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Rutland County Council (the Council) is undertaking a soft market testing exercise to inform the development of a future procurement for Dry Mixed Recycling (DMR) Treatment and Processing Services. This soft market test relates solely to the treatment and processing of Dry Mixed Recycling and does not include collection services. The purpose of this engagement is to seek feedback from the market to help shape a procurement that is deliverable, commercially viable and attractive to suppliers, while ensuring continuity of service and compliance with relevant legislation. The information gathered through this soft market test will be used to refine the procurement approach, timetable and contract documentation. Participation in this exercise will not form part of any future tender evaluation, and no supplier will be advantaged or disadvantaged by responding. Please note that this notice does not commit the Council to any future competition or award. Providers are invited to provide a response to the soft market questionnaire that can be accessed via the below link: https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=081bb6ee-bf23-f111-813c-005056b64545&p=527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21 The deadline for submission for the soft market testing is: 12 noon 17th April 2026.

Essex County Council (ECC) are seeking a comprehensive Enterprise Architecture Transformation Tool to support the Council's ongoing Local Government Reorganisation journey. ECC is undertaking this Preliminary market engagement notice (PME) to engage with potential suppliers to understand market capability and available solutions to help develop the Authority's requirements and inform the procurement strategy. ECC is looking to understand more about tools that can provide the following outcomes: • Help manage and simplify the complexities of our transformation, guiding robust decision-making around investment priorities. • Deliver actionable insights for Operations, Products, Cyber, and Functional Services teams, underpinned by measurable Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that track the business maturity, resilience, user outcomes, and service performance. • Enable the enterprise architecture to clearly demonstrate value, inform and justify decisions to enhance services, reduce organisational risk, and improve the experience for users. • Integrate seamlessly with ECC's existing digital platforms and services across multiple tenancies, handle large volumes of data, and provide outputs that are accessible and useful for officers at all levels within the council. • Offer a maturity model that has proven effective in other local government authorities, to support ECC throughout this significant transformation. • Assess and map the digital and data assets across the Essex region. • Support the consolidation and rationalisation of the digital applications and contracts to achieve greater efficiency. • Provide visibility into known and unknown areas, with the ability to prioritise and rank risks, thereby strengthening decision-making. In summary, ECC require a mature, proven tool that will not only enable it to govern and improve its transformation journey, but also drive business value, mitigate risks, and deliver measurable outcomes for teams and communities. ECC is in its earliest stages of generating requirements and therefore for any future potential procurement opportunity for an Enterprise Architecture Transformation Tool, it is anticipated that requirements, scope and timelines will be refined/amended following PME. Therefore, there is no commitment or guarantee that procurement activity will go ahead.

Essex County Council (ECC) is exploring a countywide programme to support the deployment of rooftop solar PV and other sustainability initiatives across the 556 schools in Essex, in collaboration with the local community energy sector. This programme would be successful if we were able to engage half of the total schools and develop delivery models appropriate to a variety of contexts and status for individual schools. Intended outcomes of the programme will be to significantly increase renewable generation across Essex through using the roof space on the school estate, lower schools' energy costs, provide opportunities for community ownership of renewable generation, and promote engagement and education on sustainability initiatives within schools. One clear priority of the programme is to engage and collaborate with the growing community energy sector in Essex and enable community investment and ownership of solar PV on schools. While our initial focus is on scaling renewable energy generation on the school estate, our ambition is to develop a more holistic programme that provides solutions across multiple decarbonisation and sustainability interventions. DfE and central government are placing greater emphasis on the role schools and education facilities can play in net zero and climate goals, so there is an opportunity to deliver additional benefit. ECC intends to procure a delivery partner (or consortium) with the expertise and capacity to work collaboratively with us, schools, and our community energy groups. Before initiating a full procurement process, ECC is carrying out this market engagement exercise to better understand the range of services available, delivery models, market capability, and any considerations that should inform our programme design. The programme aims to: • Assess and prioritise rooftop solar PV potential across the Essex school estate. • Engage and support schools to understand the benefits of installing renewable energy generation at their schools and to the benefits of community energy. • Provide technical feasibility assessments, business case development, and project development support. • Work collaboratively with the community energy sector to deliver projects that offer community investment and ownership opportunities. • Develop variety of delivery models suitable for a range of school type, context and funding models. • Explore additional sustainability opportunities, such as energy efficiency upgrades, demand reduction, water efficiency upgrades, and wider decarbonisation and sustainability options for schools. ECC is particularly interested in delivery partners that can operate in a collaborative, facilitative, and partnership based way with the community energy sector. To engage with us, please fill out this form > https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/r7MMWx8wc7 It is important to note that this market engagement exercise is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published on Find a Tender. It should also be noted that this market engagement exercise invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This market engagement exercise is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in any future tendering process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who participate.

West Norfolk Property Limited (WNPL) is a company wholly owned by the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk which was set up in 2018 to hold private rented housing in the borough in order to provide an income stream to the council and increase the supply of high quality, professionally managed and more secure private rented housing in the area. The company operates on a commercial basis, limited by shares and currently owns 95 properties, all of which were acquired from the Council’s development sites as new build since 2020. It has an identified pipeline of new build homes to be acquired from the Council and let at full market rents taking the portfolio to 139 homes by the end of 2027. The current portfolio and identified pipeline is located in King’s Lynn. Properties are available for renting to the general public, rather than defined categories of applicants. The Company is actively exploring opportunities to acquire additional homes from the Council and is also exploring opportunities to acquire homes from third parties. This may include homes in other parts of West Norfolk or Norfolk following Local Government Reorganisation. The Company will be seeking a partner to provide full management and maintenance services of Company’s portfolio for two years, plus a two year extension clause. The service will be responsible for all day-to-day management and maintenance of the portfolio including •Marketing and letting (including assessing applicants, referencing and setting up the tenancy) •Rent collection and arrears management •Periodic inspections; •Arranging and managing repairs •Void management •Compliance •Customer services. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-King%27s-Lynn:-Property-management-services-of-real-estate-on-a-fee-or-contract-basis./HS238D93W8 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/HS238D93W8

SCC delivers Bikeability training through a structured programme designed to equip children and young people with the skills and confidence to cycle safely and independently.

Derry City and Strabane District Council plans to commence a robust, credible and transparent preliminary market engagement process to procure specialist technical services to assess the feasibility and support the design of a £2m Positive Energy District (PED) Pilot project in Strabane Town Centre. PEDs, according to JPI Urban Europe, are “energy-efficient and energy-flexible urban areas or groups of connected buildings which produce net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and actively manage an annual local or regional surplus production of renewable energy. They require integration of different systems and infrastructures and interaction between buildings, the users and the regional energy, mobility and ICT systems while securing the energy supply and a good life for all in line with social, economic, and environmental sustainability.” (Ref: JPI Urban Europe / SET Plan Action 3.2, “White Paper on Reference Framework for Positive Energy Districts and Neighbourhoods,” Austria, 2020). The purpose of this preliminary market engagement (PME) is to gather insights and feedback from the market to inform the development of the procurement strategy and specification for the PED technical consultancy requirement as well as assisting Derry City and Strabane District Council to ensure that the most efficient and effective methods of procurement are considered. The first phase of the market engagement exercise will be participation from the supply base through the attached questionnaire. Responses to these questions will help Derry City and Strabane District Council gather comprehensive information about potential suppliers and the services they offer. This will allow us to make informed decisions regarding our specification and procurement strategy before entering the market with a full procurement competition. At this stage, any information gathered through this engagement exercise will solely inform internal business planning and any possible subsequent procurement process; and will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise. Your submission must be submitted via etendersNI, via this CFT. No other method of submissions will be accepted. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

The Pencil Works is a £6.2 million UK Government Towns Fund investment designed to deliver a new enterprise hub in the heart of Stapleford town centre. This flagship development will provide high-quality office, retail, makerspace, and creative facilities, supporting the growth of the creative, digital, and cultural sectors within the region. Broxtowe Borough Council is seeking market insight to inform the future operational model for the Pencil Works. A preferred option under consideration is a partnership-based operating model, where the Council collaborates with a specialist operator responsible for day-to-day management, tenant and community engagement, and effective utilisation of the available space. This pre-market engagement exercise aims to gather industry feedback on this proposed approach. The Pencil Works is currently under construction with completion expected in October 2026. Interested suppliers are invited to contribute their views on this exciting opportunity. The deadline for submissions is 12:0 noon on 17 April 2026.

West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) is undertaking a preliminary market engagement exercise to inform a future procurement and development of West Northamptonshire’s advertising estate. WNC's advertising estate spans both in-home digital assets and out-of-home (OOH) physical assets. Recent audit findings indicate that the estate could generate £3–£4 million over the next decade if optimised through digitisation, modernised contracts, and better commercial models. WNC seeks supplier insight regarding: • Digitisation of 6-sheet assets and commercial models for revenue share • Lamppost banner management and procurement approaches • Opportunities for large-format digital sites and identification of viable locations • Website and email advertising integration to support income and communication objectives • EV chargers with integrated advertising as part of a sustainability strategy • Commercial opportunities in bus stations and council-owned totems • Guerrilla and temporary advertising to activate unused public spaces The Council is seeking feedback from the market on service delivery models, capacity, innovation and scalability to help shape the final service specification and procurement approach.

West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) is undertaking a preliminary market engagement exercise to inform a future procurement and development of West Northamptonshire’s advertising estate. WNC's advertising estate spans both in-home digital assets and out-of-home (OOH) physical assets. Recent audit findings indicate that the estate could generate £3–£4 million over the next decade if optimised through digitisation, modernised contracts, and better commercial models. WNC is seeks supplier insight regarding: • Digitisation of 6-sheet assets and commercial models for revenue share • Lamppost banner management and procurement approaches • Opportunities for large-format digital sites and identification of viable locations • Website and email advertising integration to support income and communication objectives • EV chargers with integrated advertising as part of a sustainability strategy • Commercial opportunities in bus stations and council-owned totems • Guerrilla and temporary advertising to activate unused public spaces The Council is seeking feedback from the market on service delivery models, capacity, innovation and scalability to help shape the final service specification and procurement approach.

West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) is undertaking a preliminary market engagement exercise to inform a future procurement and development of West Northamptonshire’s advertising estate. WNC's advertising estate spans both in-home digital assets and out-of-home (OOH) physical assets. Recent audit findings indicate that the estate could generate £3–£4 million over the next decade if optimised through digitisation, modernised contracts, and better commercial models. WNC is seeks supplier insight regarding: • Digitisation of 6-sheet assets and commercial models for revenue share • Lamppost banner management and procurement approaches • Opportunities for large-format digital sites and identification of viable locations • Website and email advertising integration to support income and communication objectives • EV chargers with integrated advertising as part of a sustainability strategy • Commercial opportunities in bus stations and council-owned totems • Guerrilla and temporary advertising to activate unused public spaces The Council is seeking feedback from the market on service delivery models, capacity, innovation and scalability to help shape the final service specification and procurement approach. Pre-Market Engagement Timetable Please read the attached document and if you feel that your organisation is able to contribute to this exercise, please complete the questionnaire at the end of the document and return, via email to craig.forsyth@westnorthants.gov.uk by Friday 10 April 2026.

The Pencil Works is a £6.2 million UK Government Towns Fund investment designed to deliver a new enterprise hub in the heart of Stapleford town centre. This flagship development will provide high-quality office, retail, makerspace, and creative facilities, supporting the growth of the creative, digital, and cultural sectors within the region. Broxtowe Borough Council is seeking market insight to inform the future operational model for the Pencil Works. A preferred option under consideration is a partnership-based operating model, where the Council collaborates with a specialist operator responsible for day-to-day management, tenant and community engagement, and effective utilisation of the available space. This pre-market engagement exercise aims to gather industry feedback on this proposed approach. The Pencil Works is currently under construction with completion expected in October 2026. Interested suppliers are invited to contribute their views on this exciting opportunity. The deadline for submissions is 12:0 noon on 17 April 2026.

Suffolk County Council (the "Council") is seeking to appoint a Funding and Development Partner who will develop, fund, deliver and operate the Ipswich Heat Network. The Council has been leading on the feasibility of a heat network project since 2021 and has now secured £10 million from the Government's Green Heat Network Fund to secure a private sector partner to deliver the core network. The core network reference scheme is in Ipswich Town Centre and the intention is that the primary heat source will be the River Gipping. The network is currently expected to provide over 30 GWh of heat each year to public buildings across Ipswich. The Council's preferred delivery vehicle is a Joint Venture with the Council anchoring and promoting the project delivery and funding provided from the private sector. The Council would hold a Golden or Special Share.

North Yorkshire Highway (NYH) (the ‘Client’) is requesting information from suppliers to help determine the scope and feasibility of its requirement, to understand the range of potential solutions available in the market, and to assist with drafting a potential future tender specification for Highway Maintenance Gangs and Other Operatives. The Highway Maintenance Gangs is for the supply of gangs, comprising labour, vehicle, and appropriate plant and equipment, to work independently on highway maintenance tasks, under the general supervision of the Client’s staff. This will supplement in-house Highway Maintenance Gang resources during periods when the Client faces additional demand.

* PME ONLY* In the face of the climate emergency, low physical activity rates, a congested highway network, and high rates of transport related social exclusion, the Combined Authority and partner districts have ambitious targets for walking and cycling, as well as rail and bus patronage. In the future, our plans include a new Mass Transit network. To track progress against these targets it is necessary to have robust monitoring data to measure the impact of the significant investment the Combined Authority are making in sustainable transport. Existing data sources, such as the National Travel Survey, have significant limitations at a local and regional level due to inadequate sample sizes. Data from proprietary systems is undesirable for this purpose as the underlying models and assumptions are hidden. Local authority districts have been collecting ‘cordon count’ data around the five West Yorkshire district centres (Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, and Wakefield) as well as Dewsbury for several years. However, the Combined Authority and district partners agree that a consistent approach is needed across the region. Market engagement has revealed that employing the most detailed Local Authority method across the West Yorkshire region, with enhanced “water-tight” cordons, would be prohibitively expensive. Deviation from the existing methodology is therefore unavoidable. The advantage of a consistent region-wide method introduced in time to see the impacts of major interventions will outweigh the disbenefits breaking the time series, especially when the existing data is deemed to be of low value following the inconsistencies found in the 2024 review. Whilst travel into and out of district centres does not provide a full picture, district centre cordon counts are an established and relatively cost-effective way to monitor modal share, particularly for travel to work trips. This will be used as a key metric for monitoring West Yorkshire’s Local Transport Plan, as well as for monitoring and evaluating major transport programmes delivered by the Combined Authority. We have undertaken benchmarking against other Combined Authority data collection programmes and have amended the requirements in the attached draft Statement of Requirements (SoR) to reflect feedback and advice from experts in other Authority areas, balancing cost versus the need to obtain an appropriate level of insight. WYCA invites interested Tenderers to complete the attached Market Engagement Feedback Form and return by 2:0 pm on the 17th of April 2026 via YORtender. A draft Statement of Requirements is being uploaded with this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Notice as well as the cordon count maps. Please Note the following: 1. This is a further updated PME following a previous one in December 2024. The project was then paused pending approvals from partner organisations. Now that approvals have been received, we are re-issuing revised PME questions for your consideration. This is to ensure a successful procurement exercise following substantial changes to the previous shared requirements. These changes include: i. Occupancy counts not required at most sites ii. Count site relocations iii. Data collection to occur simultaneously, and iv. Making the budget position clearer. Combined with lesser tweaks, we felt these changes form a notable departure from our original ask and wanted to offer the opportunity to revise any comments on this basis. Any final specification may be further tweaked as we work through the responses in the PME Feedback Forms and further engagement with our local authority partners, but we expect any further changes to be relatively minor prior to going to market. 2. This PME Notice is for preliminary market engagement only and is not a ‘Call for Competition’. Whilst we encourage your participation in this PME, failure to respond to this request will not prohibit your involvement in any future procurement exercise if progressed via a publicly advertised tender opportunity. 3. This new exercise will not disadvantage any Tenderer who did not participate in previous PMEs. Any future procurement opportunity will be advertised through our tender portal at https://yortender.eu-supply.com and Consultancies are encouraged to register in readiness for this.

"Walsall Council is seeking market feedback and expressions of interest in advance of a potential procurement tender for a joint venture partner to supply, build, install and operate one or more pyrolysis plants in the Borough of Walsall.​ The Council is seeking to establish with a partner a joint venture (JV) company 75%:25% to process whole tree woodchip and virgin biomass material . The Council wishes to be the majority share holder in the joint venture company and will supply a site fit for the purpose of pyrolysis operations over a minimum of 20 years."

Pulborough Parish Council seeks a contractor to provide routine grounds maintenance across parish-owned open spaces, including grass cutting, litter picking, and seasonal clearance. The contract will cover 3 sites within the parish boundary, with fortnightly cuts March-October. The contract term is 3 years. All work must comply with relevant health and safety legislation and environmental standards.

Pulborough Parish Council seeks a contractor to provide routine grounds maintenance across parish-owned open spaces, including grass cutting, litter picking, and seasonal clearance. The contract will cover 3 sites within the parish boundary, with fortnightly cuts March-October. The contract term is 3 years. All work must comply with relevant health and safety legislation and environmental standards.

This tender is to appoint a main supplier for the construction of a new one and a half storey Community Hub at Mampitts Green, Shaftesbury (SP7 8PG). Works include building construction, utilities, external areas, and landscape enhancements that improve the overall setting and public realm. The Hub is intended as a flexible, multiuse facility supporting community groups, wellbeing activities, small events, family programmes and general local services. The tender process is a below-threshold Open Procedure (single-stage). The contract will be a JCT intermediate contract with Contractor Design Portion applicable in respect of some elements. The Hub will provide a flexible, multiuser spaces suitable for community groups, wellbeing programmes, family activities, training sessions and small events. The project has been designed to ensure that it simple with a practical layout keeps construction manageable while delivering long term community benefit and value. The project supports a growing neighbourhood and provides a high profile civic facility with strong local support. The project has full planning approval P/FUL/2024/01856. It should be noted that the contract value shown is an estimate inclusive of all optional scopes and contingency allowances. As such, the council believes that tenders below this contract value are achievable.

This tender is to appoint a main supplier for the construction of a new one and a half storey Community Hub at Mampitts Green, Shaftesbury (SP7 8PG). Works include building construction, utilities, external areas, and landscape enhancements that improve the overall setting and public realm. The Hub is intended as a flexible, multiuse facility supporting community groups, wellbeing activities, small events, family programmes and general local services. The tender process is a below-threshold Open Procedure (single-stage). The contract will be a JCT intermediate contract with Contractor Design Portion applicable in respect of some elements. The Hub will provide a flexible, multiuser spaces suitable for community groups, wellbeing programmes, family activities, training sessions and small events. The project has been designed to ensure that it simple with a practical layout keeps construction manageable while delivering long term community benefit and value. The project supports a growing neighbourhood and provides a high profile civic facility with strong local support. The project has full planning approval P/FUL/2024/01856. It should be noted that the contract value shown is an estimate inclusive of all optional scopes and contingency allowances. As such, the council believes that tenders below this contract value are achievable.

This tender is to appoint a main supplier for the construction of a new one and a half storey Community Hub at Mampitts Green, Shaftesbury (SP7 8PG). Works include building construction, utilities, external areas, and landscape enhancements that improve the overall setting and public realm. The Hub is intended as a flexible, multiuse facility supporting community groups, wellbeing activities, small events, family programmes and general local services. The tender process is a below-threshold Open Procedure (single-stage). The contract will be a JCT intermediate contract with Contractor Design Portion applicable in respect of some elements. The Hub will provide a flexible, multiuser spaces suitable for community groups, wellbeing programmes, family activities, training sessions and small events. The project has been designed to ensure that it simple with a practical layout keeps construction manageable while delivering long term community benefit and value. The project supports a growing neighbourhood and provides a high profile civic facility with strong local support. The project has full planning approval P/FUL/2024/01856. It should be noted that the contract value shown is an estimate inclusive of all optional scopes and contingency allowances. As such, the council believes that tenders below this contract value are achievable.