local government contracts

Appointment of a development partner to deliver a new-build residential scheme at Pyramid Park, Bury. Disposal/development agreement by 31st March 2027, planning submission by July 2027, Start on Site by Winter 27/28 and completion by 31st March 2029.

The Authority is seeking to hear from established providers in the delivery of a programme in secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham with children on grades 1-3 at GCSE to support careers discussions in person and applications to college across year 10 and 11. There is an ongoing focus on the number of NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) numbers nationally and young people who receive SEND support and who are known to social care are particularly at risk of becoming NEET. This project is designed to keep them engaged in education and ensure that they have plans for post 16 including supporting them to apply for college places at the start of year 11. This approach aligns directly with the ambitions of the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham’s Corporate Plan and the DRIVE programme, both of which priorities the wellbeing, and future prospects of young people within the borough. The Corporate Plan emphasises early intervention and partnership working to support vulnerable residents. The DRIVE programme in particular is focused on delivering real changes for children and young people. By commissioning targeted early intervention services, we are supporting these strategic objectives—helping to build resilient communities and ensure every child has the opportunity to thrive. Please register your interest please email ayo.abugo@lbbd.gov.uk by 12 noon, Tuesday 26th May, 2026.

Customer Services Telephony - Soft Market Testing. Please find the advert details and attached document published on The Chest: www.the-chest.org.uk.

Cumberland Council is in the process of procuring supported bus services across the Cumberland area. The intention is to tender for these services in early Summer 2026, for the bus services to be ready for launch in November 2026. As part of the commissioning process, the Council would like to invite all interested bus operators to attend a pre-market engagement session. At this session we will share an outline of commissioning plans and talk through the anticipated tender process and timeline. The Council would like all bus operators who might be interested in delivering this contract either now or in the future to join us. Providers should note that procurement plans are subject to formal approval and cannot be guaranteed until a decision to procure has been made. The decision is not scheduled to be reviewed until June 2026.

Request for Information for City Of York Council Housing Needs Assessment

The council are inviting suppliers to participate in preliminary engagement to gain insight from the market with the purpose of making any potential future exercise, well framed, feasible, focused and of likely interest to the market. This preliminary market engagement questionnaire is to seek potential providers views for key areas of service provision: An Appropriate Adult (AA) service is a safeguarding service used in the criminal justice system to protect the rights and welfare of vulnerable people when they are involved with the police. It exists because some people may not fully understand police procedures or be able to communicate effectively without support. The Service is delivered from a central custody suite in Spennymoor, County Durham, however on occasions Appropriate Adults may be required to attend alternative locations when a voluntary attendance interview is undertaken. The AA service currently assists custody for vulnerable adults and children on a call out basis as and when required. For adults this service is 24/7 and for children this is out of hours including bank holidays.

Milton Keynes City Council’s Leisure and Sports Partnership Department delivers an inclusive school swimming programme for primary school pupils in Years 3 to 6, enabling schools to meet their statutory curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety education. The programme operates as a comprehensive, centrally coordinated service. All swimming pools, appropriately qualified instructors, and transport arrangements are organised by the School Swimming Programme Coordinator, providing schools with a single point of contact and streamlined delivery model. A key component of the service is the provision of reliable and safe transport. Transport providers are required to collect pupils and accompanying school staff from their respective schools, convey them to the designated swimming facility, and return them to school following the completion of each session. All participating schools and swimming pools are located within the Milton Keynes area.

Leeds City Council’s internal service provider (ISP) for construction and repair works, Leeds Building Services (LBS), are responsible for the delivery of Responsive Plastering works across Leeds to domestic properties. Leeds City Council will look to appoint one contractor to each of the lots outlined below and will be looking to appoint up to 2 contractors. The programme will consist of 2 lots: • Lot 1 - Responsive Plastering works - R1 - R5 (Estimated Value £335,000) • Lot 2 - Responsive Plastering works - R6 - R9 (Estimated Value £265,000) The contract will run for an initial two years, with an option to further extend the contract by an additional 24 months. Volumes of work can not be guaranteed throughout the contract. The estimated annual contract value is up to £600,000 per annum, with a total estimate contract value up to £2,400,000.

Milton Keynes City Council (‘the Council’) would like feedback from providers who may be interested in the provision of Education Software. The Council currently utilises an education software system to support a broad range of statutory education functions. The system provides an integrated suite of modules that support local authority responsibilities across education and children’s services, including areas such as admissions, attendance, early years, special educational needs, transport, and other statutory duties. The Council is now reviewing its future requirements to ensure its education software arrangements remain fit for purpose, scalable, and aligned with evolving statutory, operational, and data requirements. The purpose of this engagement is to: - understand the current supplier market and available solutions, including alternatives or enhancements to existing systems - seek feedback on system capability, service design, innovation, and delivery models - inform the development of a future procurement strategy, specification, and contract model We are keen to hear from providers on the questions published contained within the market engagement document on our e-tendering portal In-Tend . Please respond to the questions latest by 12 noon on Tuesday 26th May 2026 via In-Tend Correspondence section/market engagement stage. If there is sufficient interest in a market engagement event to explore the proposal in more detail, this will be held on 12th June 2026, via Microsoft Teams. Please also indicate if you would like to receive an invitation which will be sent separately subject to interest. The Market Engagement document can be accessed on our e-tendering portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/aspx/Home

• Commissioners are looking to procure an Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service across Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield from April 2027. • The service will be jointly commissioned by NHS South Yorkshire ICB and the three Local Authorities, supporting adults and children with assessed needs to live as independently and safely as possible in their own homes. • The service plays a critical role in supporting hospital discharge and the Home First priorities, preventing avoidable admissions, reducing falls, supporting independence, and delaying or avoiding the need for residential or nursing care. • Demand is expected to increase as care continues to shift from acute settings into the community, requiring a responsive, seven-day service model. • The successful provider will be responsible for the end‑to‑end management of community equipment, including procurement, storage, delivery, installation, maintenance, repair, recall, collection, decontamination, recycling and disposal. Both standard catalogue equipment and specialist equipment (including paediatric and bespoke items) must be managed in line with clinical safety standards, manufacturer guidance and statutory requirements. • A core principle of the service is value for money through a credit‑based reuse model. Equipment is actively recalled when no longer required, refurbished where appropriate, and returned to stock to minimise new purchases, reduce waste and maximise environmental sustainability. The new service model will have a greater emphasis on more active recall of items. If you believe that your organisation can deliver the service described in section 4 and you want to participate in the Market Engagement session please contact adam.elwis@sheffield.gov.uk by 12pm on Friday 15th May 2026.

To remove (dredge) silt from Canvey Lake, the suppliers solution will need to include:- Ensuring the safety of the wildlife habitat of the lake during the removal Considering the best use of the silt i.e. should it be taken away, or reused to improve banks and islands Budget is limited to a maximum of £500k which may not cover the whole lake area, so the solution should include determining which area or areas of the lake are to be de-silted

This contract will be divided into four separate lots to ensure specialist advocacy support is available for different groups of people who require assistance to have their voice heard, understand their rights, and participate in decisions about their care and wellbeing. Lot 1: Mental Health Advocacy This Lot relates to the provision of statutory and non-statutory advocacy for individuals experiencing mental health difficulties. This includes support for people who are detained under mental health legislation or subject to related powers or affected by the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, as well as individuals who require assistance to understand their rights and participate in decisions about their treatment and care. The service will ensure people are supported to have their voice heard and to engage meaningfully with professionals involved in their mental health care. Lot 2: Care Act Advocacy This Lot covers the provision of independent advocacy for adults who require support to understand and engage with processes under the Care Act 2014. This includes individuals who have substantial difficulty in being involved in care and support assessments, care planning, reviews, safeguarding processes, or other related decision-making, and who do not have an appropriate person to support them. The service will ensure individuals are supported to express their wishes, understand their rights, and participate as fully as possible in decisions affecting their care and support. Lot 3: Children's Advocacy This Lot covers the provision of independent advocacy for children and young people. The service will ensure that children and young people are supported to express their views, wishes, and feelings in decisions that affect their lives. This may include children in care, care leavers, homeless young people aged 16 and 17, and those involved with social care or safeguarding processes. Advocates will support young people to understand their rights, participate in meetings and reviews, and raise concerns or complaints where appropriate. Lot 4: Health Advocacy This lot relates to the provision of advocacy for individuals who need support to understand and engage with health services. The service will help people to express their views, access information about their healthcare options, and raise concerns or complaints where necessary. Advocacy may include support for individuals navigating complex health systems, attending appointments, or understanding treatment choices and their rights within health settings.

The purpose of the tender is to appoint a contractor to carry out all building works to construct a side extension to 23 Barnett Field, to include thermal improvements and refurbishment works to the existing structure to comply with Building Regulation Part M4 (3), building to provide a high standard home for immediate wheelchair use and their family. Works to be carried out at 23 Barnett Field, Ashford, Kent TN23 4RG. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Ashford:-Construction-work./D2VM3QNSUJ To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/D2VM3QNSUJ

Suffolk County Council (SCC) are currently out to tender for an Alternative Provision Tier One (Outreach) Service. A tender notice (2026/S 000-022023) for this service was originally published on 11 March 2026. However, due to changes in the budget envelope, the tender was cancelled and a procurement termination notice (2026/S 000-030429) was published on 1 April 2026. The previous procurement identifier (OCID) was ocds-h6vhtk-05e9aa and the reference was PA0035. A new reference number of PA0035-1 has been allocated for this new tender. Changes to the original tender documents have been recorded and a summary of the changes will be included within the tender documentation. The service involves delivering targeted early support within mainstream schools, supporting children across all Key Stages 1 - 4, to address emerging needs promptly. The goal is to provide assistance before challenges escalate for children, reducing the likelihood of exclusion, maximising engagement and participation in learning and promoting inclusion with the mainstream educational environment. Timely outreach support and robust intervention with Children and Young People (CYP) to ensure they can succeed and remain in mainstream education will raise education attainment and skill levels. This is important as these CYP are often our most vulnerable in our communities and failure to secure a good quality educational offer can often lead to a reliance upon other services such as social care or mental health providers. The CYP who will be referred, and who will access the Tier 1 Outreach support, will have complex needs that will require the provider to tailor their approach to the individual needs of the young person. This will involve working in partnership with other agencies, schools and stakeholders as well as parents/carers and the young people themselves to ensure best outcomes. The primary objective of Tier 1 AP is to provide specific support around barriers to learning and enable pupils to remain in their referring school. The Special Educational Needs/Alternative Provision Service Development Team has a core focus on commissioning high quality educational provision for vulnerable and disadvantaged learners as well as ensuring that this cohort of pupils can make progress based on age, ability and prior achievement through easy access to a robust 'Local Offer' as set out in the SEND reforms (Special Education Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0 to 25 years). Historically there has been a significant increase in the number of young people permanently excluded across all Key Stages. Suffolk County Council has a continued commitment to provide the right intervention at the right time. As such, this Tier 1 AP Outreach programme can have a key impact to avoid exclusion.

Ipswich Borough Council are currently out to tender for the provision of Asbestos Management Surveys. This opportunity is available in the 'Current Tenders' area of portal. Interested parties are invited to express their interest to gain full access to the tender documentation. The deadline date for submissions of the tender is 27th May 2026 @ 11:0hrs. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted The deadline for clarification questions is 18th May 2026 @ 14:0hrs which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website. Please note that clarifications for the Contract has a deadline of 11th May 2026 @ 14:0hrs.

Applications are invited from Contractors, under the terms of the NEC4 ECSC Short Contract, for the following PEACEPLUS project: Moneydarragh Community Hub Ltd - Creation of new outdoor classroom - PP2014: Supply and installation of new outdoor Messy Play activity area and associated site works at Moneydarragh Community Hub, Annalong. The works will be for Civil Engineering - 45200000-9, Landscaping - 45112700-2, Paved Areas - 45233200-1, Land Clearance - 45111220-6, Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work - 45200000, Ground Maintenance - 77314000-4 for a period of 3 weeks and will commence not before July 2026. To access this competition: Registered: Login to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity CA17719. Not registered: Visit https://suppliers.multiquote.com then register and quote CA17719 as the reason for registration. Any queries please contact MultiQuote on 020 3920 8054.

THE GARAGE YOUTH CENTRE, ELING RECREATION GROUND, ELING, TOTTON SO40 9EB The Town Council is proposing to enter into an arrangement with an appropriate organisation to take over responsibility for the Garage Youth Centre. Given below is a very brief description of the proposals for potentially interested parties to allow them to consider if they wish to put forward an expression of interest. All those expressing an interest will then be sent the tender documents. Any further information required can be obtained from Susan Cutler, Town Clerk - email susan.cutler@tottoneling-tc.gov.uk or 023 8086 3138. Totton & Eling Town Council previously operated the above 'award winning' facility for over twenty-five years. It was originally based at St. Mary's Hall in Junction Road Totton with its purpose being to provide a drop-in centre offering a range of recreational activities to young people between the ages of 9 and 18. The Youth Centre then moved to its current location in a purpose designed building situated on Eling Recreation Ground. The current building has specific spaces for young people e.g. general area, music booth, Craft room, ball pit, physical activity area and tuck shop etc. The Centre was open at differing times each season but generally from 3pm to 7pm Tuesday to Friday (term-time). The Centre was staffed by a manager together with senior and assistant youth workers.

Leicester City Council seeks a cloud-based, commercially off-the-shelf solution to analyse DfT-provided GPS vehicle speed data. The system will support data-driven decision-making to improve road safety, reduce congestion, plan sustainable transport, and enhance air quality. The solution must provide insights on historic speeds and journey times, identify congestion pinch points, and highlight areas of excessive speeding. It should be reliable, secure, and capable of mitigating risks such as data loss or cyber threats.

Newcastle City Council is seeking a suitably qualified contractor to undertake the replacement and repair of wet riser pump systems serving three high‑rise residential buildings in the Arthur's Hill area. • Westgate Court • Todds Nook • Vallum Court

Rushmoor Borough Council (the 'council') is inviting tenders from suitably experienced cleaning and security suppliers for The Meads Shopping centre located in Farnborough. The value of cleaning and security services at The Meads is in the region of £650,000 per annum (excluding VAT). A price cap of £735,000 will be applied to tenders in relation to cost of service for the 1st year of the contract, the Council reserves the right to set aside any tenders above this amount. The targeted award date for the contract is 16th July 2026 with commencement of services to run from 2nd November 2026. The Council is letting the contract on a 3-year base term with options to extend up to a maximum of 5 years. Once awarded the contract will also allow for the addition of further sites within the Council's property portfolio, including but not limited to. • Union Yard, Aldershot • Ashbourne House, Andover • Frimley 4.4, Farnborough There is no guarantee that further sites will be incorporated within the scope of the contract. The Inclusion of further sites will be at the Council's sole discretion and will be subject to best value review of delivery options. A Supplier bidders briefing will be held on Wednesday 1st April 2026 at 11:30 via Microsoft Teams. Attendance at the briefing is encouraged but not mandatory. The purpose of the briefing is to provide Suppliers with an overview of: • Background and current arrangements • Procurement Overview and Programme • E-tendering system • PSQ and Conditions of Participation • Quality Assessment Question • Pricing Template • Social Value Commitments An updated bidders briefing following the tender modification will take place on Monday 11th May 2026 via Microsoft Teams. Attendance at the briefing is encouraged but not mandatory. Suppliers are provided with a Microsoft Teams link within the ITT document for the briefing. The Council will be recording the Microsoft Teams meeting and will subsequently make this available as part of the tender pack via ProContract. Compulsory site tours will be held at The Meads. The site tours will take place on Wednesday 8th April 2026 at 10:0 am and Tuesday 14th April 2026 at 10:00. The site tour will last approx. 1 hour. Tenderers are required to visit the site prior to tender submission, if a tender is received and there is no evidence that the tenderer has attended the sites (with the exception of the incumbent), the council reserves the right to set the tender aside. Due to staff rotas the council cannot provide any additional dates for visits to site. Following the modification to the tender, an additional site tour will take place on Tuesday 12th April 2026 at 10:00. The site tour will last approx. 1 hour. The information provided at the site tour scheduled for Tuesday 12 May will be the same as that provided at the earlier site tours held on Wednesday 8 April 2026 and Tuesday 14 April 2026. Bidders who have already attended a previous site tour may attend the site tour on Tuesday 12 May if they wish; however, no new or additional information will be provided. To help manage the effective running of the site tour suppliers should confirm full names & positions of attendees via Pro-Contract Correspondence prior to the deadline of Monday 11th May 2026 at 12:00. This procurement timetable is indicative and, while the council does not intend to depart from it, it reserves the right to do so at any time. • Tender Notice Issued - Wednesday 25th March 2026 • Tender Pack Issued on ProContract - Wednesday 25th March 2026 • TEAMS Bidders Briefing  - Wednesday 1st April 2026 @11:30 • Mandatory Site Tours - Wednesday 8th April 2026 and/or Tuesday 14th April 2026 @10:0 • Tender modification issued - Thursday 30th April 2026 • TEAMS bidders Briefing - Monday 11th May 2026 • Mandatory Site Tour - Tuesday 12th May 2026 • Deadline for Requests for Clarification - Friday 15th May 2026 • Tender return deadline - Wednesday 27th May 2026 • Interviews - 17th and 18th June 2026 • Award Decision & Assessment Summaries Issued - Monday 6th July 2026 • Contract Award Notice Issued - Monday 6th July 2026 • Standstill Period Starts - Tuesday 7th July 2026 • Standstill Period Ends - Wednesday 15th July 2026 • Contract Award - Thursday 16th July 2026 • Mobilisation Friday 31st July 2026 - Monday 2nd November • Contract Commencement - Monday 2nd November 2026 The Council is utilising its e-sender tool ProContract to manage this procurement which can be accessed using the following link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login