Cumberland Council is procuring a contract for Supported Bus Services for suitably qualified bus operators to run routes on behalf of Cumberland Council.
The council proposes to enter into the contract for an initial term of 12 months with the successful tenderer.
There are 2 optional extension periods available of 12 months each.
Use of these extension periods is at the absolute discretion of the council.
If the contract runs for the initial term only it will end on 01st November 2027. The overall contract value is £2,709,796 excluding VAT.
If the council implements all of the optional extension periods, the contract would end on 01st November 2029.
If the council implements an extension or uplift, this will be confirmed in writing to the successful supplier in advance.
If the services to be provided are VAT exempt then VAT cannot be charged by the successful supplier.
The Council is tendering 15 individual routes. This approach is intended to encourage competition and enable operators to bid for the routes they can deliver most effectively and efficiently. No cap has been applied to the number of routes that may be awarded to any one supplier in order to maximise value for money and operational efficiency.
In accordance with the information set out above, the Council is seeking to award up to 15 contracts.
The Council reserves the right to not make an award at all,
For further details and to access the tender documents use the council's online procurement portal, The Chest https://www.the-chest.org.uk
You must be registered on The Chest to be able to view the opportunity and submit a tender. Registration is simple and free on the above link.
Ensure you read and understand the Invitation to Tender (ITT) and all of its appendices before completing the tender documents.
Any clarification questions must be sent to the council via messaging on The Chest by the deadline stated in the ITT.
All bids must be received electronically via The Chest by the deadline stated in the ITT
Child Focused Courts: Lancashire IDVA Support Service
Child Focus Courts represent a complete reform of the family courts system, adopting an investigative and problem-solving approach to improve the experience of family courts for children and bring in additional domestic abuse support for victims.
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire is looking to procure a supplier to deliver the domestic abuse support for victims to support this model.
Police and Crime Commissioner for LancashireNorth WestWAC-631945
The Members of Adoption Counts (through STAR Procurement) are seeking to implement an Open Framework of approved providers who can deliver a range of therapeutic services or assess a family, individual or child's need to help identify an appropriate therapy. These services may be funded through The Adoption Support Fund www.adoptionsupportfund.co.uk or other sources of funding.
The Council intends to establish a closed framework for the provision of care and support services at home across 12 neighbourhoods within the Liverpool region.
The Council currently supports 2,700 residents across the region, commissioning c35,000 hours per week.
Cumbria - Child Focused Courts: Independent Domestic Violence Adviser (IDVA) Support Service
The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Cumbria is advertising a tender opportunity for a supplier to deliver Child Focused Courts: Independent Domestic Violence Adviser (IDVA) Support Service within Cumbria.
Child Focused Courts represents significant change to private law children cases. The model aims to improve the experience and outcomes for children and families, particularly adult and child victims of domestic abuse. It focuses on early identification of risk, increased engagement with children and bespoke support for victims, all within a streamlined court process.
Within the model, there is a funded pathway for Cafcass or local authorities to refer victims of domestic abuse to specialist agencies for IDVAs provide expert risk assessment and support.
The estimated Total value also includes potential extension period.
The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for CumbriaWAC-634311
End States - Lotted Procurement - Radiological support & Optimising studies
End States - Lotted Procurement - Radiological support (Traws) & Optimisation studies (Fleet Wide)
Parties that are interested should ensure they are registered on the Atamis system Login | Salesforce and the Central Digital Platform
View 2-notice timelineLatest notice released 3 Sept 2026
IT & DigitalTender 2 notices
FOR COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) AND FINITE ELEMENT (FE) SOFTWARE, INCLUDING PRODUCT MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) intends to go to market for a supplier to provide Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element (FE) software, including product maintenance and support. This notice provides an overview of the scope of services and expectations to inform potential suppliers ahead of the formal tender process. The contract is expected to run for an initial three-year period, with options to extend for up to two additional one-year periods
View 2-notice timelineLatest notice released 7 Sept 2026
Local GovernmentTender
Care and Support at Home Closed Framework
The Council intends to establish a closed framework for the provision of care and support services at home across 12 neighbourhoods within the Liverpool region.
The Council currently supports 2,700 residents across the region, commissioning c35,000 hours per week.
Invitation to Tender for the Delivery of an Evidence Led Policy Research and Engagement Programme Supporting the FISC - EIUG Campaign
GFL is seeking a supplier to deliver an evidence led policy research and engagement programme supporting the FISC - EIUG campaign for a period of up to 4 months.
This is an Invitation to tender for the provision of several support services for The University of Salford Students as outlined in the following lots:
• Lot 1: Educational Psychology assessments to identify specific learning difficulties.
Provision of Educational Psychology assessments to identify and diagnose Specific Learning Difficulties (including dyslexia) for students in a higher education setting, using an evidence based approach (which may include observation, standardised testing and interviews) to identify strengths and support needs.
• Lot 2: Band 1 and 2 non-medical helper support.
Band 1 and 2 support workers assist students with additional needs and disabilities to access and engage with their studies. Support is typically delivered in taught sessions and may include notetaking, practical assistance and support with anxiety management, as appropriate.
• Lot 3: Band 4 non-medical helper support, Specialist Study Skills, and Specialist Mentor support.
One-to-one support delivered outside taught sessions to help students with additional needs to navigate their academic journey. Specialist mentors support students to develop strategies
that promote independence and wellbeing, while specialist study skills tutors help students meet course requirements and build academic confidence.
• Lot 4: Bands 3- 4 non-medical helper support, Specialist D/deaf support.
In-class and out-of-class specialist support to enable d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing students to access and engage with their studies. This may include specialist notetaking, British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation and other specialist support professionals to facilitate communication.
• Lot 5: Bands 1- 4 non-medical helper support, Specialist VI Support for visually impaired students.
In-class and out-of-class specialist support to enable visually impaired students to access and engage with their studies. This may include sighted guide support, mobility training and other
Specialist Support Professionals to support orientation and navigation.
• Lot 6: Band 4 non-medical helper support, Specialist Study Skills and Specialist mentor support for apprentices
One-to-one support delivered outside taught sessions to help apprentices with additional needs to navigate their academic journey, workplace learning and wider apprenticeship requirements. Specialist mentors support apprentices to develop strategies that promote independence and wellbeing, while specialist study skills tutors help apprentices meet course requirements and build academic confidence across academic and workplace settings.
• Lot 7: Neurodiversity screening assessments for apprentices
Neurodiversity screening assessments for apprentices to identify indicators of neurodivergence, including specific learning difficulties and differences in attention, processing and communication, across academic and workplace settings. Assessments should identify strengths, barriers and support needs to inform reasonable adjustments, support planning and, where appropriate, liaison with relevant University and employer contacts.
• Lot 8: Needs assessments for apprenticeship students
Needs assessments for apprenticeship students to identify disability-related support requirements, barriers to participation and adjustments required to support engagement with learning, workplace activity and assessment. Assessments should provide clear recommendations to inform support planning, reasonable adjustments and specialist support across academic and workplace elements of the apprenticeship, including off-the-job training, on-programme learning and end-point assessment, as appropriate.
Please access the full tender information via the following link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/salford/aspx/Home.
View 3-notice timelineLatest notice released 15 Sept 2026
Local GovernmentTender 2 notices
Direct Payment Support Service
Cheshire East Council is inviting tenders for the provision of a Direct Payment Support Service within the borough of Cheshire East.
The Direct Payment Support Service will provide impartial, independent information, advice, guidance and brokerage support to residents of Cheshire East in relation to Direct Payments. This includes supporting individuals to access, establish and manage Direct Payments, understand the associated financial, legal and employment responsibilities, and access Personal Assistant recruitment support through a dedicated Personal Assistant Register.
The Service aims to promote independence, choice and control by enabling residents to make informed decisions about their care and support arrangements, whilst supporting the Council's ambition to increase Direct Payment uptake and develop the local Personal Assistant market
View 2-notice timelineLatest notice released 21 Sept 2026
Local GovernmentTender 3 notices
Smart Support - Technology Enabled Care
Delivery of an All Age Smart Support Service (previously known as Technology Enabled Care (TEC)) that has been designed to utilise digital solutions to improve quality of life, enhance wellbeing and safety and reducing social isolation for children, young people, adults and carers.
The Provider must deliver a whole Service on behalf of the Council. This includes an assessment of identified outcomes and what technology would be suitable, installation (including maintenance and repair), removal and recycling of technology. The Service must also provide the monitoring as well as delivery of the Carers Card and Mobile Response service.
The Smart Support Service is a flexible, outcome/needs led service and will not prescribe from a fixed list of technology but instead, will identify the wide variety of needs that can be met using the most up to date and innovative solutions.
View 3-notice timelineLatest notice released 25 Sept 2026
Local GovernmentUpdate 3 notices
Events Support Services Framework
Culture Liverpool delivers the Major Outdoor events and Cultural programme for Liverpool City Council will commence procurement processes for a Framework for infrastructure and suppliers for Culture Liverpool, in order to provisionally secure all of the key infrastructure required to deliver the Events programme, as identified in the planning stages.
View 3-notice timelineLatest notice released 9 Oct 2026
Private SectorTender 15 notices
Digital Product Development and Support Services
Oak National Academy is establishing a dynamic market in accordance with section 34 of the Procurement Act 2023 and Regulation 16 of the Procurement Regulations 2024. The market will provide a compliant and flexible route for the award of contracts related to the engineering and product support, and ongoing development of the authority's national digital education platform and related tools.
The dynamic market will allow for rolling supplier entry, publication of contract opportunities, and awards made via most advantageous tender (MAT) principles in accordance with sections 19 and 23 of the Act.
This Dynamic Market will be structured into lots. Suppliers may apply for membership of one or more lots at any time during the market's term, subject to the relevant membership conditions.
At the date of this notice, the market will be open for applications for the following lot:
Lot 1 Web Development Services
Scope: This lot covers the provision of specialist web development services to support the design, delivery, enhancement, and ongoing operation of Oak National Academy's digital education platform and associated tools. Suppliers appointed to this lot may be required to work on any part of Oak's core digital estate, including the main platform (www.thenational.academy), content creation tooling, and platform services. The scope includes:
Full-stack development of Oak's web platform, with an emphasis on scalable, modular design patterns that enable rapid iteration of features
Maintenance and enhancement of existing codebases underpinning existing live services
Development of user interfaces that are responsive, inclusive, and accessible in line with current UK accessibility legislation and best practice, ensuring usability for all users, including those relying on assistive technologies
Continuous improvement of performance, page load times, and reliability across high-traffic user journeys
Secure engineering practices that uphold user privacy, data protection, and application resilience, in line with relevant public sector security guidance
Collaborative delivery within agile multidisciplinary teams, including pairing with in-house developers, product managers, researchers, and content leads
Deployment and testing within a continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipeline, using modern automation tools and cloud infrastructure
Contribution to code documentation and handover processes, especially where features are intended for long-term use by Oak's in-house teams or other suppliers
Individual contracts awarded under this lot may range from targeted feature builds to broader support and maintenance roles over a defined period. Suppliers may be required to collaborate with other digital delivery partners under Oak's delivery model.
Additional lots are expected to be added to this Dynamic Market over its lifetime to cover further requirements in Digital Product Development and Support Services. These will be introduced by modification of the Dynamic Market and publication of a notice under section 39(4) of the Procurement Act 2023. Suppliers may apply for membership of any future lots when they are established.
View 15-notice timelineLatest notice released 22 Sept 2027
NHS & HealthcareAmendment 3 notices
Clinical Coding Support Services Dynamic Purchasing System
The Clinical Coding department is responsible for the translation of medical terminology, as written by the clinician to describe a patient complaint, problem, diagnosis, treatment or reason for seeking medical attention, into a coded format which is nationally and internationally recognised to support both statistical and clinical uses. Coded clinical data (generated from classifications OPCS-4 and ICD-10) uses rules and conventions that, when applied accurately, result in the provision of high quality reporting to support secondary uses of data for statistical purposes - such as; operational and strategic planning, epidemiology, public health analyses of population health and reimbursement. This directly affects clinicians and all healthcare professionals, financial teams, information managers and data analysts, along with IT professionals.
The Clinical Coding solutions available through this DPS will help Contracting Authorities to optimise and improve the performance and service delivery of Clinical Coding Departments.
Suppliers must be capable of delivering one or more of the Service Types listed below.
- Clinical Coding Related Strategic Business Management Services
- Clinical Coding Related Clinical Governance Services
- Clinical Coding Optimisation Services
- Clinical Coding Training and Development Services
The Service Types are outlined in the DPS Outline Specification attached to the PQQ and are not an exhaustive list. Contracting Authorities may require other similar Services, which will be detailed in the Order Procedure.
For the avoidance of doubt, Call Off Contracts that solely involve the supply of on-site temporary, interim or permanent Clinical Coder staff are not in-scope for this Dynamic Purchasing System.
This amendment concerns the launch of the DPS and its consequent opening to new applicants.
Additional information:
The eligible users of the proposed dynamic purchasing system are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://www.coch-cps.co.uk/frameworks/healthcare/#DPS012
Supplier instructions how to express interest and bid:
1) Browse to the esourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome and click on view Live Opportunities
2) Register your organisation on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once);
3) Accept the portal terms and conditions and click 'continue', enter your organisation and user details; note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete; you will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure);
4) Login to the portal with the username/password;
5) Search for the relevant PQQ;
6) Select the title of the PQQ;
7) Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. You can now access the PQQ Application Documents from the relevant envelope;
8) Review the PQQ documents;
9) Responding to the PQQ. You can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining). You can now use the messages function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ.
There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustNorth WestWAC-452648
Procurement Assist Limited is seeking service providers to take part in tendering for a place on a 60 month Dynamic Purchasing System for Consultant Support.
The DPS will be available for use by iFM Bolton and the whole public sector from across the United Kingdom. The DPS initial application period is 30 days but will remain open until 31 May 2029. Applications from service providers can be made at any time during this period.
The DPS is intended to be a fast route to market for Clients, with Clients not needing any further engagement with OJEU procurement processes.
Procurement Assist is publishing this Notice of Amendment made pursuant to the original Notice 2020/S 082-194759 to extend the DPS to 31 May 2029. The DPS reference number has changed from PA DMB 02 to PA CI 13 and the scope of the DPS is also to include, but not limited to include Stock Condition Surveys, Damp Surveys and all other types of survey work to existing dwellings. The remaining information in relation to this DPS is unchanged.