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We would like to invite interested parties to attend a Final Market Engagement event related to the West Sussex Integrated Community Equipment Service tender. This tender is due to be released in early May 2022 via the Council's e-Sourcing portal. To ensure you are able to view the tender pack when it is released, please ensure you are registered on the portal. If you are already registered, please ensure that all contact details are up to date. https://www.sesharedservices.org.uk/esourcing This event is taking place on Wednesday 27th April 2022 from 2.00-3.00pm via Microsoft Teams. The Council will be able to share information on key aspects related to the tender, including: the objectives, financial model, evaluation methodology, approach to social value and time-scales. Time will also be made available for questions. To reserve your place please email: ices@westsussex.gov.uk Please make sure you include within your email the names and email addresses of any attendees. Without the email addresses, we cannot send you the link to join the meeting. Additional information: Market engagement event Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

You are invited on behalf of West Sussex County Council (The Employer) to tender for the play area re-surfacing and associated works at Elm Grove Primary School. Site Address: Elm Grove Primary School Elm Grove Worthing West Sussex BN11 5LQ Please see the enclosed tender pack for further details. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

The Framework for Therapeutic Services includes the provision of therapeutic assessments and therapeutic interventions for children and young people. This includes the provision of therapies from multiple disciplines. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

West Sussex County Council is the Lead Council and is working with all West Sussex District and Borough Councils, who will support all service users in West Sussex through commissioning a countywide Community Advice and Support Service. The Council will be holding a bidder briefing event on Thursday 7th April 2022 at 1:00pm. Please send a message on the e-Sourcing Portal by 10am on Wednesday 6th April 2021 and advise who from your organisation will be attending, along with their direct email address. Please note if we receive your request to join the briefing after this time, we cannot guarantee you will be able to attend. Please ensure you include your email address in the message as the link to the meeting will be provided via email. If an email address is not provided, we cannot invite you to the event. Additional information: Tender documentation can obtained via the following link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/aspx/Home Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

West Sussex County Council is the Lead Council and is working with all West Sussex District and Borough Councils, who will support all service users in West Sussex through commissioning a countywide Community Advice and Support Service.

You are invited on behalf of West Sussex County Council (The Employer) to tender for the pitched roof covering replacement to the Owls classroom and associated works at Thomas A'Becket Infant School. Site Address: Thomas A'Becket Infant School Pelham Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 1JB Please see the enclosed tender pack at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/aspx/Home Additional information: Please see the enclosed tender documents at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/aspx/Home Search for either of the following: Title: WSCC DR - Thomas A'Becket Infant School Pitched Rood Covering Replacement Ref: WSCC - 034399 Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

This Invitation to Tender (ITT) is issued by WSCC to seek and identify suitably qualified and interested organisations from the private, public and third (voluntary, community and charitable) sector for the provision of Services relating to the Advanced Digital Skills Programme for Councils in West SussexWest Sussex County Council is seeking to select a supplier who can demonstrate a track record of delivering higher level skills projects to meet the needs of the local economy. The Advanced Digital Skills programme has been developed through a collaboration between the county and district councils, with the county council acting as the lead procurement body.This is a new initiative for the West Sussex Councils and does not follow on from, or build on from, an existing Advanced Digital Skills programme.The Commencement Date is anticipated to be 01 Aug 2022 with the project delivery window between November 2022 – December 2023. The overall contract will expire on 31 Mar 2024

Contract for the provision of coring services of reinstatements in the highways across West Sussex 2022

The provision of Community Equipment is essential in promoting the independence of people of all ages with disabilities. It will often result in a person being able to manage independently without the needs for other services. In some cases it will enable the safe and effective delivery of other services involving support for people with personal care.The broads aims of the CES is to:• Promote independence, safety, social inclusion, quality of life, improved end of life care• Help to give elderly and disabled people control over their own lives• Reduce unscheduled hospital admissions• Reduce A and E attendance• Reduce the length of a hospital stay• Assist with the quality of many quality outcomes for children and adults• Enable people to live at home for longer thereby reducing the need for care home admissions• Improve early years development• Play a key role in the delivery of early intervention and prevention strategies and crisis admissions to high cost services.

The Council is undertaking a market consultation exercise in relation to the further development of supported living services for adults with a learning disability and autistic people. This forms part of our response to meeting the accommodation needs of young people transitioning to adult services and people being discharged from specialist inpatient units (Transforming Care). To address insufficient supply to meet current and future needs, the Council particularly wants to explore the interest and capacity in the market to develop new specialist, self-contained, supported living services for people with learning disabilities and/or autism with behaviour that challenges and/or complex physical disabilities that includes an element of provision for people who need to live away from noise and access points for other residents, annexed or as part of a larger service. We will be hosting an online market engagement event on the 24th June 2022 2-4pm to provide further information to interested providers. If you would like to express an interest in attending this soft market testing event please e mail LDCommissioning@westsussex.gov.uk by 5pm 20th June 2022. We will also be able to offer individual meetings in autumn 2022 for providers who would like to explore their proposed schemes with the Council. Please note that this is not the commencement of a procurement process and service providers are expressing an interest to receive further information on this service and take part in a market engagement event. Should any procurement arise from this, a separate notice and information will be provided. If you have any questions, please contact by email: LDCommissioning@westsussex.gov.uk Additional information: The Council is undertaking a market consultation exercise in relation to the further development of supported living services for adults with a learning disability and autistic people. We will be hosting an online market engagement event on the 24th June 2022 2-4pm to provide further information to interested providers. If you would like to express an interest in attending this soft market testing event please e mail LDCommissioning@westsussex.gov.uk by 5pm 20th June 2022. Please note that this is not the commencement of a procurement process and service providers are expressing an interest to receive further information on this service and take part in a market engagement event. Should any procurement arise from this, a separate notice and information will be provided. Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

The Countryside Contractors Framework Agreement is used to deliver minor works on the Public Rights of Way (PRoW) network and at various countryside sites around West Sussex. It enables the County Council to use a variety of qualified contractors to deliver works that fall outside of the PRoW maintenance contract. The existing Framework Agreement ends on 31st March 2023 and the County Council is now preparing a procurement process to replace the Framework Agreement, with tendering anticipated in October 2022. The value of the new Framework Agreement is estimated to be ~£400k per annum in total, and £1.6m over the maximum 4-year term. We are now conducting a market engagement exercise and would be grateful for your thoughts on how we can make the new Framework Agreement a success. A market engagement questionnaire is enclosed in synopsis section on the SE Shared Services tendering portal. Please return the enclosed market engagement questionnaire either via a correspondence message on the SE Shared Services portal or directly to david.robinson@westsussex.gov.uk no later than Wednesday 6th July at 12:00 noon please. Many thanks for your help! Additional information: This is a market engagement exercise only. The questionnaire can be accessed via this link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/aspx/Home Please log in and search for the following: Title: WSCC DR - Countryside Contractors Framework 2023 - Market Engagement Ref: WSCC - 034677 Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

The County Council has a statutory duty to provide safe access to the Public Rights of Way (PRoW) network and the Routine Maintenance Contract is a key mechanism in the delivery of the obligation. The PRoW network provides links to services and into the wider Countryside. The rural nature of the county provides tourism opportunities, and the South Downs National Park and coast attracts visitors to the area. Those who exercise and enjoy time in green spaces have increased wellbeing and this free source of exercise can bring wider health benefits. The existing contract ends on 30 April 2023 and the County Council is now preparing a procurement process to replace the contract, with tendering anticipated in October 2022. The value of the new contract is estimated to be ~£300k per annum, and £1.8m over the maximum 6-year term. We would be grateful for your thoughts on how we can make the new contract a success. A market engagement questionnaire is enclosed in synopsis section on the SE Shared Services tendering portal. Please return the enclosed market engagement questionnaire either via a correspondence message on the SE Shared Services portal or directly to david.robinson@westsussex.gov.uk no later than Wednesday 6th July at 12:00 noon please. Many thanks for your help! Additional information: This is a market engagement exercise only. The questionnaire can be accessed via this link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/aspx/Home Please log in and search for the following: Title: WSCC DR - Public Rights of Way Maintenance Services 2023 - Market Engagement Ref: WSCC - 034682 Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

A contract for the provision of Print Brokerage Services, as further described in Document No. 2 (the Specification) is being tendered by WSCC in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) covering all print types, including but not limited to:• leaflets • brochures and flyers • business stationery • posters and banners • photocopying • books, manuals and directories • CDs/DVDs• promotional material• bespoke signage e.g. Corporate signage• vehicle livery• variable data/transactional printing i.e. Council tax invoices• direct mail • pull-ups banners, pop-up stands, vinyl banners et al for exhibitions• variable data printingThe Services will include elements of digital based campaigns, moving away from physical print where appropriate.

The provision of Community Equipment is essential in promoting the independence of people of all ages with disabilities. It will often result in a person being able to manage independently without the needs for other services. In some cases it will enable the safe and effective delivery of other services involving support for people with personal care.The broads aims of the CES is to:• Promote independence, safety, social inclusion, quality of life, improved end of life care• Help to give elderly and disabled people control over their own lives• Reduce unscheduled hospital admissions• Reduce A and E attendance• Reduce the length of a hospital stay• Assist with the quality of many quality outcomes for children and adults• Enable people to live at home for longer thereby reducing the need for care home admissions• Improve early years development• Play a key role in the delivery of early intervention and prevention strategies and crisis admissions to high cost services.

1 The Council is seeking a Service Provider to provide a reliable Reception, Recycling, Treatment and/or Disposal Service for Street Sweepings waste (which is collected by the seven WCAs), including receiving and any handling of the Street Sweepings collected, if appropriate, and any proposed treatment and disposal, in a manner which is consistent with the Authority's requirement to divert waste away from Landfill and to achieve at least an 90% Recycling Rate for Street Sweepings material in each Contract. The services under the contract are described in full detail in Schedule 3 the Specification.

You are invited on behalf of West Sussex County Council (The Employer) to submit a first stage tender for the construction of a new Specialist Support Centre (SSC) at Edward Bryant Primary School, Bognor Regis. Site Address: Edward Bryant Primary School London Road, Bognor Regis West Sussex, PO21 1BG Additional information: The tender pack is available on the SE Shared Services Portal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/aspx/Home Please login and search for 'Edward Bryant' Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

This Invitation to Tender (ITT) is issued by WSCC to seek and identify suitably qualified and interested organisations from the private, public and third (voluntary, community and charitable) sector for the provision of Solar PV Ground Mount Operations and Maintenance (the Services). A contract for the provision of Solar PV Ground Mount Operations and Maintenance, as further described in Document No. 2 (The Specification) is being tendered by West Sussex County Council (WSCC).

West Sussex County Council (the Council) wishes to conduct an Request for Quote (RFQ) for an Aerial Photographic Survey of West Sussex 2022 for the Consortium of West Sussex. Additional information: Tender documentation is available via https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/aspx/Tenders/Current Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

Potential providers are invited to an early market engagement session to be held via MS teams on 9th September 2022 The session will cover WSCC 'ACE' requirements for Adult and Community Learning programme. If you are interested in attending please email neil.robb@westsussex.gov.uk for details. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

West Sussex County Council (the Council) is seeking quotations for development of an eLearning Social Value Training Course as detailed in the Specification attached. The course would become the intellectual property of the council upon completion of development and no ongoing fees will be paid for use going forward.