Service in east Kent provides a full range of community dentistry for those patients who unable to access NHS dentistry locally, require specialist interventions or need a home visit. NHS dental treatment includes all treatment necessary to maintain your oral health. We operate the service from 18 clinical facilities, two (2) mobile vehicles and four (4) HMP Prison environments. The contract term for this opportunity is 3 years plus 2 x 12 month possible extensions. The deadline for submission of Tenders is 5pm 25th August 2023. Please express your interest via the Proactis/Due North e-tendering portal under Opportunity Ref DN509879. Suppliers can register for an account via the following link: https://procontract.due-north.com ITT documentation will be available to those suppliers expressing an interest.

This tender is for the provision of dental laboratory work (technical services) to Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Dental Service – “the Authority”. Our main work is providing special care and paediatric dentistry, but we also provide family dentistry under the NHS and privately, and dental care for prisoners and within other secure institutions, such as immigration removal centres and secure mental health units.