UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Warwickshire County Council (the Council) is seeking a single provider to deliver a Learning Outside the Classroom, Educational Visits Advice and Reporting Service for schools and other educational establishments that are maintained by the Council e.g. where the Council is the employer. The service provider will work in collaboration with the Council and its schools/education settings (customers) to ensure that the Council meets its statutory duties, so that visit planning and execution is undertaken within the framework of legislation and accepted national best practice. The service provider will provide advice, guidance and support on all aspects of educational trips, offsite activities, visits, outdoor education and activities that take place away from the customer's premises, including a reporting service for schools/education settings to report planned activities for Quality Assurance against national policies.

It is intended that the MHISC framework will deliver low level early interventions provided by non-specialist organisations to address mild to moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health issues. In this way, issues faced by children and young people are addressed early, reducing the likelihood of becoming entrenched and escalating thus and therefore preventing the need to be referred into the Rise Service. The Mental Health Interventions for School Children (MHISC) project will make available additional resources and a pool of providers for children and young people where emotional well-being and mental health issues have been identified through Early Help . This Framework will be delivered in schools, other educational establishments, and community settings as a result of the Early Help process. The intended benefits of these interventions will be to improve the mental health and resilience of Warwickshire school age children and young people (4 - 18) through early identification of mild to moderate emotional well-being / mental health issues.

Warwickshire County Council is seeking to commission a Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Producer Compliance Scheme to provide containers and service WEEE Designated Collection Facilities in Warwickshire. Full details of the sites and the requirements are laid out in the Specification.

Warwickshire County Council wishes to commission a multi provider framework for the provision of Specialist and Alternative Education Day Placements. The tender is divided into Lots as follows: Lot 1 - Specialist education for learners aged 4 to 25 Lot 2 - Alternative education for learners aged 4 to16 Lot 1 - Specialist Education (primary, secondary and post-16) Substantive education day placements to meet the needs of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) aged 4-25 years, and to support them to achieve positive outcomes in accordance with their Education, Health & Care Plan (EHCP). Lot 2 - Alternative Education (age 4-16) Temporary education placements to support the reintegration into mainstream settings of pupils who are at risk of exclusion or have been permanently excluded from school or who are missing education for any other reason; and to ensure their education needs are met during this period.

Please note: Providers who are already on the framework do not need to reapply. Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is seeking to refresh the current multi provider framework for Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) for families with school aged children eligible for Free School Meals. One meal must be provided to the children whilst attending your provision. The activities will be available at Easter, Summer and Christmas holidays. We are looking for providers who: o run a holiday club o would be interested in running a holiday club for children in your local area o are a youth leader or could visit holiday clubs to teach or deliver a session in crafts, sports, cookery or life skills or have resources to share that could help run a Holiday Club o have a venue, but aren't able to provide activities. More information on the HAF scheme can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/holiday-activities-and-food-programme/holiday-activities-and-food-programme-2021

Warwickshire County Council is seeking a single provider to deliver an independent review of our Children and Family Centre Service. This invitation to quote, asks for providers to bid to undertake an independent review of the Children and Family Centre service, a countywide universal service available to families with children and young people pre-birth to 19 (or 25 for those with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities).

Kenilworth Town Council (KTC) invites tender submissions for the provision of Wayfinding (signage) Services. It is anticipated that the initial project will be up to a value of £50,000. however, further phases may follow taking the value up to an aspirational spend of £150,000. This provision includes Consultancy, planning, acquisition, and implementation some groundworks & disposal. KTC requires a single provider for this Framework. Whilst this is a contract for Kenilworth Town Council, Warwickshire County Council are administrating this on KTCs behalf.

Warwickshire County Council (the Council) is seeking a single provider to produce annual reports detailing the fair value and expected credit loss of relevant non-treasury investments. Where deemed material, these valuations will be included in the Council's Annual Statement of Accounts. The maximum contract value over the maximum four-year term is £150,000 in the aggregate. However, please note that this is an estimate provided in good faith, and the actual amount of expenditure will depend on the number of investments which need to be reported on.

Warwickshire County Council (the Council) is seeking a single provider, consortia or similar to provide an integrated physical health service whereby Health Professionals, Warwickshire residents and patients can access a range of physical health services to prevent physical ill-health, improve physical health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities. The service will include the following core elements: 1. Single Point of Access and Universal Support (triage) 2. Physical Activity on Referral and Weight Management 3. Smoking Cessation 4. NHS Health Checks - supporting Primary Care, delivering Community Health Checks and Point of Care Testing The service will be underpinned by a tiered approach, whereby a service user will receive tailored support and intervention based on their health need, readiness to change and motivation. In addition, a Warwickshire wide service will be delivered whilst adopting a place-based approach by focusing provision on specific areas of the county and targeted community groups with greatest levels of poor health outcomes to tackle health inequalities. Service provision will be free for all service users. The only financial contribution for service users will be the discounted leisure centre memberships via the physical activity on referral pathway.

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) wishes to commission a single provider to deliver a piece of research to help: - inform future decisions about the Council's traded services. - identify new and existing areas that can trade products/services to Education settings within and outside of Warwickshire to generate further revenue for WCC.

This tender opportunity is for the provision of Warwickshire County Council's Insurance Cover. This is split into 6 different Lots. The Contract is for an initial period of 3 years, with the option to extend for up to 2 x 24 month periods. Further information can be found within the tender documentation attached to this Project.

Warwickshire CC are seeking to commission a single provider produce a new Warwick-shire Needs Assessment for Children and Young People with Special Education Needs and Disabilities. The provider will work with local stakeholders to produce a new Needs Assessment for Children and Young People (age 0-25) with SEND in Warwickshire, in line with the SEND Code of Practice 2014 (specifically, Chapter 3). The Needs Assessment will present the following information: o National, legal and local context o The views of Warwickshire's children, young people, parents and carers (using existing information where this is available) o The current and future needs of Warwickshire's children and young people (age 0-25) with SEND, including prevalence and comparison with statistical neighbours, and consideration of equality and diversity o Current and forecast demand on the local offer of education, health and care services and settings over the short, medium and long-term o Recommendations for commissioners, including any identified gaps in provision or areas for development where services might be required to adapt to a changing pro-file of needs

Warwickshire County Council is seeking to procure a SCANNER (Surface Condition Assessment of the National Network of Roads) as a Highways Authority.

Warwickshire County Council are seeking a Supplier to provide an air quality monitoring system within educational establishments throughout Warwickshire, for location within 30 pre-determined rooms per site. This will allow the measurement of internal air quality within these venues. The Council have available a maximum budget of £158,912.00 (exclusive of VAT).

Due to our current solution transitioning to the Cloud, Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is looking to procure a replacement Invoice Capture solution. The preferred solution will extract identified information from PDF invoices, verify the data and export the invoice data, alongside an image of the invoice, to our Unit4 ERP system.

Warwickshire County Council (the Council) is seeking a single provider to deliver local Healthwatch services within Warwickshire. Local Healthwatch services exist in every local authority area as an independent organisation with the following six key functions: 1. Gather views and experiences of patients and the public 2. Make these views known, both locally and nationally as appropriate 3. Promote and support involvement in commissioning of health services and provision of care services 4. Recommend investigation or special review of services via Healthwatch England or directly to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) 5. Provide advice and information about access to services and support for making informed choices 6. Make known the views and experiences of people to other local Healthwatch organisations and Healthwatch England and provide a steer to help it carry out its role as a national champion 7. Access and refer customers to NHS Complaints Advocacy Services

Providers who are already on the framework do not need to reapply. Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is seeking to refresh the current multi provider framework for Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) for families with school aged children eligible for Free School Meals. One meal must be provided to the children whilst attending your provision. The activities will be available at Easter, Summer and Christmas holidays. We are looking for providers who: o run a holiday club o would be interested in running a holiday club for children in your local area o are a youth leader or could visit holiday clubs to teach or deliver a session in crafts, sports, cookery or life skills or have resources to share that could help run a Holiday Club o have a venue, but aren't able to provide activities. More information on the HAF scheme can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/holiday-activities-and-food-programme/holiday-activities-and-food-programme-2021

Warwickshire CC is seeking to commission a single provider to provide a short term targeted support service for vulnerable adults, aged 18 years and over, who do not meet the threshold to access statutory support from social care under the Care Act 2014 or support from other agencies according to their specific eligibility criteria, but who the Council reasonably considers would benefit from short term targeted intervention to prevent, reduce and/or delay the need for longer term care and support and whose independence and well-being is, or may be otherwise vulnerable to significant harm. Preventing their needs from developing or deteriorating.

Warwickshire County Council (the Council) is seeking to commission a single or multiple providers to provide Accommodation Related Support Services (ARS) for; Lot 1 Children and Young People Accommodation Related Support Services and Lot 2 Adult Accommodation Related Support Services. Bidders may submit tenders for either or both Lots. If bidders are submitting for both Lots a separate submission must be made for each Lot. WCC are willing to consider proposed options for delivering these services such as a single provider, consortium bids or a lead provider model, inclusive of the three types of accommodation related support services which includes; Information and advice, Floating support and Accommodation-based support. All staff will be suitably trained and experienced to deliver a strength based restorative approach using trauma informed practice and psychologically informed environment. Please note all lists are indicative and not exhaustive. ARS services will provide short-term accessible, good quality and cost-effective services that promote independence and social inclusion, complementing other services and reduce or prevent the need for access to crisis and high-cost statutory services. ARS services will support young people and adults who face multiple disadvantages and vulnerabilities to enable them to attain the skills required to be able to gain and/or maintain a tenancy and live independently in the community. The provider will support Customers to prevent homelessness and promote independence. It is expected that the needs of customers with disabilities and those with more intensive support needs will be met within these services.