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Volumes required by NAC and SAC are provided in the attachment questionnaire. This PIN is to engage with the market around the delivery models which could support both North Ayrshire Council and South Ayrshire Councils in the supply of milk to establishments such as nurseries and schools. The PIN will explore supply and/or delivery models that will inform a contract strategy which will appraise the route to market and the supply and delivery model that is sought.

North Ayrshire Council (“NAC”) are looking to notify the market about the potential contract opportunity for a managed wide area network (“WAN”). The purpose of this market engagement questionnaire is to give suppliers advanced notice of the contract, determine the best route to market, and to help shape the procurement process in terms of any minimum requirements set. This procurement is not simply a technical refresh. NAC’s WAN is the backbone of its service delivery—supporting schools, corporate functions, libraries, cloud adoption, public safety, digital learning, and emerging smart technologies. It will also provide the foundation upon which NAC intends to build broader digital connectivity ambitions. Suppliers should therefore view this opportunity through both a technical and strategic lens. While the immediate requirement is the delivery of a secure, resilient, high-performance WAN, NAC also intends to leverage this procurement to invite ideas, innovation, and additional value that can support wider digital, economic, and social outcomes across the region. NAC are a strong believer in early supplier engagement to ensure the success of contracts. We would therefore like to encourage you to participate to ensure your feedback is captured and considered. The questionnaire should be returned to William Tomelty, Procurement Team Manager (Sustainability) at williamtomelty@north-ayrshire.gov.uk before close of business 9th December 2025.

Ayrshire Meet the Buyer 2025 Date: Tuesday 18th November 2025 Venue: The Park Hotel, Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, KA1 1UR Time: 9:30 AM – 12.30 PM The Supplier Development Programme and the Ayrshire Councils invite local businesses and third sector organisations to this free, in-person networking event, which will take place on Tuesday, 18 November 9:30am-12:30pm, in the Park Hotel Kilmarnock. Discover upcoming contracts and frameworks, build relationships with Ayrshire buyers, get advice on tendering and network with other local businesses. As well as the East, South and North Ayrshire Councils, exhibitors are set to include the Supplier Development Programme, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Public Contracts Scotland, Scotland Excel and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT). The event is FREE to attend and open to all, but places are limited. BOOK HERE https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events/ayrshire-meet-the-buyer-1886/

North Ayrshire Council (NAC) seek to notify the market of a potential future contract opportunity and invite feedback to support the development of the specification. NAC require a supplier to provide Automatic External Defibrillators (AED's), AED cabinets and associated equipment/peripherals. There are currently approximatley 130 AED's within North Ayrshire that we anticipate will require to be replaced over the contract period. The proposed contract will be for a period of up to 4 years. The terms and conditions of the contract will be North Ayrshire Council's Terms and Conditions for the Purchase of Goods and any Related Services. NAC welcomes expressions of interest from suppliers and invites responses to the attached questionnaire before close of business on Wednesday 10th September 2025. NAC reserve the right to engage with providers who express interest for the purposes of market research prior to tender release.

North Ayrshire Council’s Early Learning and Childcare Flexible Framework Agreement is now live, and in accordance with the terms of the framework new applicants are invited to join the framework throughout the contract duration. All providers who apply and meet the miniumum conditions of the Flexible Framework agreement (i.e. the National Standards & relevant legislation as noted in the attached documentation) and who accept the rates/framework terms and conditions shall be accepted to deliver funded provision through the Flexible Framework Agreement. Please review the attached documentation for further information. Completed applications should be sent to procurement@north-ayrshire.gov.uk. Applications received during the Flexible Framework period will be evaluated in a 4-6 week period from the application date. Providers successfully appointed to the framework will be eligible to deliver funded placements from their date of appointment (i.e. the date an award letter is issued) until the Framework expiry date (31st July 2025). Please note, the purpose of the Flexible Framework Agreement is to ensure that Providers meet the National Standards and requirements to be eligible to deliver funded placements. Providers should note that being appointed to the Flexible Framework Agreement does not provide any guarantee of business. The terms and conditions of the Flexible Framework Agreement will be the Early Learning and Childcare Model Terms and Conditions.

North Ayrshire Council are looking to put in place a flexible framework to deliver outcome-based care and support services for children and young people up to and including 25 years and adults. The framework will consist of the following lots Lot 1 - Children and Young People up to and including 25 years with a range of disabilities and needs and their families. Lot 2 - Adults with a Learning Disability Lot 3 - Adults with a Mental Health Disorder Lot 4 - Adults with a Physical/Sensory Disorder It is anticipated that the term of the contracts will be for 9 years with review and break mechanisms every 3 years. The anticipated commencement date is 11 January 2026.

North Ayrshire Council (“NAC”) on behalf of North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership (NAHSCP) are looking to notify the market of a potential future contract opportunity for a single provider to deliver a Community Links Network Service. There will be one network covering the Garnock Valley (this includes the towns of Beith, Dalry and Kilbirnie and smaller villages of Gateside, Barrmill, Longbar and Glengarnock) and one network covering Stevenston and surrounding areas. NAC welcomes expressions of interest from service providers, by completing the questionnaire attached and returning to laurakeane@north-ayrshire.gov.uk before close of business on Friday 13 June 2025. For additional information, please refer to the questionnaire attached.

North Ayrshire Council (“NAC”) are looking to notify the market of a potential future contract opportunity for a provider(s) to deliver care and support for Adults with a Learning Disability, Mental Health and Physical & Sensory Disability within 2 established North Ayrshire Council owned supported accommodation developments. Residents in both lots hold their own tenancy agreement with North Ayrshire Council. This will be split into two lots: Lot 1 - Bessie Dunlop Court, Dalry, KA24 5FA Lot 2 - Castlecraigs Curt, Glasgow Street, Ardrossan, Ka22 8EP The anticipated date for publication on PCS-Tender is 2 June 2025, with the start date of 1 April 2026. For additional information, please refer to the questionnaire attached. NAC welcomes expressions of interest from service providers, by completing the questionnaire attached and returning to laurakeane@north-ayrshire.gov.uk before close of business on Friday 30 May 2025.

NAC have an on-going requirement for the servicing, maintenance and repair of North Ayrshire Council’s public space surveillance camera system including all control, recording and monitoring equipment, cameras, etc, including the equipment within Marress House, Friars Croft, Irvine, KA12 8LU. All CCTV equipment and cameras shall be inspected and tested twice per annum together with attendance to all reported faults

The Council requires to procure an IT system able to support the Council’s obligations to monitor, manage transport arrangements to various establishments and ad hoc journeys for Service Users.

NAC are exploring the possibility of appointing a supplier to help support the council’s various waste collection services by delivering a lid replacement programme, and delivering exchanging, and removing new and replacement containers at properties in North Ayrshire. Containers will be stored on Council premises and remain the property of the Council until passed to the supplier. North Ayrshire Council (NAC) seek to engage with the market about this potential future contract opportunity. Initial investigations are being conducted into the feasibility of this scheme. Responses to this PIN will form the basis of a feasibility study. NAC welcomes expressions of interest from suppliers, by completing the questionnaire below and returning to fionawilson@north-ayrshire.gov.uk before close of business 06/01/25

North Ayrshire Council are looking to engage with the market about this potential future contract opportunity. The purpose of this PIN is to engage with service providers for early market testing. At this time there is no guarantee that NAC will be tendering for this requirement in the future. NAC welcomes expressions of interest from suppliers, by completing the questionnaire below and returning to lynseybennett@north-ayrshire.gov.uk before close of business 30/09/24.

North Ayrshire Council (NAC) seek to notify the market of a potential future contract opportunity for a service provider to deliver Corporate Banking Services to NAC, North Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership (NAHSCP) and North Ayrshire Leisure Limited (trading as KA Leisure). The contract is anticipated to commence 1st February 2025 for a period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. The terms and conditions of the contract will be North Ayrshire Council's Terms and Conditions of COntract for the Purchase of Services (NAC TC2). NAC welcomes expressions of interest from suppliers, by completing the questionnaire below and returning to lynseybennett@north-ayrshire.gov.uk before close of business on Wednesday 21st August 2024.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system used to record and manage workflow of all customer enquiries received via telephone, face to face and online and is required to be able to fully integrate with other systems including NEC Revenues, Benefits and Housing systems and the national My Account. The CRM system is a corporate system used across all Council Services located across North Ayrshire.

North Ayrshire Council seek to appoint a contractor to complete works to upgrade the B714. The proposed scheme is an infrastructure improvement of the B714, primarily between Girthill Farm (located midway along the B714, between the Sharphill roundabout on the A78 and Dalry) and a new roundabout on Kilwinning Road to the north-west of the existing Hillend roundabout. The scheme consists of - Online and offline corridor improvements along the existing B714 route comprising mostly of single lane carriageway - Embankment construction including cut and fill - Construction of a new roundabout tie-in on an existing single carriageway - Sustainable Urban Drainage (SUDs) network, which will control rainfall runoff from the route - Working with adjacent agricultural landowner and associated accommodation works and access Works are currently estimated to commence in April 2025 with completion in October 2026. The restricted process will be used for this requirement. Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “specific” turnover of (34,666,666) GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract. Bidders are required to provide a minimum of 2 examples of works contracts carried out in the past 5 years that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the supplies described in the Contract Notice. The supplies must be of a similar value, size and scope. Unsatisfactory experience will result in exclusion from the tender process. Bidders must also provide 2 satisfactory references for the same 2 contracts on the reference templates provided. References must be completed and signed by previous customers for contracts of a similar value, size and scope. If any of the referees score the bidder less than 2 the bidder will be excluded from the tender process. The form of contract will be New Engineering Contract (NEC) – NEC4 ECC Option A. The tender validity period for this tender will be 180 days. Further information on the requirements of the project can be found in the attached documents.

North Ayrshire Council (the Council) provides advice and information to prevent homelessness and to assist homeless households to understand their rights, by providing an accredited in-house advice service within the Housing Services Homeless Advice Team (HAT). This free advice service is available to anyone over the age of 16 and is tailored to meet to individual needs and circumstances. The procurement of independent advice, advocacy and information services from the third sector to be delivered across North Ayrshire will enhance the existing in-house provision and ensure the Council meets its statutory obligations. There is likely to be an increasing need for advocacy as indicated by an aging population, levels of depravation within the local area and the impact of the cost-of-living crisis. NAC welcomes expressions of interest from suppliers, by completing the questionnaire below and returning to raymondhamilton@north-ayrshire.gov.uk before close of business Monday 18th March 2024.

Working for a Healthy Economy (WfHE) is a large-scale investment in an occupational health service to ensure that Ayrshire has the requisite workforce to drive economic growth in the future. This project will serve to widen the labour pool and provide the basis for the maximisation of benefits arising from Ayrshire Growth Deal capital investments. Funded by the Ayrshire Growth Deal, WfHE will support: - unemployed residents overcome health barriers to economic activity - employed residents to retain employment by addressing health barriers - local businesses to access health related supports to improve retention and productivity of their workforce. This service was implemented in May 2021 and will end in April 2027, so this contact is at the midpoint of its timeline and has been delivered by an existing supplier on a Framework Contract which has been in place. The Framework has expired, and we are seeking to award a new contract for the duration of the project with effect from July 2024.

North Ayrshire Council (“NAC”) are looking to notify the market about this potential future contract opportunity. It is anticipated it will be advertised early 2024 as an open-tender, with the procurement exercise carried out via Public Contract Scotland-Tender (“PCS-T”). Exact dates will be shared in due course with those interested. NAC needs to review its current provision for its managed fleet store, which includes the supply of vehicle parts and plant parts. NAC require a fully managed and supported service including sourcing, supplying, collecting and delivering of parts, accessories and consumables to NAC’s on-site fleet store facility including the supply of the full range of parts, accessories and consumables for the repair of and maintenance of NAC’s fleet which includes amongst others refuse, roads and ground care vehicles. NAC’s on-site fleet store is located within the Transport Garage/Hub, West Byrehill Industrial Estate, Kilwinning KA13 6HN. This is a recurring requirement for NAC, with the current contract due to expire 12th August 2024. The new contract is expected to commence 13th August 2024 and be for a period of up to 5 years. NAC welcomes expressions of interest from suppliers, by completing the attached questionnaire and returning to williamtomelty@north-ayrshire.gov.uk before close of business Friday, 29th September 2023. If you have any questions about this PIN, please utilise the Q&A facility on PCS.

North Ayrshire Council (NAC) wish to appoint a framework of business partners to support the delivery of the Councils employability service. The framework responds to the No One Left Behind agenda and is therefore aligned to the priorities outlined in NOLB. The current employability and skills framework is due for renewal in August 2024 and will run until July 2028. The services required will be as follows: Lot 1 – Employability end-to-end service Lot 2 – Parental employment support service Lot 3 – Youth transition/engagement/support service Lot 4 – Transitional/volunteering service The current proposed timetable for the project is as follows: Publish ITT - 05/03/24 Deadline for submissions - 09/04/24 Award letters issued - 02/07/24 Contract start - 01/08/24 The terms and conditions used will be NAC's Conditions of Contract for the Purchase of Services. If you are interested in this opportunity please complete the Early Supplier Engagement questionnaire at the following link by 29/09/23 https://forms.office.com/e/PNKWGDX89r