UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Internal office refurbishment of 4th & 5th floor of Lawrence House, Norwich (commercial building owned by the council). Works include demolition of partitions, redistribution of power and data, new LED lighting and general redecoration. Sourced via 3 quote process.

Council previously used SharePoint 2013 which is at at end of life. Contract required in order to rebuild council systems required to run the authority effectively. Emergency procurement needed and best compliant option was Direct Award made via KCS Procurement Services for Managed ICT Services Framework (ref: Y18018)

Norwich City Council is looking for a provider of our out of hours telephony service, covering all out of hours calls (16:00 to 09:00 ) including bank holidays, weekends and the Christmas period separately, except for alarm monitoring and lift calls which are 24hrs a day. Service Users contact the helpdesk (set up by the provider on their own premises), the helpdesk collates this response and processes. Reports on calls are generated and sent to individual Norwich City Council departments as required. The provider will also manage a key collection service with a restricted access, secure key safe for Service Users and third parties to deposit or collect keys out of hours. The out of hours telephony service is essential to providing our statutory services to citizens with queries out of our standard office hours.

Re-Roofing works of Ashbourne Tower, Norwich. Procurement sourced via Further Competition process with the suppliers on the Roofing Framework with Eastern Procurement Limited (EPL). EPL is a not-for-profit organisation offering specialist compliant framework agreements, social landlords and other public sector bodies, predominantly in the Eastern region. The council are owner members of EPL and work closely with them to create bespoke procurement frameworks. The frameworks promote value for money for the council and include SMEs and local suppliers.

Following a water leak on 25 January 2023 in the William Mear Gardens area of Norwich, Norfolk and the appearance of a sinkhole, the existing supplier who had been awarded the standard adhoc Geotechnical Site Investigations services contract (under NRW/HCS/9852/G) were tasked with visiting the site as soon as possible to work with the council in order to ensure the area was made safe as soon as possible and to also assess the stability of the surrounding area. A new contract arrangement was required due to the additional value as the existing could not be varied under Regulation 72. The new contract award is compliant under Regulation 32 (2) as an emergency procurement requirement. The supplier will continue to be available to the council for their services on this project as and when required for a period of one year to 26 January 2024. The information of the water leak and the sinkhole is in the public domain.

Lazar House, Sprowston Road, Norwich is a Historic England listed building. The existing boiler plant room is now obsolete. A complete boiler upgrade is required due to age and maintenance as parts are now discontinued. As utility costs have also escalated, a modern mechanical plant is much more efficient.

Upgrades, enhancements and repairs to Void (empty) council owned properties to get them fit for purpose for the next tenant. Tasks cover 'Whole Home Improvements' so one supplier to provide all works required per individual property. A Direct Award has been made via a call-off from the main Property Improvements Framework (covers all Sections within framework) with Eastern Procurement Limited (EPL). EPL is a not-for-profit organisation offering specialist compliant framework agreements, social landlords and other public sector bodies, predominantly in the Eastern region. The council are owner members of EPL and work closely with them to create bespoke procurement frameworks. The frameworks promote value for money for the council and include SMEs and local suppliers. The award was approved by a council director and the Portfolio holder for social housing. Temporary contract for 6 months when a longer term solution will be looked at.

Upgrades, enhancements and repairs to tenanted council properties that require repairs to bring them back up to the Norwich Housing Standard. Tasks cover 'Whole Home Improvements' so one supplier to provide all works required per individual property. A Direct Award has been made via a call-off from the main Property Improvements Framework (covers all Sections within framework) with Eastern Procurement Limited (EPL). EPL is a not-for-profit organisation offering specialist compliant framework agreements, social landlords and other public sector bodies, predominantly in the Eastern region. The council are owner members of EPL and work closely with them to create bespoke procurement frameworks. The frameworks promote value for money for the council and include SMEs and local suppliers.

Single supplier contract for the council's upgrading programme of composite windows. A Direct Award has been made via a call-off from the Windows, Doors and Roofline Framework with Eastern Procurement Limited (EPL). EPL is a not-for-profit organisation offering specialist compliant framework agreements, social landlords and other public sector bodies, predominantly in the Eastern region. The council are owner members of EPL and work closely with them to create bespoke procurement frameworks. The frameworks promote value for money for the council and include SMEs and local suppliers. The award was approved by Cabinet members at its meeting on 08 March 2023.

As per it's Compliance Improvement Plan, Norwich City Council requires the support of a licenced contractor to undertake Fire Risk Assessments as part of its planned works programme across both housing and corporate buildings. This has been awarded against Lot 6 of the Compliance Framework with Eastern Procurement Limited (EPL). EPL is a not-for-profit organisation offering specialist compliant framework agreements, social landlords and other public sector bodies, predominantly in the Eastern region. The council are owner members of EPL and work closely with them to create bespoke procurement frameworks. The frameworks promote value for money for the council and include SMEs and local suppliers. The award was approved by Cabinet members at its meeting on 08 March 2023.

As part of it's Compliance Improvement Plan, Norwich City Council requires the support of a licenced survey contractor to undertake survey works with the purpose of identifying asbestos containing materials as part of its planned works programme across both housing and corporate buildings. Award made against Lot 4b of Compliance Framework with Eastern Procurement Limited (EPL). EPL is a not-for-profit organisation offering specialist compliant framework agreements, social landlords and other public sector bodies, predominantly in the Eastern region. The council are owner members of EPL and work closely with them to create bespoke procurement frameworks. The frameworks promote value for money for the council and include SMEs and local suppliers. The award was approved by Cabinet members at its meeting on 08 March 2023.

As part of it's Compliance Improvement Plan, Norwich City Council requires the support of two licenced survey contractors to undertake survey works with the purpose of identifying asbestos containing materials as part of its planned works programme across both housing and corporate buildings. This notice is for Supplier 1. Award made against Lot 4a of Compliance Framework with Eastern Procurement Limited (EPL). EPL is a not-for-profit organisation offering specialist compliant framework agreements, social landlords and other public sector bodies, predominantly in the Eastern region. The council are owner members of EPL and work closely with them to create bespoke procurement frameworks. The frameworks promote value for money for the council and include SMEs and local suppliers. The award was approved by Cabinet members at its meeting on 08 March 2023.

As part of it's Compliance Improvement Plan, Norwich City Council requires the support of two licenced survey contractors to undertake survey works with the purpose of identifying asbestos containing materials as part of its planned works programme across both housing and corporate buildings. This notice is for Supplier 2. Award was made against Lot 4a of Compliance Framework with Eastern Procurement Limited (EPL). EPL is a not-for-profit organisation offering specialist compliant framework agreements, social landlords and other public sector bodies, predominantly in the Eastern region. The council are owner members of EPL and work closely with them to create bespoke procurement frameworks. The frameworks promote value for money for the council and include SMEs and local suppliers. The award was approved by Cabinet members at its meeting on 08 March 2023.

External decoration work as required to council owned housing properties. A Direct Award has been made via a call-off from the Decorating Framework with Eastern Procurement Limited (EPL). EPL is a not-for-profit organisation offering specialist compliant framework agreements, social landlords and other public sector bodies, predominantly in the Eastern region. The council are owner members of EPL and work closely with them to create bespoke procurement frameworks. The frameworks promote value for money for the council and include SMEs and local suppliers. The award was approved by Cabinet members at its meeting on 08 March 2023.

Communal estate improvements works (various duties to improve and repair as required) to council owned housing properties. A Direct Award has been made via a call-off from the Property Improvements Framework (Major Works sub-section) with Eastern Procurement Limited (EPL). EPL is a not-for-profit organisation offering specialist compliant framework agreements, social landlords and other public sector bodies, predominantly in the Eastern region. The council are owner members of EPL and work closely with them to create bespoke procurement frameworks. The frameworks promote value for money for the council and include SMEs and local suppliers. The award was approved by Cabinet members at its meeting on 08 March 2023.

Domestic electrical inspections, testing, upgrades and rewires as required to council owned housing properties. A Direct Award has been made via a call-off from the Decorating Framework with Eastern Procurement Limited (EPL). EPL is a not-for-profit organisation offering specialist compliant framework agreements, social landlords and other public sector bodies, predominantly in the Eastern region. The council are owner members of EPL and work closely with them to create bespoke procurement frameworks. The frameworks promote value for money for the council and include SMEs and local suppliers. The award was approved by Cabinet members at its meeting on 08 March 2023.

Domestic gas heating upgrades as required to council owned housing properties. A Direct Award has been made via a call-off from the Decorating Framework with Eastern Procurement Limited (EPL). EPL is a not-for-profit organisation offering specialist compliant framework agreements, social landlords and other public sector bodies, predominantly in the Eastern region. The council are owner members of EPL and work closely with them to create bespoke procurement frameworks. The frameworks promote value for money for the council and include SMEs and local suppliers. The award was approved by Cabinet members at its meeting on 08 March 2023.

Property condition surveys required to council housing stock. A Direct Award has been made via a call-off from the against Lot 5 (Strategic Asset Advisory Real Estate) of the Financial Advisory Services Framework with NFP was made. The National Framework Partnership (NFP) is a leading provider of Public Procurement Frameworks promoting value for money and includes the use of SME's.

Licensing and support for various Jadu subscription and support services (IT contract). Compliant direct award via Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 13 Framework ref: RM1557.13.

Outsystems is a 'low-code' digital software platform that is used to develop end-to-end solutions and integrate these with the council's 'line of business' applications. A compliant direct award has been made for these services utilising KCS Framework ref: Y20023.