UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Quantity Surveying and Project Management Services for the Scala Theatre Worcester

Worcester City Council has a number of premises within Worcester City that require ongoing Security Services: Security Services currently provided on an ongoing basis include : i. Patrols ii. Opening Up and Locking Up iii. Keyholder and Emergency Call Outs The provision of Security Services for elections and static guarding and/or patrols for empty properties will be required on an ad hoc basis. The duration of the Contract will be for Three years from the agreed Commencement Date of the Service and the Contract Price shall remain fixed for the duration of the contract. Subject to satisfactory performance by the Contractor during the Term, the Authority may wish to extend the Agreement for a further period of up to two years. If the Council seeks to extend the Contract, the Council and the Contractor shall review and agree the fees for the Contract extension period before the extension commences.

Les Vesinet Riverside Railings - Redecoration Refurbishment works

Direct award calling off ESPO 615_21 Lot 3 Street Furniture Framework. Purchase of 260 x Wheelie Bin Containers 140ltr; 110 x Wheelie Bin Containers 240ltr; 70 x Wall Litter Bins; 110 x Wheelie Bin Containers 240ltr; 550 x fixing kits for bins and carriage for all bins

Worcester City Council is using the Homes England Multidisciplinary Framework to appoint a multidisciplinary firm of property consultants to advise on the development options for the Swan Theatre, Pitchcroft, Worcester together with the Council's adjoining interests, where relevant. In this respect, the following Workstreams / disciplines have been identified: • Flood risk assessment and mitigation to include consultation with the Environment Agency and Council; • Occupier engagement; • Planning Assessment; • Market Assessment focused on likely uses; • Preliminary design layouts/masterplanning; • Demolition/site clearance assessment; and • Appraisal/valuation. A staged approach is adopted for the different workstreams identified above in order to manage the budget and avoid potential abortive costs. The initial work will focus on the Flood Risk elements of the project, given its significance on the potential development options for the site.

Guildhall Cycle Storage / Facilities Project April 2022

King George V Playing Fields - Replacement 3g Surface To All-Weather Football Pitch

The Council is seeking to engage specialist support to assist it in developing a Worcester City Strategic Play Area Development Plan. It is envisaged that this would take 2 parts, the first being the carrying out of a detailed consultation exercise around future outdoor play space provision across the city and secondly from that consultation, the development of a Strategic Play Area Development Plan. The Council will expect the consultant to take a holistic view and consider current delivery and good practice in this area. In addition it is expected that the consultant will undertake a detailed and meaningful consultation with different groups of individuals (including children and young people), community groups and with the Council's Elected Members, which will provide the Council with a rich dataset that could inform the next generation of investment into outdoor play provision in the city. The Council has set a maximum budget of £40,000 for the Project. Please see separate documents attached for more Information. The Council is using the e-procurement portal known as the Proactis Pro-Contract portal https://procontract.due-north.com to conduct this procurement exercise. To gain access to the procurement documents, bidders will need to register their company details at the above website. Once registered, bidders will be emailed a log-in and password, allowing them to gain access to the procurement documents. Bidders will need to search for the invitation under Worcester City Council and then electronically submit an expression of interest and follow the online instructions to view the procurement documents.

The overarching objective of the project is to reduce fuel poverty and cut carbon emissions by improving the energy efficiency of the owner occupier and private rented properties, aiming to bring them up to an EPC level C where practical. This contract is to appoint Consultant who can perform Retrofit Advisor, Assessor, Coordinator, Designer and Evaluator duties as defined under PAS2035:2019 for the duration of the project. The Consultant will also be required to provide Retrofit Designer services. This can be directly, or through appointing the Authority's procured installer or another qualified person depending on the pathway requirements. The Consultant will also be required to carry out the post-EPC assessment of the property following installation to measure the improvements. The Authority has been awarded £1,050,500 as part of the Green Homes Grants Sustainable Warmth Competition comprising the Local Authority Delivery Scheme Phase 3 (LADs3) and the Home Upgrade Scheme (HUG1). Under this scheme Worcester City Council will fund energy efficiency improvements to private homes (owner occupier and private rental) with the worst performing EPC rating (D, E, F and G rated). The occupier must also have an income below £30,000 per annum. The project will focus predominantly on the promotion of the following measures: internal and external wall insulation, loft and cavity wall insulation and draught-proofing. There will also be some funding for high retention storage heaters, solar PV and double glazing. The Council will fully fund measures but is working to a strict budget per type of measure, any deviation from this budget would first need approval from the Midlands Net Zero Hub/BEIS.

Purchase of 7 refuse collection vehicles

Worcester City Council is looking for a contractor to provide a new multi-use games area which is required to replace the existing ballcourt in the public open space off Brecon Road, Worcester to provide an enhanced facility for public use.

The overarching objective of the project is to reduce fuel poverty and cut carbon emissions by improving the energy efficiency of the targeted homes, aiming to bring them up to an EPC level C where practical. This contract is to provide services to the Authority to support delivery of the scheme and to install External Wall Insulation to identified solid wall properties. All works and services carried out in conjunction with this contract will be undertaken by a PAS 2030:2019 certified contractor and in compliance with PAS 2035:2019 requirements. The aim is to install External Wall Insulation on up to 20 solid wall properties in Worcester City. The 20 EWI is a target and cannot be guaranteed, as it is dependent on the properties which come forward and on the retrofit assessments. The final number of installs may be fewer than 20; likewise dependent on demand there may be more than 20. Across the project, there is an average cost of £10,000 per property so the higher cost of EWI is to be offset with other measures in the remaining properties. In addition, the Authority will be applying for additional funding under the Home Upgrade Scheme (HUG). In the event that the Authority is successful in securing further funding, the Authority reserves the right to extend this contract to cover the additional measures at its unfettered discretion. This contract has been awarded initially for a value of up to £400,000 to cover the installations under Sustainable Warmth, which must be completed by 17th March 2023 and all relevant documentation submitted to the Authority by 7th April 2023. The actual amount paid to the Contractor will be dependent on the number of properties receiving EWI and the cost per property. Subject to the Contractor's satisfactory performance, and the Authority successfully being awarded further funding, the Authority may at its unfettered discretion extend the contract to deliver further installations under future energy efficiency schemes until 31st March 2025.

Worcester City Council has appointed a Contractor to install External Wall Insulation (EWI) on up to approximately 20 solid wall properties in Worcester City in accordance with the requirements of PAS 2035:2019 and Trustmark.

Tarmac repairs at Warndon Depot, Pershore Lane, Worcester, WR4 0AA

The Authority requires the Contractor to carry out Landscaping Works and specified improvements at Meco Memorial Nature Park, Worcester. The public open space (POS) bounded by St John's Cemetery, allotments, existing housing and a recent development at Willis Place is an area owned by the City Council commonly known as Sanctuary Park. A plan is attached. The land is to be retained as POS as a condition of planning consent from the development to the east side, Planning ref P18K0195. The Authority is seeking to create a small informal park which provides space to incorporate a memorial to the victims of World War 2 bombing raids on the local Meco Works and provide an amenity for local people. These proposals are consistent with the need to manage the site sensitively in terms of ecology and the presence of slow worms relocated from the adjoining land as one of the planning conditions for the adjacent housing development.

The Community Skills and Enterprise Project (CS&E) is one of five priority projects identified in the Town Investment Plan (TIP). The aim of the CS&E is to enhance the adult education offered in the city by expanding inclusive training facilities at existing community centres with a focus on teaching vocational skills. The community centres play an important role supporting Worcester's deprived communities providing general community and youth activities. The key outputs expected to arise upon completion of the CS&E are: • Refurbishment, extension or reconfiguration of buildings; • Provision of digital infrastructure and vocational training equipment; • Increase in capacity and accessibility to new or improved skills facilities for deprived areas of Worcester; • 1 established training network; • 4,377 learners achieving entry level, VQ level 1, 2, 3 qualifications over the first 5 years. The CS&E is a joint undertaking between Worcester City Council (WCC) and Worcester Community Trust (WCT). WCT is a registered charity that runs six Community Hubs in the City of Worcester providing facilities for community use. The capital delivery phase will be led by WCC including procurement of all works required to deliver the project. Training will be led by WCT. This commission is for the provision of the Design Team services required for the delivery of building facilities to enable training and established community uses at five community centres included in the CS&E as follows: 1. Dines Green community centre • Delivery of a new, purpose-built unit - Building Block 2 - to house a new, construction and green technology skills centre; 2. Horizon community centre • Delivery of a building extension to create a room suitable to enable skills training in a classroom environment; 3. King George V Community Centre • Change the ambience of the existing reception area using decoration/wall art, modular furniture and lighting; 4. Ronkswood Community Centre • Delivery of a building extension to create a room suitable to enable skills training in a classroom environment; • Reconfigure existing changing rooms to meeting rooms; • Creatively re-organise the existing reception space; 5. Tolladine Community Centre • Reconfigure the existing 'Sure Start' room to divide into two separate, linked rooms. Please see the procurement documents for further information.

We are inviting Tenders from Potential Providers for the delivery of homelessness prevention focused support for single people and childless couples across Worcestershire. This Service is being jointly commissioned by Local Authorities across Worcestershire: Worcester City Council, Bromsgrove District Council, Malvern Hills District Council, Redditch Borough Council, Wyre Forest District Council, Wychavon District Council and Worcestershire County Council. The contract requires the delivery of the following service elements • Providing housing support to single homeless and childless couples to prevent homelessness with a focus on early prevention. • Managing the delivery of emergency accommodation and providing support for rough sleepers during periods of severe weather The successful provider will deliver a service that supports people to live a richer and more fulfilled life, including but not limited to having the skills and confidence to maintain a tenancy, access to education and training, and improved physical and mental wellbeing. The Councils wish to secure one provider to deliver these services. The service being commissioned will be for a maximum of 5 years with funding agreed for an initial 3 year period and the option of extending for up to two additional years. Funding is dependent on future funding settlements and successful service delivery. The successful Provider must have previous experience of delivering similar work for other local authorities and must be able to commence the service on 1st April 2023. Full details and requirements are outlined in the procurement documents

Worcester City Council, Bromsgrove District Council, Malvern Hills District Council, Redditch Borough Council and Wychavon District Council are jointly commissioning a new Worcestershire Housing First contract. The Procurement is being run under the Light Touch Regime, and the Authorities reserve the right to use the flexibilities permitted by Regulation 76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) in the conduct of procurements for "light regime" services. The five Worcestershire Local Authorities would like to invite suitably experienced and skilled providers of Housing First or similar services to submit an expression of interest (EOI). Housing First model aims to provide chronically homeless person with housing first, as the foundation on which the other needs can be addressed, and the process of recovery can begin. This model is now a popular housing and treatment model that has proven successful with very complex clients who have faced multiple exclusions from traditional hostel and treatment setting. The contract is for the provision of the support element for 43 Housing First participants with the accommodation being provided through registered social providers.

Worcester City Council has appointed a contractor to install a range of measures to improve the energy efficiency on approximately 70 properties in Worcester City.