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Wrexham County Borough Council wish to commission a suitably qualified consultancy to produce a comprehensive feasibility study on a future, long-term sustainable model for Wrexham Library and Information Service, and related assets in Wrexham County Borough, whilst further enhancing its contribution to cultural and wellbeing priorities. This study will be used to evidence further applications to secure investment to deliver the recommendations and develop the library service’s assets (capital) and services (revenue) to provide inclusive life-long learning activities that continue to meet the needs of the diverse communities within Wrexham County Borough into the future. Please see the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document, appendices and other supporting documents for full details of the proposed work. These have been published and are available on the eTenderWales (Bravo Solutions) online e-sourcing portal, which can be accessed through this web address: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/. You will need to be registered as a supplier on both Find a Tender service (FTS) and eTenderWales. To access and download the documents you will need to be logged into eTenderWales and search for the Invitation to Tender (ITT). You can look up the tender with the following reference: project_63992, itt_126851 - Wrexham Library and Information Service Feasibility Study. Interested suppliers may ask clarification questions though eTenderWales. If you wish to tender for the work, your tender submission will need to be uploaded though eTenderWales.

UK4 - Tender Notice 1. Background/Context Local authorities are required to undertake a full assessment of the childcare provision in their area every five years. This is done through the production of a Childcare Sufficiency Assessment (CSA). Through the CSA, the local authority will need to assess the local childcare market to develop an understanding of parents’ current and future need for childcare. The local authority will compare the assessment of parents’ demand for childcare with information about the current and planned availability of childcare provision across the local authority area. 2. Scope of Work The contract holder will be responsible for collating and analysing data and providing a narrative on the demand, supply and gaps in childcare in Wrexham from a variety of sources, including, but not limited to, population data, Care Inspectorate Wales Self-Assessment of Service Statement, survey results, and consultation feedback. Full data requirements can be found in the Childcare Statutory Guidance 2026. The contract holder will be responsible for providing a full assessment document, a summary document and a five-year action plan. The five-year action plan will be developed in conjunction with key partners identified by Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC). All documents produced must be fully accessible in line with accessibility guidance. The contract holder will not be responsible for undertaking any survey or consultation work. This will be carried out by Wrexham County Borough Council through the Prevention and Service Development Team. Wrexham County Borough Council will be responsible for the translation of all documentation following the completion of the work by the contract holder. The contract holder and representatives from Wrexham County Borough Council will be required to meet weekly to review progress. All work will need to be completed and handed over by 5pm on 16th December 2026.

Wrexham County Borough Council wishes to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced multidisciplinary design team to progress the Tŷ Pawb Phase 2 Capital Development and Cultural Quarter Integration Project. The work will involve taking the project from the point of a completed feasibility study through all subsequent RIBA work stages to the end of RIBA Stage 6 (Handover). Please see the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document, appendices and other supporting documents for full details of the proposed work. These have been published and are available on the eTenderWales (Bravo Solutions) online e-sourcing portal, which can be accessed through this web address: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/. You will need to be registered as a supplier on both Find a Tender service (FTS) and eTenderWales. To access and download the documents you will need to be logged into eTenderWales and search for the Invitation to Tender (ITT). You can look up the tender with the following reference: project_63854, itt_126497 - Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham, Phase 2 Capital Development and Cultural Quarter Integration Project – Multidisciplinary Technical Project Management and Design Services to end of RIBA Stage 6. Interested suppliers may ask clarification questions though eTenderWales. If you wish to tender for the work, your tender submission will need to be uploaded though eTenderWales.

UK1 - Pipeline Notice This relates to a framework (the Framework) under which Wrexham County Borough Council intends to deliver Emergency Short Care Staff on behalf of Wrexham County Borough. Wrexham County Borough Council invites tender submissions (each a Tender) from suitably experienced and qualified Providers (each a Provider) in connection with the Framework. Once operational the Framework will be used by WCBC to award individual contracts/service orders. In order to deliver the programme of services in a timely and co-ordinated manner, Wrexham County Borough Council is seeking to appoint a number of Providers to the Framework. Once suitably qualified Providers have been appointed to the Framework, Wrexham County Borough Council will commission services in accordance with the Call-off procedure

WCBC is establishing a compliant procurement route for the execution of Childcare Provision – Flying Start/Non-Maintained Funded Early Education. This will provide an unlimited number of suitably qualified and experienced Childcare Providers (referred to as Potential Providers).The provision is being purchased under two Lots: LOT 1 – FLYING STARTLOT 2 – NON-MAINTAINED EARLY EDUCATION. WCBC envisage that the opportunity to provide services within this remit will be offered on an annual basis not exceeding the contract term of this initial provision to allow for expansion, market development and changing demographics. The application opportunities will occur each year for a September commencement date. Any supplier is who not successful at point of application to this tender provision will be able to reapply for provision from 2027/2028 onwards. CONTRACT TERM AND FORM The duration of the overarching Contracts is 1st September 2026 – 31st August 2030. There is an extension option available of annual increments not exceeding a maximum of two years (conclusion potentially 31st August 2032). Each further contract opportunity offered will be reduced by a term of one year to retain alignment with the conclusion date of 31st August 2030 (31st August 2032 should extension be applied).

Response to clarification; Q- how many people would you want to have full access to a system to manage all H&S Incidents within WCBC? A- For full access I would say no more than 20 people. However, we would need thousands of people to be able to enter an accident on the system as it needs to be accessible to every member of staff. Response to clarification; Q- how many people would you want to have full access to a system to manage all H&S Incidents within WCBC? A- For full access I would say no more than 20 people. However, we would need thousands of people to be able to enter an accident on the system as it needs to be accessible to every member of staff. Response to clarificaition; Q- how many people would you want to have full access to a system to manage all H&S Incidents within WCBC? A- For full access no more than 20 people. However, we would need thousands of people to be able to enter an accident on the system as it needs to be accessible to every member of staff. Prior Information Notice (PIN) – Health and Safety Management System Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC) is seeking to engage with the market to better understand the solutions available for the provision of a Health and Safety Management System. The Council is considering the future procurement of a system to support its Health and Safety Officers and managers in the management, recording, investigation and reporting of Health and Safety-related incidents across the organisation. Suppliers are invited to express their interest and provide information on solutions capable of delivering the requirements outlined below. Core Requirements The proposed system should be able to: Provide a facility for employees to report accidents, near misses and incidents of violence and aggression. Maintain a central database of all reported incidents. Enable relevant managers to undertake desktop investigations of reported incidents. Allow users to monitor the status of investigations, including identification of investigations that are pending or completed. Provide advanced search functionality, allowing incidents and investigations to be filtered by criteria such as: Person involved Location Team Department Incident type Allow submitted incident records to be amended where necessary to correct errors or update information. Generate automatic reminder notifications to managers with outstanding investigations. Generate automatic notifications to Corporate Health and Safety where a RIDDOR-reportable incident has been identified during the investigation process. Enable the extraction of detailed management information and reports directly from the system into formats such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word. Allow supporting documentation, photographs and other evidence to be uploaded and attached to incident and investigation records. Additional Information Requested As part of this market engagement exercise, WCBC would welcome information from suppliers on: Available system functionality and modules. Hosting arrangements (cloud-based/SaaS solutions preferred). Reporting and dashboard capabilities. Integration options with Microsoft 365 and other corporate systems. User licensing models and indicative costs. Implementation timescales. Customer support arrangements. Experience of working with local authorities or other public sector organisations. Market Engagement This Prior Information Notice is being issued as a market engagement exercise only and does not constitute a call for competition. Any future procurement opportunity will be advertised separately in accordance with the Council's procurement procedures and applicable procurement legislation. SUBMISSION AND TIMESCALES Please email an overview of your solution to our Category Manager, Clare Roberts ([email protected]) by midday on 23 July 2026. Please ensure you submit information that is relevant to the detailed outlined above. Please include the reference 'H&S Management System’ in the subject heading of your e-mail response. Please Note: This notice is for market engagement purposes only. Any dates, values, costs or timescales stated have been included to enable publication and are not confirmed requirements. The Council is at an early stage of the procurement process and all details are subject to change.

Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC) intends to undertake pre-market engagement in relation to the refurbishment of a crematorium. WCBC are seeking to engage with the market to identify suitably experienced contractors capable of providing a full design, supply, and build solution for the refurbishment works. The use of subcontractors will be permitted as part of the delivery. To access the additional document detailing the Councils requirements, please email [email protected]

Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC) is looking to engage with suppliers / manufacturers who can supply five electric vans on a short term trial basis (12 months) to support an EV home charger trial. This trial will take place within the Councils Housing Department where ninety-one diesel vans are currently under contract. This trial will inform future decisions and the long-term plans / aspirations for the wider fleet in support of the Councils carbon reduction goals. Details of the vehicles required can be found on etenderWales or can be requested by emailing [email protected] (this notice does not allow the Council to upload attachments currently). If a supplier is unable to comply with the Councils requirements but may be able to comply with these requirements in the next 12 months, please detail this within your response to the Council. It is the Councils preferred option to source electric vans that comply with the ISO 1158-2 standard for Plug & Charge and / or the Auto Charge feature. The purpose for this is to support the automatic reconciliation / payment of vehicle charge costs with the ability to distinguish between vehicles when using a home charger, i.e. a Council vehicle and personal vehicle. If a supplier is aware of an alternative solution that can meet this requirement without the need for the ISO 1158-2 standard or the Auto Charge feature, please detail this within your response. If any supplier is capable and interested in suppling these five vans, please email a brief overview of your vehicles / offering to [email protected]. etenderWales details: project – 63625 ITT - itt_125870 Please note that a previous notice has been published relating to the home charger requirement - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046804-2026?origin=SearchResults&p=2

Wrexham County Borough Council is seeking information from suppliers on digital solutions to support the booking and management of grassroots football pitches. The Council currently manages and maintains approximately 35 football pitches used by grassroots football clubs across the county borough. The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to better understand the solutions available within the market, including indicative costs, functionality, implementation approaches and timescales. Suppliers are invited to provide information on systems that can deliver, but are not limited to, the following features: Online booking of football pitches. Online payments at the point of booking. Functionality to improve operational visibility and efficiency. Management of both casual and block bookings. Season ticket or subscription-style arrangements for regular users. Real-time visibility of pitch availability and bookings. Centralised booking management, including the ability to restrict how far in advance pitches can be booked. Suppliers are encouraged to provide: An overview of their solution and key functionality. Examples of similar implementations and relevant experience. Indicative costs and licensing models, where available. Typical implementation timescales and support arrangements. Please note that the value shown on this notice is indicative only. This exercise is being undertaken for market engagement purposes to help inform future procurement options, costs and timelines. This PIN does not constitute a call for competition. Please email an overview of your solution to Clare Roberts, Category Manager, at [email protected] by 12:00 noon on 26 July 2026. Please include "Grassroots Football Pitch Booking & Management System" in the subject line of your email. Wrexham County Borough Council welcomes responses from all interested suppliers and looks forward to learning more about the solutions available within the market.

Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC) is seeking to procure a new contract for the operation, management, maintenance, monitoring and future development of its Solar PV portfolio. The Council currently has approximately 2,725 Solar PV systems across domestic and non-domestic properties. The Council is exploring a more strategic and integrated approach that improves performance, reduces risk, simplifies contract management and supports future portfolio expansion. WCBC wishes to undertake market engagement to understand the capacity and capability of the market Proposed Scope: The Council is considering procuring a single supplier to provide a fully managed Solar PV service, including: • Remote monitoring and performance management • Planned and reactive maintenance • Solar panel cleaning • Meter replacement and metering management • Fault identification and repairs • Asset management and performance optimisation • DNO liaison and grid connection support • Compliance inspections and certification • FiT and income support services • Design and installation of new Solar PV systems • Expansion and upgrading of existing systems The Council is seeking feedback from the market on the proposed approach and wishes to understand: • Whether suppliers can provide the full range of services outlined above under a single contract. • Whether suppliers would prefer the requirement to be split into separate lots or contracts (e.g. O&M and monitoring; installation and expansion works). • Typical service delivery models currently offered within the market. • Approaches to metering, monitoring systems and data ownership. • Opportunities for innovation and best practice. • Anticipated risks, challenges or barriers to delivery. • Indicative contract durations considered appropriate for this type of service. Objectives The Council's key objectives are: • Maximising Solar PV generation and associated income. • Ensuring compliance with statutory, insurance and industry requirements. • Future-proofing monitoring and metering infrastructure. • Reducing internal administration and contract management. • Supporting the Council's Carbon Neutral 2030 ambitions. • Enabling future expansion of the Solar PV portfolio and supporting the decarbonisation of Council buildings.

BACKGROUND Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC) are looking to engage the market with the potential of procuring a Fleet Management application to support our Fleet Officers in the Environment and Technical Department to manage a range of Fleet related requirements as outlined below. Wrexham County Borough Council currently operates with approximately 500 across multiple locations. Fleet vehicle types include: • Cars • Vans • HGVs / specialist vehicles Current challenges include: • Limited visibility of fleet performance • Manual processes • Compliance tracking (MOT, servicing, driver checks) • Fuel and maintenance cost management As well as high level of availability and scalability, WCBC’s preference is for a Cloud-based (SaaS) solution that requires browser-based access without a requirement for local installs. SCOPE The expectation for any potential supplier would be to provide: • A cloud-based Fleet Management System • System implementation and configuration • Data migration (from existing systems) • User training • Ongoing support and maintenance REQUIREMENTS The following list is not exhaustive and should be used as a guide to the technical requirements WCBC would be looking for a successful fleet management solution: • Fleet Management o Automated maintenance scheduling and compliance tracking across a diverse fleet (MOT’s and Inspections) including ability to set service reminders. o Defect reporting, ability for this to be real-time, and associated resolutions. o Ability for the solution to be able to report or use data visualization/dashboards to display an overview of fleet compliance. This can include standard or custom reporting, KPI dashboards (e.g., utilisation, costs, compliance), Export capability (Excel, CSV, API), or Real-time data insights. o Record tracking and documentation management including an outline of any storage limitations. o Capturing, communicating and monitoring of Vehicle Off Road (VOR) statuses. o Outline any ability to integrate with DVLA for Tax and MOT expiry dates. • Daily activity monitoring and recording o The ability or functionality for enabling drivers to complete digital daily vehicle checks. o Usage recording and auditing o Failure/Condition alerts and reporting o Integration with workshop activities and reporting to appropriate asset manager • Workshop management o Job creation and allocation tools o Job/human resource management and tracking o Stock management system • Authorization and Invoicing o Job authorization, spend/cost approvals and control o Invoicing and ordering approvals and tracking o Digital sign off o Cost code, financial and resource tracking • Governance and Compliance Management o Complies with regulatory frameworks such as Health and Safety, LOLER, PUWER & DVSA Earned recognition scheme. Whilst not deemed essential for this market engagement, if a solution is able to support telematics related functionality such as GPS and vehicle location tracking, real-time monitoring, and route history and optimization it would advantageous if these can be demonstrated also. SUBMISSION AND TIMESCALES Please email an overview of your solution to our Category Manager, Clare Roberts ([email protected]) by midday on 01 July 2026. Please ensure you submit information that is relevant to the detailed outlined above. Please include the reference 'Proc 26-49’ in the subject heading of your e-mail response.

Introduction: To help define and develop Wrexham County Borough Councils (WCBC) Procurement Strategy and Service Specification for Young Persons Supported Accommodation, WCBC wishes to engage with potential providers prior to the release of any official procurement exercise. The purpose of this engagement/market testing is to provide WCBC with the opportunity to better understand the market in order to refine its approach and shape future service delivery. Once WCBC has engaged with the market and understood the offerings available, a procurement exercise may be conducted (route to market currently undecided). Service Overview: Wrexham Housing Support Grants and Development Team are seeking to re-commission 9 units of supported accommodation delivered from a single site within Wrexham County Borough for young people aged 16-25. The service aims to enable vulnerable young people to gain the skills needed to obtain and sustain their own accommodation by empowering them to take control of their finances, understand their obligations as contract holders and improve their life skills thereby reducing the likelihood of repeat homelessness. The service provider would be expected to enter into a management agreement with a Registered Social Landlord relating to the accommodation. Accommodation costs/housing management costs would not be covered by the service contract. The service contract would be for delivery of eligible housing-related support funded through Housing Support Grant. Next Steps: The aim of this market engagement is to allow potential and existing providers to discuss the future provision of the Young Persons Supported Accommodation service with WCBC and ask questions about the process for the forthcoming tender opportunity. It will also provide an opportunity for WCBC to better understand the marketplace and develop its requirements accordingly. Any organisations interested in participating in this market engagement exercise should contact [email protected] to arrange a meeting, along with a brief overview of their offering / organisation. Please note that WCBC cannot guarantee that it will be able to meet with every organisation that expresses an interest, nor does it commit to meeting any organisation as part of this market engagement exercise. Subject to location and availability potential meetings will likely be held via Teams - WCBC will not reimburse any costs incurred by any organisations during this Market Engagement exercise. Please note that this market engagement places no onus on WCBC to subsequently issue a tender, request for quotation or other procurement exercise for any or all of the goods, works or services described. Any values and contract dates detailed within this notice are an estimate only. For the purposes of this notice WCBC is treating this as above threshold. Subject to available funding, contract length etc, the actual value at the tender stage may be below the relevant thresholds as outlined in the Procurement Act 2023.

Introduction: To help define and develop Wrexham County Borough Councils (WCBC) Procurement Strategy and Service Specification for Dispersed Refuge and Supported Accommodation, WCBC wishes to engage with potential providers prior to the release of any official procurement exercise. The purpose of this engagement/market testing is to provide WCBC with the opportunity to better understand the market in order to refine its approach and shape future service delivery. Once WCBC has engaged with the market and understood the offerings available, a procurement exercise may be conducted (route to market currently undecided). Service Overview: Wrexham Housing Support Grants and Development Team are seeking to re-commission four units of supported accommodation delivered in four dispersed properties within Wrexham County Borough for people experiencing or at risk of violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence (VAWDASV). The service aims to enable and empower people to flee VAWDASV or prevent its reoccurrence, to gain or maintain the skills needed to sustain their accommodation, take control of their finances, understand their obligations as householders and improve their life skills thereby reducing the likelihood of experiencing homelessness. The service provider would be expected to enter into a lease agreement with WCBC for the four dispersed properties. Accommodation costs/housing management costs would not be covered by the service contract. The service contract would be for delivery of eligible housing-related support funded through Housing Support Grant. Providers should also consider the possibility of acquiring further properties to be supported under this contract. This would need to be in consultation with WCBC to ensure that the relevant funding is available to allow for any increase in housing-related support provision. Next Steps: The aim of this market engagement is to allow potential and existing providers to discuss the future provision of the Dispersed Refuge and Supported Accommodation service with WCBC and ask questions about the process for the forthcoming tender opportunity. It will also provide an opportunity for WCBC to better understand the marketplace and develop its requirements accordingly. Any organisations interested in participating in this market engagement exercise should contact [email protected] to arrange a meeting, along with a brief overview of their offering / organisation. Please note that WCBC cannot guarantee that it will be able to meet with every organisation that expresses an interest, nor does it commit to meeting any organisation as part of this market engagement exercise. Subject to location and availability potential meetings will likely be held via Teams - WCBC will not reimburse any costs incurred by any organisations during this Market Engagement exercise. Please note that this market engagement places no onus on WCBC to subsequently issue a tender, request for quotation or other procurement exercise for any or all of the goods, works or services described. Any values and contract dates detailed within this notice are an estimate only. For the purposes of this notice WCBC is treating this as above threshold. Subject to available funding, contract length etc, the actual value at the tender stage may be below the relevant thresholds outlined in the Procurement Act 2023.