Blaenau Gwent CBC are looking to appoint an experienced accredited company to provide a facility management team to assist in the:
• Daily running of multi storey car parks, public areas, an energy centre and a cableway.
• Provision of Manned Security Services (permanent and temporary basis as defined by the British Standard BS7499), Keyholding and Alarm Response services (as defined by the British Standard BS7984) and Mobile Patrol Services at Silent Valley Waste Services.
The service is to commence on 1st November 2026 for a period of three (3) years with the option to extend for a further period of one (1) year plus one year (1). The extension will be dependent on performance of the service provider; demand of the service; Local Authority priorities etc.
Blaenau Gwent County Borough CouncilWalesWAC-632381
Secure Transport Services for Children and Young People.
The Council, on behalf of the Children's Commissioning Consortium Cyrum (4C's) is undertaking preliminary market engagement to identify suitably capable and experienced secure transport providers for the secure transportation of children and young people, on behalf of Welsh Local Authorities. Due to the anticipated value and infrequent nature of the requirement, the Council does not currently intend to establish a framework or award a public contract, in regards to the Procurement Act 2023 as part of this exercise. This market engagement is being carried out for information-gathering purposes only and is intended to help the Council better understand the availability, capability and experience within the market. The intention is to develop a list of capable suppliers for use by Welsh Local Authorities for secure transport provision.
The provision of secure transportation services for children and young people must be delivered in a manner that safeguards and promotes the welfare of the child or young person receiving the service. Providers should note that this is a specialist service and will be expected to meet the requirements of the Welsh Government’s Reducing Restrictive Practices Framework.
Providers will be required to have the following traing and practices in place:
Safeguarding training and safeguarding procedures.
Behaviour management training and approaches.
Safe recruitment and robust employment checks.
Safehold training and de-escalation techniques.
Risk management, and safeguarding processes.
Understanding and implementation of the restrictive practice framework.
Ability to meet children's individual needs through appropriate resources, activities, and equipment.
Preliminary Market Engagement for Supported Accommodation Security And Concierge Services Framework
Cardiff Council is releasing a tender for the provision of Security and Concierge Services to be provided across fourteen of their supported accommodation sites. The allocation is approximately £3,700,000 over the full duration of contract. The Framework is for a period of 1 year with the option to extend for 12 months.
All of the supported accommodation sites are across Cardiff, including single and family accommodation, managed properties and a specialist young person’s model. This is not a traditional or rigid security contract. The service is intended to support vulnerable residents within accommodation settings, with officers working alongside support staff to promote safety, wellbeing and stability. The service must be delivered in a psychologically informed and trauma-informed way, with an emphasis on building positive relationships and responding to residents with empathy, respect and an understanding of their individual needs.
The Contracting Authority does envisage that the employees working on the current service shall transfer to the successful Tenderer or its subcontractors, under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/246) ("TUPE"). Tenderers are advised to form their own view as to the extent of the application of TUPE and the costs associated with this. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to ask Tenderers to confirm their approach to TUPE transfers and how any associated costs have been addressed in their Tender.
The link to the Public Services Outsourcing and Workforce Code is available here: https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2026-03/public-services-outsourcing-and-workforce-code_1.pdf
Tenderers participating in procurements must register on the central digital platform (CDP). Tenderers can submit their core Tenderer information and, where a procurement opportunity arises, share this information with the contracting authority via the CDP. It is free to use and will mean Tenderers should no longer have to re-enter this information for each public procurement but simply ensure it is up to date and subsequently shared. The CDP is available at https://www.gov.uk/find-tender. This section of the PSQ provides confirmation that Tenderers have taken these steps.
Where a Tenderer, it’s associated persons or sub-contractor provides exclusion grounds within their CDP submission, contracting authorities must or may exclude that Tenderer from the procurement, depending on whether the exclusion ground for which the Tenderer has been put is mandatory or discretionary. Mandatory exclusions are Defined in schedule 6 of the Procurement Act 2023 and Discretionary exclusions are Defined in schedule 7 of the Procurement Act 2023.
Those who wish to participate in this Market Engagement are not required to respond to this and does not preclude you from bidding when the tender is live.
This notice is to confirm that a Pre-Market Engagement Event is to be held on Thursday 2 July 2026. The event provides an opportunity to give clarity on the contract requirements and the vulnerable clients.
The deadline for suppliers to register their interest is Friday 26 June 2026 at 5pm.If you wish to register your interest, please follow this link: https://wales.business-events.org.uk/en/events/preliminary-market-engagement-cardiff-council-supported-accommodation-security-and-concierge-services/
Framework for Security and Concierge Guarding Services
This tender is to establish a single supplier framework for Security and Concierge Guarding Services for supported accommodation services across Cardiff