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This contract is for the Planned Maintenance, Servicing and Reactive Maintenance for All Fire Alarm Systems and Equipment at The University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester/Southend - on - Sea and - Loughton Campus’s, including any testing, checks or emergency call outs as required. The Contract shall operate for a period of 3 calendar years, plus up to further 2 years and possibility of extending up to another 2 years from the commencement date determined by The University of Essex. (Please note a requirement of this contract is for the bidders to be a "Drax Technologies" accredited partner)

The Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement to meet the Utility Supply and Energy Management Services needs of the University of Essex, https://www.essex.ac.uk/ and It is also open for use by all contracting authorities across the UK public sector (and any future successors to these organisations). These include (but not limited to) central government departments and agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies, Local Authorities, Police Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Hospices, Registered Charities, National Parks and Registered Social Landlords. Full details of the classification of eligible end user establishments and geographical areas is available at: https://www.dukefieldenergy.co.uk/fts-eligible-users There will be let across seven Lots. There will be a maximum of 6 suppliers awarded a place on each of the Lots Includes Lots: Lot 1: Electricity Supply and Additional Services Lot 2: Natural Gas Supply Lot 3: Supply of Metered and Unmetered Water, Metered and Unmetered Wastewater, Trade Effluent Services and Ancillary Services Lot 4: Energy Efficiency Solutions Lot 5: Onsite Generation - Solar Photovoltaics Lot 6: Onsite Generation - Heat Pumps Lot 7: Supply of Metering Services and Building Energy Management Software To access this competition: Registered: Login to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity CA10354. Not registered: Visit https://suppliers.multiquote.com then register and quote CA10354 as the reason for registration. Any queries please contact MultiQuote on 0151 482 9230.

The Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement to meet the Utility Supply and Energy Management Services needs of the University of Essex, https://www.essex.ac.uk/ and It is also open for use by all contracting authorities across the UK public sector (and any future successors to these organisations). These include (but not limited to) central government departments and agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies, Local Authorities, Police Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Hospices, Registered Charities, National Parks and Registered Social Landlords. Full details of the classification of eligible end user establishments and geographical areas is available at: https://www.dukefieldenergy.co.uk/fts-eligible-users There will be let across seven Lots. There will be a maximum of 6 suppliers awarded a place on each of the Lots

The University of Essex is looking to conduct some soft market testing for suppliers that could provide a periodic cleaning service to the University of Essex in both student residential areas and the main administrative estate. Suppliers must be aware that the work volumes are not guaranteed and can fluctuate depending on student numbers and the requirements of our summer conference business in our accommodation areas.

The University of Essex is seeking a supplier that can provide a versatile X-ray irradiator to study radiotoxicity, radioresistance, infectious viruses and healthy ageing along with a 30 month service contract

The University of Essex is seeking a supplier to provide a versatile X-ray irradiator to study radiotoxicity, radioresistance, infectious viruses and healthy ageing along with a 30 month service contract.

The University of Essex is reviewing how it delivers International Student recruitment. As part of this review, we would like to meet with suppliers who are able to deliver this service across the globe and explore delivery models which could improve the University's current delivery model. It is planned that the output from these supplier meetings will inform the procurement specification for a global tender initially covering China, India, and Indian sub-continent, the Middle East, South East Asia and with view to expand in Africa and other markets in line with the University recruitment and business strategy Please register your interest by Monday 7th November 2022 - Mid day 12.00 The University will aim to conduct supplier meetings throughout November 2022 with the intention to tender early next year (2023).

The Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement to meet the Utility Supply and Energy Management Services needs of the University of Essex, https://www.essex.ac.uk/ and It is also open for use by all contracting authorities across the UK public sector (and any future successors to these organisations). These include (but not limited to) central government departments and agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies, Local Authorities, Police Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Hospices, Registered Charities, National Parks and Registered Social Landlords. Full details of the classification of eligible end user establishments and geographical areas is available at: https://www.dukefieldenergy.co.uk/fts-eligible-users There will be let across seven Lots. There will be a maximum of 6 suppliers awarded a place on each of the Lots Includes Lots: Lot 1: Electricity Supply and Additional Services Lot 2: Natural Gas Supply Lot 3: Supply of Metered and Unmetered Water, Metered and Unmetered Wastewater, Trade Effluent Services and Ancillary Services Lot 4: Energy Efficiency Solutions Lot 5: On-Site Generation - Solar Photovoltaics Lot 6: On-Site Generation Heat Pumps Lot 7: Supply of Metering Services and Building Energy Management Software To access this competition: Registered: Login to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity CA11102. Not registered: Visit https://suppliers.multiquote.com then register and quote CA11102 as the reason for registration. Any queries please contact MultiQuote on 0151 482 9230.

The Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement to meet the Utility Supply and Energy Management Services needs of the University of Essex, https://www.essex.ac.uk/ and It is also open for use by all contracting authorities across the UK public sector (and any future successors to these organisations). These include (but not limited to) central government departments and agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies, Local Authorities, Police Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Hospices, Registered Charities, National Parks and Registered Social Landlords. Full details of the classification of eligible end user establishments and geographical areas is available at: https://www.dukefieldenergy.co.uk/fts-eligible-users There will be let across seven Lots. There will be a maximum of 6 suppliers awarded a place on each of the Lots

The University of Essex (the Authority) invites expressions of interest for participation in a tender process for the refurbishment of the third of six Towers, Rayleigh, at our Colchester campus. The University of Essex has already completed refurbishment works of the first two Towers on the south side of campus and over the coming five years, will refurbish the remaining four towers, on the north side of campus. The refurbishment works will provide more thermally efficient buildings, with all new services, considerably enhancing the student accommodation for many years to come. The project involves the complete removal of almost all elements to the building, only the wall and floor structures will remain intact. The existing services will be fully stripped out including all of the plant serving the building. Both of the existing lifts will be entirely removed, and remedial works undertaken to the lift shafts. All the windows and curtain walling will be removed which will require a full scaffold to the entire building. The roof will need to be replaced with the addition of thermal insulation. Added to this, internal services are failing and a major refurbishment is required in order to ensure the towers can be certified as 'safe to occupy' under the Building Safety Act and to maintain the life of the asset and preserve it for future years. The towers blocks are classed as 'higher risk' buildings under the Building Safety Act which was granted Royal Assent on the 28 April 2022. Work needs to begin as part of this project on preparing safety cases for all accommodation coming into the remit of the pending legislation. All new services are to be installed with a considerable amount of design consideration to reflect the way in which students live and operate within the building. For example, the introduction of mechanical ventilation to all communal areas and student bedrooms. The building will have a new fire detection system, combined with an all new misting sprinkler system throughout. Fire compartmentation will be given great attention both horizontally and vertically through the building. The project will also deliver new fire-fighting lifts. Within the design brief the ethos has been to implement high levels of protection to life of the occupants and to enhance the fire strategy for the building.

Rayleigh Tower is located within the South Courts student accommodation area of the University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ. Rayleigh Tower is the third of six iconic towers at the University be refurbished. Each Tower provides student accommodation to over 200 students, per tower, per year. It is the University’s intention that the other three towers are subject to a similar scope of works over a managed timeframe. Rayleigh Tower has 16 levels, and is served by 2 lifts and a single staircase.

The University of Essex wishes to establish a new framework agreement for periodic contract cleaning across three lots that will ensure that the University has access to a number of experienced, capable and good value cleaning contractors to meet the cleaning needs that arise at various points during the academic year. Details of individual lots are as follows; Lot 1: Summer Period (July & September): Following end of tenancy move out of undergraduate students (July) and postgraduate students (September). Deep cleaning to bedrooms with and without ensuite bathrooms and scheduled “sparkle” cleaning to communal areas; consisting of shared bathrooms, communal kitchens, foyers, lobby’s, stairwells and corridors. Lot 2: Summer Period (July – August): Regular service cleaning to residential areas during Event Essex conference period alongside our in-house cleaning team. Bidders may be required to provide additional staff for the last week of September. Lot 3: Termly office cleaning in academic and administrative areas three times per academic year (December, April & August). Please note the current academic year runs from September 2022 to August 2023, therefore call off order no.1 for lot 3 will be for August 2023 only. Bidders to note that there is a maximum period of 4 weeks to complete this work, there is no minimum period.

The University of Essex wishes to establish a new framework agreement for periodic contract cleaning across three lots that will ensure that the University has access to a number of experienced, capable and good value cleaning contractors to meet the cleaning needs that arise at various points during the academic year. Details of individual lots are as follows; Lot 1: Summer Period (July & September): Following end of tenancy move out of undergraduate students (July) and postgraduate students (September). Deep cleaning to bedrooms with and without ensuite bathrooms and scheduled "sparkle" cleaning to communal areas; consisting of shared bathrooms, communal kitchens, foyers, lobby's, stairwells and corridors. Lot 2: Summer Period (July - August): Regular service cleaning to residential areas during Event Essex conference period alongside our in-house cleaning team. Bidders may be required to provide additional staff for the last week of September. Lot 3: Termly office cleaning in academic and administrative areas three times per academic year (December, April & August). Please note the current academic year runs from September 2022 to August 2023, therefore call off order no.1 for lot 3 will be for August 2023 only. Bidders to note that there is a maximum period of 4 weeks to complete this work, there is no minimum period.

At Essex, in line with the national picture, we have seen a significant growth in the demand for student mental health services. Our Student Wellbeing and Inclusivity Service (SWIS) provides a professional and proactive service for students within a safe, healthy and inclusive environment. It is our ambition to support our students to fulfil their potential as individuals and to enable them to be active participants in their own educational experiences and the transformational opportunities available to them at the University of Essex. Counselling is part of the service provision in SWIS. We are seeking an external counselling partner who has a strong understanding of the higher education context, including the student journey, and will be able to adapt provision to meet the diverse needs of students.

**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION AND IS FOR SOFT MARKET TESTING PURPOSES ONLY. A FULL TENDER PROCEDURE WILL BE CONDUCTED IN FUTURE** University of Essex is seeking to engage with a supplier to support our plans to analyse blood from members of a general population sample of the UK. The basic requirements are that the supplier: 1. Receives a weekly secure data-flow from Kantar Public, containing the name, address, and a unique identifier of a participant of Understanding Society, who has agreed to have this information passed on. 2. Posts out a kit to eligible participants, with a unique barcode, to enable them to take a capillary blood sample, and to return it to the laboratory through the post. The recipients will be based across the UK. The outer packaging will have a clearly identifiable UN Hazard Logo (UN3373). The kit should contain everything needed to collect the capillary blood samples. It should also include instructions, a covering letter from the study, and the necessary packaging to return the sample through the post. The number of participants will vary each week, depending on uptake rates, but we estimate around 10,000 kits will be sent out across the 30 months of the project. Interviews numbers are higher in the first year of the project with a mop up period in the 3rd year. Given this, we estimate 950 kits may be required per month at the start of the project and only 60 in the last few months. 3. Analyses the blood to provide a range of analytes. Provides to industry standards, and provides information on the quality of the samples and results. 4. Uploads to a secure portal the results of the blood analysis connected to the unique identifier of the participant. Turnaround time between receiving the sample and uploading the results should be no longer than 2 weeks. 5. Aliquots and freezes blood for transfer to long term storage.

**SOFT MARKET TESTING ONLY** Introduction The University has three campuses at Colchester, Southend and Loughton, with the largest and most significant at Colchester. Across the campuses are c.54 buildings (47/53 split of residential to non-residential buildings), from a historic Grade II Listed hotel to a carbon zero business school. A significant design element at the Colchester campus is the 1960's brutalist architecture that dominates the central area, with its combination of single pane glass and exposed concrete construction. In December 2020 the University declared a Climate and Ecological Emergency and in May 2021 the University set a target to reach net zero scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 2035 from a 2019 baseline of 12,300 tonnes, with a maximum of 3,000 tonnes of offsetting. The University has reduced its scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions from a peak of 18,851 in 2012 to 8,997 tonnes in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Emissions have risen back to 10,475 tonnes in 2021. The University has also set a target to reduce energy consumption from the built environment by 76% from a 2019 baseline by 2035. Our buildings heating and hot water is predominantly produced by traditional gas boilers and wet radiators. Across our three campuses we also have electric radiators, electric boilers, ground and air source heat pumps, chillers and comfort cooling units. Energy and carbon reduction work to date has focused on lighting upgrades and sensors, replacement aging boilers with new efficient models, BMS upgrades and PV panels. Limited building fabric work has taken place. Scoped energy and carbon reduction projects for the next 18 months include further PV panels, roof insulation, LED lighting upgrades, air source heat pumps and further electric radiators. Requirements and Deliverables The University requires a plan setting out the enhancements required to its built environment, to realise its aspirations and to formalise its journey to net zero scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 2035. The University also wishes to gain clarity what capital will be required to achieve net zero scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 2035 and as the estates heating is decarbonised, how the energy mix will alter. The requirements are split across four parts as follows: • Part 1 - Detailed scoping of buildings across three campuses. • Part 2 - Carbon management/decarbonisation plan. • Part 3 - Energy mix exercise as heating is decarbonised.

**SOFT MARKET TESTING ONLY** The University is seeking to install SMART TRV which provides a high-tech solutions to heat only the rooms in use. The SMART TRV should be robust and able to communicate long-range The SMART TRV should harvest energy from the heat without the need of batteries. Access to an online portal or dashboard to monitor and measure energy usage and carbon emissions from each individual rooms. Generate monthly energy monitoring and carbon reports through the online portal or dashboard. The SMART TRV communicates to Gateway devices which are capable of connecting to the internet using a built-in 5G SIM card and using LTE when conventional LAN networks are unavailable. Data communication is encoded and is end to end encrypted. The SMART TRV uses an interface that enables room users to adjust the heating temperature according to their preferences using their smartphones or via a web link. The University is seeking suppliers to provide 4,300 SMART TRVs to reduce heating in offices and student accommodation rooms to achieve the following: Eliminate heating empty rooms Measure energy consumption and carbon emissions in individual rooms Measure and monitor energy, cost and carbon savings though an online Cloud based dashboard Determine actual energy usage and identify targeted investment opportunities for enhanced efficiency

Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) is a longitudinal social survey of households and individuals living in the UK. For Understanding Society, data collection began in January 2009 and participants are interviewed annually. In the second and third waves (2010-12) a wide range of objective health measures were collected by a nurse, including venous blood samples from which we produced a range of analytes, extracted DNA and produced genetic and epigenetic data. This data has been extensively used by the public health and social science research communities. This contract covers a wave of bio-data collection at Wave 16 (2024-26), with the emphasis being on participants collecting samples/measurements themselves. The survey is designed and managed by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex. At Wave 16 of Understanding Society (2024-2026) we are planning to collect a range of biomarkers. This includes asking participants for their permission to send them a kit to enable them to collect a capillary blood sample and return it to a laboratory for analysis, with some results being fed-back to participants (HDL, HbA1c, Total Cholesterol), others provided to the research community and blood stored for future use. Collection of the capillary blood sample should enable measurement of analytes that overlap with those collected at Waves 2 and 3 from venous blood. The successful contractor will be responsible for the kit fulfilment, sample analysis, reporting, aliquoting and short term storage of the blood samples.

Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) is a longitudinal social survey of households and individuals living in the UK. For Understanding Society, data collection began in January 2009 and participants are interviewed annually. In the second and third waves (2010-12) a wide range of objective health measures were collected by a nurse, including venous blood samples from which we produced a range of analytes, extracted DNA and produced genetic and epigenetic data. This data has been extensively used by the public health and social science research communities. This contract covers a wave of bio-data collection at Wave 16 (2024-26), with the emphasis being on participants collecting samples/measurements themselves. The survey is designed and managed by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex. At Wave 16 of Understanding Society (2024-2026) we are planning to collect a range of biomarkers. This includes asking participants for their permission to send them a kit to enable them to collect a capillary blood sample and return it to a laboratory for analysis, with some results being fed-back to participants (HDL, HbA1c, Total Cholesterol), others provided to the research community and blood stored for future use. Collection of the capillary blood sample should enable measurement of analytes that overlap with those collected at Waves 2 and 3 from venous blood. The successful contractor will be responsible for kit fulfilment, sample analysis, reporting, aliquoting and short term storage of blood samples.