Development business support programme for micro and small construction industry businesses
Background
The Epping Forest District Local Plan adopted on the 6th March 2023 proposes to build 11,400 new dwellings in the EFDC area by 2033 a growth in households of about 21%.
However, the sector is struggling to meet the pace at which it needs to build housing. This is despite the construction sector being the largest sector of the local economy and the largest employer, employing almost 9,000 people.
From insight gathered locally, we know the district has a limited number of large housing developers and construction companies, with the majority of businesses in the district being small or micro enterprise (fewer than 50 employees). We also know that the biggest barriers to growth for the industry locally include recruiting a skilled workforce, accessing new markets, and competing for larger contracts and customers.
Epping Forest District Council are therefore looking to commission a construction industry business support programme with the objective of supporting small and micro enterprises to grow, enabling them to bid for contracts with large developers.
This will ultimately help boost the local economy, keep wealth locally, create employment opportunities, whilst also supporting the council to meet its housing land supply target.
Objectives
1.Engage and consult with construction businesses to develop an understanding of their needs, aspirations and the support required to achieve them.
2.Support the growth of micro and small construction businesses to enable them to benefit from local housing growth through biding for local, regional or national contracts.
3.Support employment growth within the construction sector, enabling local residents to benefit from employment opportunities that will come with the projected housing growth.
4.Create connections between sector leading organisations and local Epping Forest SMEs to enable the growth of the local construction industry.
5.Signposting businesses to additional regional or national support programmes that may further support their growth.
6.Support EFDC to have a greater understanding of sector, its sub-sectors and the level of value it offers to the local economy.
7.Support EFDC to identify future actions, projects or initiatives that can support the continued growth of the sector.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Epping:-Construction-consultancy-services./PT3NJ45WG2
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/PT3NJ45WG2
Epping Forest District Council5 Jun 2026WAC-596407
26013 Cambourne to Cambridge Construction Procurement
The purpose of the Scheme is to increase capacity, improve journey times and the reliability and resilience of passenger services that serve the Greater Cambridge area.
To achieve this purpose, the Scheme will connect Camborne with Cambridge by a guided bus route.
Description of the Scheme Works:
• A mostly segregated guided busway and adjoining emergency and maintenance access track to also be used for active travel;
• public transport stops;
• operational lighting;
• bridges over the M11 motorway and Bin Brook;
• signalised junctions where the route crosses existing roads;
• Travel Hub (Park and Ride) providing spaces for cars, bicycles and coaches;
• amendments to existing highways and accesses, parking arrangements, drainage and the construction of fencing, environmental mitigation, earthworks and landscaping;
• along with other ancillary works as required.
It is intended to procure the works via a 2-stage tender process utilising the NEC4 Option C form of contract including X22 Early Contractor Involvement.
The outline Scope for the stage 1 works includes: -
• Undertake all necessary surveys
• TWAO Design validation
• Preliminary Design
• Detailed design
• Detailed construction programme
Cost management - the successful Contractor will work with the Client's commercial manager to develop the stage 2 target cost throughout the stage 1/ECI period.
Development of the target cost; Work package negotiation and procurement
all subcontract packages will be tendered on an 'open book' basis with the Client and Project Manager having full visibility of all tender returns and any adjustments, allowances, attendances etc
Preliminaries - based on resourced construction programme and staff rates included in stage 1 tender
Buildability assessments
Construction operations planning
Programme development
Logistics and access arrangements
The price for the stage 1 tender for the X22/ECI works will consist of contractor's preliminaries/fee for undertaking the stage 1 works and managing the design process, design costs for surveys, investigations and Scoping, TWAO Design Validation and Preliminary Design and Detailed Design. As part of the evaluation, tenderers will be required to provide fixed percentages for overheads and profit which will be applied to both stage 1 and stage 2 of the contract.
As part of the tender there will also be a requirement to provide a budget price for the scheme based on the current TWAO design cost plan which will be included in the ITT pricing document and a schedule of staff rates which will be used for the stage 2 preliminaries costs. Neither of these elements will form part of the tender evaluation for stage 1.
Full details of the procurement procedure, the intended Contract, required Works, and the process for expressing an interest in this opportunity are detailed within the associated tender documents.
The Council reserves the right to abandon the procurement and is not bound to award any contract arising from this Tender Notice. Applicants are solely responsible for all costs and expenses incurred in relation to the preparation and submission of their PSQ Response, as well as any costs arising from participation in subsequent stages of the procurement, assessment, and contract award process.
Cambridgeshire County Council on behalf of the Greater Cambridge PartnershipWAC-600465
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