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NOTE: This notice was updated on 07 July 2022 for the following reason: 9. Estimated Value of Requirement - Previously listed 25K to 50K, updated to read 50K to 100K(The BIG Design Lab(oratory) will deploy a Design Thinking challenge-based model into the BIG South London Workspaces - a programme of problem-solving events which combine a user-centred perspective with rational and analytical research with the goal of creating innovative, co-designed solutions. The Design Lab will a creative, interactive, collaborative construct where academics, students, businesses, and communities participate on time-intensive projects in real time. It will focus on not only developing innovative solutions to locally identified/sourced problems, but also will also equip participants with skills and experiences to enable them to best utilise their core disciplines in an inter-disciplinary setting. Design Lab will be a mobile, 'rolling' construct - circulating across the BIG workspace network every 1 to 2 months - thereby 'mixing' participants and providing a space for South London talent to act as ambassadors of their own academic discipline, to learn from the other disciplines, and to co-create solutions and innovate with stakeholders from wide array of South London backgrounds. In all activities the participants will be presented with pre-identified, real-life challenges framed by external stakeholders - including the local community, entrepreneurs, and businesses - and will be supported by a cross-disciplinary/sector team of advisors from a wide variety of disciplines including innovation, enterprise, technology, and design. The BIG Design Lab programme will create excitement, interest, and a sense of innovation and creativity within the Workspace Hubs. It will drive footfall to the sites, it will facilitate engagement with key workspaces audiences in the respective Boroughs (academics; students; entrepreneurs; investors etc.), and it will help define the spaces as being ones which create local solutions to local problems with the support of local people.)

Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: IV.2.2 Instead of: 20 October 2022 Time: 12:00 Read New: 28 September 2032 Time: 12:00 Other additional information: To view this notice please click here: https://wla.esourcingportal.com/current_opportunities.cfm The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames proposes to establish a platform for the provision of reablement, domiciliary care and live-in services. Providers can apply to join the platform at any time. There are no restrictions to the number of providers who can be appointed to the platform, so long as they meet the Council's evaluation methodology and award criteria for appointment. The platform will be for an initial period of 10 years with the option for extension up to a further period of 10 years, subject to periodic reviews. To support the extended duration of the platform the contracting authority will publish further notices as may be necessary. In the spirit of the Shared Staffing Arrangement with the London Borough of Wandsworth, they are a named Authority under this PIN, able to use the platform for the named services, in addition to its other contractual arrangements from time to time. Full details of this tendering exercise are provided within the Tender documents

Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: IV.2.2 Instead of: Deadline for tenders 12th December 2023 Read: Deadline for tenders 15th December 2023 Other additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out in the tender documents. The London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames is conducting an Open tender procurement exercise to hire heavy plant waste vehicles. The Council is seeking to appoint a contractor to supply various types of seven heavy plant vehicles as specified in the specification and in the ITT documents.