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The scope of the work is mechanical or electrical engineering work for new build, extensions, adaptations and refurbishment. The scope of work typically includes, but is not limited to, • Lot D Mechanical - replacement boiler plant and associated equipment, wiring and controls, and or replacement heating installations to existing buildings. • Lot E Electrical - rewiring of existing buildings. Other specialist installations may be considered within the particular experience and expertise of the particular partner. Typically the work will cover the following sectors and some projects may incorporate a combination of more than one: • Education (including Community & Sport) • Leisure (Libraries & Museums) • Adult/Children's Social Care • Civic & Corporate • Offices • Landscaping, environmental, external works & playing fields The work will be carried out in both urban and rural environments. The framework will consist of the following lots and anticipated number of contractors per lot: 1. Lot D Mechanical - up to six contractors to act as mechanical partners 2. Lot E Electrical - up to six contractors to act as electrical partners. Tenderers responding to this ITT may bid for either or both lots.

Lancashire County Council (the Authority) wishes to establish an open Provider List of Break Time and Short Breaks Providers who are suitable, capable and experienced to deliver the required services. This will greatly improve choice and the ability to meet the needs of children and young people with appropriate services. Short Breaks Services ("the Services") are essential for children with disabilities, their parents and their carers, to ensure better outcomes and to prevent escalation of their needs, where possible. The term 'short breaks' describes services that help adult parent/carers to more effectively provide care for their disabled child by providing them regular breaks The Services commissioned from the Provider List are listed below and will support the Authority in fulfilling its statutory duty to provide a full range of Short Break Services to children/young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND") which is sufficient to assist their primary carers to continue to provide care or to do so more effectively. The Lots have been developed to cover the range of Services available and have been grouped to align to the service area types and Service User's needs. Applicants are invited to apply for all or any of the following Lots and there is no restrictions for the number of lots they can successful in: Lot 1a Break Time Lot 1b Break Time Plus Lot 2a Day Time Short Breaks 2b Day Time Personal Care Lot 3 Night Time Overnight Short Breaks Lot 4 Intensive Positive Behaviour Support It is intended that the Provider List will remain effect for 5 years, with option to extend on one or more occasions, save that the length of this Provider List Agreement shall not exceed a maximum of 7 years. Service Contracts can be awarded as call-off contracts as detailed within the ITP. This procurement procedure is considered to be subject to the Light Touch Regime under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The Provider List is an open list: Applicants can apply to join during its term if the Applicant satisfies the selection, quality and price requirements and is able to deliver the Service as described in the Service Specifications. Evaluations of new Applications will take place annually as detailed in the ITP. The Authority reserves the right to evaluate sooner. Exact Application Evaluation deadlines dates will be communicated via the Sourcing portal as an online discussion or any other format which the Authority stipulates. It is the Authority's intention to evaluate new Applications annually or once 10 new Applications are received, whichever occurs sooner. All instructions on how to participate and apply to join the Flexible Agreement, evaluation criteria, terms and conditions and documents to be returned can be found on following webpage within the Contact details & attachments section of this Opportunity notice.

Lancashire County Council is seeking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Cleaning & Facilities Services.

This Dynamic Market is being established for Lancashire County Council, to support countywide works undertaken by Property Services who have a legal duty to assess and control the risk of exposure to legionella bacteria. The Dynamic Market is divided into seven individual parts for a range of Services. Part 1 Legionella Risk Assessment - Contract A (North) Part 2 Legionella Risk Assessment - Contract B (South) Part 3 Water Temperature Monitoring - Contract C (North) Part 4 Water Temperature Monitoring - Contract D (South) Part 5 Legionella Remedial Works - Contract E (Reactive - North) Part 6 Legionella Remedial Works - Contract E (Reactive - South) Part 7 Legionella Remedial Works - Contract F (Planned) Legionella Risk Assessment To manage and mitigate the risk of legionella disease, the Authority appoints service providers to provide annual risk assessments. Water Temperature Monitoring This Service comprises the monitoring of water temperatures along with inspections and related tasks at sites nominated by the Authority to satisfy Health and Safety Guidance 274 ("HSG 274") following legionella water risk assessments undertaken by others. Legionella Remedial Works To undertake Reactive Legionella Remedial works up to a value of £200, as instructed directly by either BECON, District Surveyor or Building Services Engineer, within the allocated geographical area and limited to immediate threats of scalding, rectification of "out of parameter" defects identified by the Legionella Water Monitoring Service Providers. To undertake Planned Legionella Remedial work over £500 to £10,000 following risk assessment and specification of defined scope of remedial work as instructed by the Legionella Control Officer, or Authorised representative, to include all of the above, and :- (i) Investigation surveys to diagnose poor circulation, balancing of systems to improve circulation. (ii) Supply and installation of replacement plant and equipment where this reduces risk. (iii) Chemical disinfection and assurance sampling All successful suppliers will be invited to tender for planned works over £10,000. The supplier that offers the most economically advantageous tender for each tender will be awarded the planned works.

Lancashire County Council (the Council) is seeking to engage with providers as part of the development of its future Alternative Provision offer. As demand for specialist provision continues to grow across Lancashire, it is important that our future arrangements are informed by the expertise and experience of the provider market. This engagement event will help shape the Council's future SEND commissioning arrangements and the development of the new Lancashire Framework. With the Framework anticipated to remain in place for up to 10 years, we are keen to ensure it is shaped by the expertise and insights of providers, helping to create arrangements that work effectively for providers, the Council, and Lancashire's children and young people. Your insights and expertise will be invaluable in helping us create an approach that meets the needs of Lancashire's children and young people while reflecting the realities of service delivery. This is an opportunity to contribute to future commissioning activity and ensure the provider perspective is considered as arrangements are developed. By taking part, you will help us build a framework that works effectively for providers and the children and young people they support.

Lancashire County Council (the Council) is in the process of undertaking a review of Direct Payments Support Services. The Council is yet to determine how these services will be commissioned.

Lancashire is home to more than 112,000 unpaid carers, representing approximately 9.6% of the population aged five years and over. This is higher than the national average of 8.8%. The estimated value of unpaid care provided by carers across Lancashire is approximately £3.7 billion per year. The number of carers is expected to increase as the population ages, people live longer with complex conditions and more care continues to be delivered within family and community settings. Many carers balance caring responsibilities alongside employment, education, family commitments and their own health needs. The Council recognises that while thousands of carers are currently known to services, many more remain unidentified and are therefore unable to benefit from available support. Hidden carers remain a significant challenge across Lancashire, particularly within working-age populations, rural communities and communities that traditionally experience barriers to accessing support. Lancashire County Council (LCC) is in the process of undertaking an exercise to commission the Lancashire Carers Service. As part of an options appraisal, we wish to engage with key stakeholders in relation to a potential competitive procurement of the services.

Lancashire County Council will be seeking tenders for the provision of services for the collection, transportation and recycling of gypsum containing waste. The requirement may be separated into lots.

Lancashire County Council will be seeking tenders for the provision of treated residual waste recovery services. In summary, the services will comprise the collection, transportation, weighing and recovery of treated residual waste arising from the processing of residual waste at Thornton Waste Recovery Park.

This Tender is being published to support the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund, which is a major UK government initiative, administered by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV), designed to support local authorities in England to roll out electric vehicle public charging infrastructure. The scheme aims to assist residents without off-street parking in transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs). The Authority has been awarded £10,111,000 for the provision of public EV Chargepoints from the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Capital fund, funded by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles. Additionally, the Authority has secured £400,000 from the LEVI Pilot fund specifically for the delivery of lamppost-integrated Chargepoints. Delivery of the Pilot project has been included as a required element in this tender to ensure there is an integrated and consistent approach to EVI provision. The Authority's contribution towards the works required to deliver the Contract is £10,511,000 which is aggregate sum of the LEVI Capital fund the LEVI Pilot fund as set out above. This Procurement and subsequent Contract is offered and will be delivered as a single lot covering the whole county. The Authority's desire is that installations can be balanced across the more commercially viable and the less commercially viable areas across the county. An experienced CPO with the technical expertise to deliver at the required scale and at pace is vital for a contract of this size. Modelling conducted for the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Strategy link: 'https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/945415/the-lancashire-and-blackburn-with-darwen-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-strategy.pdf' supported by forecasts from Cenex and Transport for the North, indicates that Lancashire will require a minimum of 6,200 charging Sockets by 2030. The number of individual units (Chargepoints) will depend on the use of technology, i.e. 7kW or 50kW+, and the number of Sockets per Chargepoint, and will be determined as part of this tender. Looking ahead to 2035, demand modelling suggests that the number of required Sockets will rise to at least 11,000 to accommodate the county's expanding electric vehicle fleet. This forecasting does not form a part of the minimum criteria for this Tender, however, the Authority remains committed to delivering the highest possible level of provision for residents by leveraging both the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund and private sector investment. References to 2030 and 2035 are aspirational dates only from forecast modelling. The minimum criteria for this Tender has been set out in Appendix 3 of the tender documents, these are available via the Authorities e-sourcing portal Oracle Fusion. The final number of Sockets to be delivered will be determined through the Tender evaluation process. Accordingly, Tenderers are encouraged to submit their most competitive proposals for delivering Electric Vehicle Infrastructure across Lancashire. The Authority is supported by cenex 'Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies' in conducting this procurement.