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Aims To set up and deliver an enterprise support programme that will unlock enterprise skills within the districts to ensure that South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse is a healthy and vibrant place, reduce social isolation and improve employment opportunities in areas of deprivation. Objectives Funding is available for an organisation or organisations to deliver a programme that will provide access to skills and knowledge for individuals or groups that will assist them to identify opportunities for self-employment or business creation. This should include sole traders providing services to the local area, social enterprises and co-ops that benefit the local community and opportunities for individuals to develop enterprise skills in areas of deprivation that could lead to self-employment. Scope The programme will offer a range of specialist support, including expert advice and guidance which helps residents to consider self-employment opportunities and provides them with a route to start or grow a business. A focus of this procurement is to create purposeful businesses including social enterprises and co-ops that provide a benefit to communities in areas of multiple deprivation.

a) South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council (the Councils) operate a shared household waste collection service. This is currently subject to a contractual arrangement with a company that lease a site that includes a waste transfer facility. This situation will change going forwards. b) Through the shared collection contract, the Council’s currently provide separate kerbside collection of co-mingled dry recycling, food waste, garden waste and residual waste and are in the top 5 local authorities in the country for recycling performance. c) The current waste transfer facilities are only used for ‘Dry Mixed Recyclate’ (DMR) which is the co-mingled recyclable waste stream. The non-recyclable (residual), garden waste and food waste all have existing in-district drop-off points and aren’t included in the contract being tendered. d) The current transfer station is not secured for the long-term. Therefore, the Councils are seeking alternative transfer provision.

A section of the Northern boundary wall at All saints Church, Coleshill has collapsed and needs to be re-built. A large section of the Western boundary needs re-pointing and some minor structural repairs. The Northern boundary wall is retaining approximately 2.5m of churchyard and abuts a neighbouring property to the North, known as Rectory Cottage. All works to the outer face of the wall will need to be conducted from the neighbouring landowner's property (grass verge adjacent to Rectory Cottage driveway), with mechanical excavation from the churchyard side to expose and then shore up foundations. The Northern boundary wall is compromised in 4 separate areas: a suspect area of bulging, cracking and significant mortar loss (section A1), an area of localised collapse (Sections A2-B1) and 2 further areas of significant cracking (Section B2 - B3). The Western boundary is retaining approximately 2.5m of churchyard and runs adjacent to Church Lane (Highway). All works to the outer face of the wall will need to be conducted from the public highway. The Western boundary wall (section Z) has experienced significant mortar loss due to age of the structure and previous penetrating vegetation. There is moderate damage to a quoin / pillar, adjacent the western steps up to the churchyard, which requires the removal of a shrub stump and realignment. All the above areas require full or localised re-pointing, as defined in the specifications. The churchyard is closed under the 1972 Local Government Act and is under the care and maintenance of Vale of White Horse District Council. The Council has been given faculty permission to carry out the works, from the Diocese of Oxford. It is confirmed that in this instance, Ecclesiastical consent under the 2010 Ecclesiastical Act, supersedes Planning or Listed Building consent and further licences are not required for the purposes of these remedials. The Council seeks to obtain costs for contractual remedial works. Pricing should be based on the structural and material scope of works and calculations provided as supporting documents to this brief.

A section of the Western boundary wall at St Giles Church, Great Coxwell has collapsed and needs to be re-built. The wall is retaining approximately 2.5m of churchyard and abuts a neighbouring property to the West, known as Downsview. All works to the outer face of the wall will need to be conducted from the neighbouring landowner's property, with mechanical excavation from the churchyard side, to expose and then shore up foundations The wall is compromised in 2 separate areas: a suspect area of bulging and significant mortar loss (Section 3) and an area of localised collapse (known as Section 5). Both areas require remedial works and re-pointing. The churchyard is closed under the 1972 Local Government Act and is under the care and maintenance of Vale of White Horse District Council. The Council has been given faculty permission to carry out the works, from the Diocese of Oxford. It is confirmed that in this instance, Ecclesiastical consent under the 2010 Ecclesiastical Act, supersedes Planning or Listed Building consent and further licences are not required for the purposes of these remedials. The Council seeks to obtain costs for contractual remedial works. Pricing should be based on the structural and material scope of works and calculations provided as supporting documents to this brief.

The works comprise the reconstruction and pothole repair to internal cemetery footpaths, and the resurfacing of the roadway serving Wallingford Cemetery.

The main aim of the procurement is to obtain the detailed design, precise locations, manufacture and installation in the public domain of a suite of wayfinding signage in Didcot Garden Town in accordance with the approved Didcot Wayfinding Strategy 2024, including sustainable decommissioning of redundant signage to be identified through site survey.

Market House, located in the centre of Thame, Oxfordshire, is a grade II listed building owned by South Oxfordshire District Council. The building houses public conveniences and the Thame branch of the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB). The CAB (the tenants) will re-locate to temporary offices for the duration of the works. The current toilet facilities located at Market House are coming to the end of their lifespan. The council wishes to modify the existing toilet provision and re-model the internal layout to include the addition of a Changing Places facility. The amenities at Market House will comprise of: • 1 Changing Places toilet facility • 2 unisex toilet cubicles • 1 Ambulant disabled toilet with baby changing facility • Service areas to replenish stock and to store relevant equipment The council has already gained planning permission for these works; therefore, the conditions of this planning consent must be met. The application number is P24/S0622/FUL. The conditions of the planning consent can be viewed within the tender supporting documents pack (ref: Decision Notice). Objectives To complete the refurbishment, including the installation of the Changing Places facility, ready for public use no later than 30th June 2025. This is to allow requisite time for separate works that are scheduled to the exterior of the building to take place before the Citizens Advice Bureau move back into the building at the start of August 2025. To achieve full registration status of the Changing Places facility from Changing Places UK and to have the facility publicized on their website. To achieve all the works in the timeframe as set out within this invitation to tender.

The aim is to obtain a proposal through RIBA Stage 2-6 for the detailed design and specification of four blue-green infrastructure enhancement projects in areas of Didcot identified and analysed in the Green Infrastructure strategy. The proposal will include preparation and, subject to council approval, submission of drawings and documents to secure planning permission and preparation of Tender documents to enable procurement of contractors, which may include art commissions, to implement the projects on the ground. We are seeking a multi-disciplined team of consultants that cover a range of skill sets to enable the successful delivery of this commission, to include the following: • Landscape Architect / Lead Consultant / Project Manager • Quantity Surveyor • Planner • Ecologist • Hydrologist / drainage engineer • Public art commissioning specialist • Commissioning of surveys required to develop and implement design proposals.

The aim is to obtain a proposal for the detailed design and specification of four blue-green infrastructure enhancement projects in areas of Didcot identified and analysed in the Green Infrastructure strategy (see Figure 1) through RIBA Stage 2-4. The proposal will include: • Principal Designer requirements under The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 • commissioning and carrying out of all surveys required to inform design and planning applications • engagement with relevant landowners (including the council) in liaison with the Didcot Garden Town team • preparation of drawings and documents, subject to council approval, required to secure planning permission with a focus on electronic versions rather than paper • preparation of specifications, including drawings and documents, to enable the council to procure contractors to implement the works on the ground. Project management of works on the ground, using the specifications prepared under this contract, is a future deliverable and will be procured separately by the council in due course. We are seeking a multi-disciplined team of consultants that cover a range of skill sets to enable the successful delivery of this commission, which may include the following: • Landscape architect / lead consultant (Principal Designer under CDM regs) • Quantity Surveyor • Planner • Ecologist • Hydrologist / drainage engineer

South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council (the councils) are replacing the active network components of their offices and buildings, including all switching, wireless access points and security devices. The councils wish to move to a single cloud-managed platform for all sites and devices enabling management through a single dashboard. The solution should include installation and configuration of the devices to enable the councils' network to support the migration to a Zero-Trust-Network (ZTN) using SD-WAN. All sites support hybrid working with staff being able to work at home and within the office over a corporate LAN. The councils' technology strategy is a cloud-first approach, and all main applications are either delivered software-as-a-service (SaaS), are planned to move to SaaS or be hosted in Azure. Productivity applications are provided via Microsoft 365. The councils have no main datacentre or physical centralised server-room. Each site will be connected to the internet via direct connection and will require network protection. OUTLINE REQUIREMENTS Solution must be managed through a single cloud enabled platform and provide single dashboard for unified management for switching, wireless and security appliances. Modern deployment through zero-touch provisioning. Network and wireless should support latest technology version and allow for future growth. Network switches must: • support stacking where more than one switch is being deployed in a comms rack. • Provide PoE to support wireless access points and QoS to assist with voice and video network traffic. • Switch ports to support multi-gigabit for wireless access points. • Switches to support VLAN for network segregation. Wireless access points must: • be minimum Wifi-6E (802.11ax) • support multi-gigabit ports. • Be powered via PoE wherever possible. Security Appliances must: • support SD-wan and ZTN technologies. • provide local DHCP, NAT, QoS and VLAN management services. • support site to site VPN into MS Azure for each site. Suppliers must provide a detailed price breakdown for: a. Hardware for each site b. 5 year enterprise licence and support c. Installation and configuration for each site d. Ongoing annual support for the duration of 5 year enterprise licence period

The works associated with the decarbonisation projects at Didcot Wave Leisure Centre and Park Sports Centre include the removal of existing boiler plant assets and replacement with ASHPs and the addition of Solar PV, low flow temperature distribution systems, heat emitter upgrades and other associated works. The tender for Design & Build contractor/s will be under a two-stage procurement process - initially with PCSA award only - to develop the Brief provided for both properties to RIBA Stage 4 and to provide tender costs with Value Engineering, if needed, to achieve the budget and to allow early vested purchase of equipment to maintain the programme and the grant spend requirements. There will be some fabric works to the roof and cavity wall insulation measures at Park Sports Centre, designed by others, that will need to be completed under the PCSA once the location of ASHPs has been finalised. There will be some external works at Didcot Wave associated with the assessment of space utilisation for ASHP housing.

We are seeking experienced public art practitioners to explore ideas and (after a period of community engagement) propose designs for artistic wayfinding trail throughout Great Western Park (GWP) development , Didcot. The trails around the entire site where stories and celebrations can be immersed within areas of green space in and surrounding the development. This is an opportunity to bring existing stories from the wider area into the modern story of the development. The aim of the trails is to highlight the surrounding landscape and its integration within GWP, taking inspiration from our key themes of natural history, science and local history as specified in the GWP Public plan as; • Countryside Complementary • Science is in our DNA • Quality Local

South Oxfordshire District Council invites suitable organisations to receive tender documentation for the demolition, asbestos clearance and associated works of Council owned former retail units at 116 - 118 Broadway, Didcot, South Oxfordshire, OX11 8AB. These council owned retail units are no longer considered suitable and have been identified for demolition and site clearance ahead of the redevelopment of the site. There is asbestos present at the site. The Works are to consist of the safe demolition of the buildings and site clearance, including the safe removal of any asbestos containing materials both non notifiable and notifiable, prior to the building being demolished. The site must be well secured by use of appropriate fencing and the safety of members of the public and nearby residents throughout the Works is paramount and must be assured at all times.

The two councils have shared a long-term waste contract with a private contractor. This is due to end in the summer of 2026. Within the current contract terms the two councils have the right to take back the vehicles at contract end. To inform vehicle replacements and for the councils to best understand the condition of the fleet that may novate back to them, a comprehensive audit of the fleet is required. . Quotes are therefore being sought to undertake the following: • A full condition survey and valuation of the fleet in April 2025 • A full condition survey and valuation of the fleet in April 2026

South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council (the Councils) are seeking to appoint a contractor to provide refuse collection and waste related services (including, residual waste, dry recyclables, green waste, food waste, clinical waste and bulky waste services) along with a broad portfolio of street cleansing services in order to achieve cross-border efficiencies. The successful contractor will be required to deliver the services as set out in the Councils' specification. The Councils will make available their existing fleets of vehicles and containers to the successful contractor required to deliver the services. The appointed contractor will not be required to fund the purchase or secure the acquisition of any major plant necessary to deliver the services but may have to arrange short term substitute vehicles whilst routine maintenance and servicing is undertaken. The intention is for the Councils to establish a new depot at OX44 where the fleet can be operated from. However, there is the possibility for the depot to be located elsewhere within the South Oxfordshire/Vale of White Horse area and further details on this is set out in the procurement documents. The Councils are not requiring the contractor to provide its own depot and/or fleet and/or containers in order to deliver the services.

Establish access to a database that provides access to company information to enable the councils to understand local economic activity including within Enterprise Zones and the wider Science Vale area Provide data that enables the council to check company details, contributing to decision making, financial stability and risk management.

To appoint a Principal Contractor to carry out exterior refurbishment works to Market House, Thame OX9 3HH, on behalf of South Oxfordshire District Council

To appoint a Principal Contractor to carry out exterior refurbishment works to Market House, Thame OX9 3HH, on behalf of South Oxfordshire District Council. The building is owned by South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC). The winning bidder will act as the Principal Contractor for the works and will provide all work schedules and programs. CDM will be administrated by CMI Architects, in conjunction with the Principal Contractor. This building is Grade 2 listed and any work must be carried out in accordance with any relevant regulations.

his Invitation to Quote ("ITQ") is issued to those Bidders wishing to provide a quote to South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council ("the council") for the delivery of the following services (the "Contract") at 11nr. leisure sites for which the council are responsible: Condition Surveys & Planned & Preventative Maintenance Schedules (PPM) Measured Building Surveys Photographic Records of Condition* Reinstatement Cost Assessments * not required at all facilities. See scope of works below for full details.