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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

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.

This procurement exercise is being run by Cambridge City Council for and on behalf of Cambridge City Council. Evaluation of all submissions, all appointments of suppliers and management of any awarded contract will be by the commissioning Council. At the appointment/contract signatures of this contract a named contract manager will be given to the supplier who will be responsible for the management of this contract through to its conclusion. Cambridge City Council are seeking a supplier to print two separate residents' magazines- Cambridge Matters and Open Door. Cambridge Matters is Cambridge City Council's magazine for residents, to be delivered to all residential households in the city as a 16-page, full colour, A4 sized magazine. Open Door is Cambridge City Council's tenant and leaseholder magazine, to be delivered to all 7700 tenants and leaseholders in the city as a 16-page, full colour, A4 sized magazine. We would like to contract a supplier to print the magazine three times per year for the next two years. The council's requirement is for a supplier to liaise with our nominated designers and manage the printing of the magazine and transportation of the completed magazines to nominated premises prior to distribution to residents.

This procurement is being conducted as an Open Procedure in accordance with Section 20 of the Procurement Act 2023. Hertfordshire County Council ("the Authority") and The Procurement Partnership Ltd ("TPPL"), acting as the Agent, invite tenders for participation in a 48‑month Closed Framework Agreement (pursuant to Section 45 of the Act) for the supply of Fleet Management Services and Supplies ("Fleet Goods and Services"). The Framework is structured into five Lots, each containing a defined set of packages that specify the core and optional service elements available to Contracting Authorities. The package system provides a consistent, modular structure for Call‑Off Contracts, while still allowing Contracting Authorities to run Competitive Selection Processes where appropriate. Hertfordshire County Council is a Centralised Procurement Authority for the purposes of the Act. The Framework is available for use by Contracting Authorities throughout the United Kingdom, including but not limited to: Local Authorities and Combined Authorities Registered Providers of Social Housing NHS Bodies and Health Trusts Educational Institutions (Schools, Colleges, Universities, Academies) Emergency Services (Police, Fire, Ambulance, Coastguard) Registered Charities Non‑Departmental Public Bodies Central Government Departments and Executive Agencies Other public sector bodies as defined in Section 2 of the Procurement Act 2023 The Framework may also be accessed by other Centralised Procurement Authorities acting on behalf of the above entities. TPPL is acting as the Agent for the purposes of this procurement and the ongoing management of the Framework. This includes, but is not limited to: administration of the tender process, evaluation of submissions, Framework management, delivery of Competitive Selection Processes, support with awards without reopening competition (where permitted), and collection of Framework Fees. The Framework comprises the following Lots: 1. Fleet Management Services 2. Tyres and Ancillary Services 3. Fuel Cards 4. Vehicle and Equipment Disposal 5. Fleet Management Software Suppliers appointed to the Framework will be required to deliver the relevant goods and services in accordance with the specifications set out in the procurement documents. Delivery may be national or regional depending on the Lot and the requirements of individual Contracting Authorities. Call‑Off Contracts may be awarded without reopening competition (typically using the package system) or through Competitive Selection Processes, ensuring flexibility while maintaining consistency of service standards and statutory compliance.

East Suffolk Council (‘the Council’, ‘ESC’) is looking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced supplier for the refurbishment, capital upgrades and internal remodelling of a three-bed semi-detached house, located in Stoven. Along with demolition of rear extension. The property is within the councils HRA stock and is currently void, refurbishment will allow us to return the property to use.

Introduction Essex County Council are currently undertaking the build of a Digital Vocational Tool. This tool will primarily be used to support Children and Young People (CYP) with Special Educational Needs (SEND), although in time this may be used for the wider education cohorts. To support this, we are seeking the provision of psychometric testing and related assessment services. This service would primarily be used in educational settings, however there will also be a requirement for this to be used by parents for Children and Young People with SEND educated at home. It is therefore imperative that the tools can be used by a range of persons not only accredited professionals. 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. This notice serves to alert the market and invite expressions of interest ahead of a planned tender process. Background and Purpose The purpose of this PME is to support early market engagement with suppliers who can provide robust, validated, and reliable psychometric assessment tools to support children and young people with SEND identify and articulate their strengths, interests, personality traits, transferable skills, experiences, preferred working style, support needs and aspirations in a way which supports their learning needs, and matches these to job types and local relevant pathways in Essex. ECC is looking to learn more about tools which offer a range of components. The resulting digital profile should be accessible, inclusive and developmentally appropriate enabling young people to understand themselves as learners and future workers. It should meaningfully inform education, employment and training pathways by matching individual profiles to realistic job roles, local labour market opportunities and progression routes within Essex whilst supporting personalised planning, transitions and engagement with employment opportunities. The digital profile should have the ability to update and track progress and changing aspirations. Components which have been defined as critical are:- - Adaptive strengths - based Personality and preference assessments that identify how a young person is likely to experience and interact with learning and work environments. - Cognitive ability and aptitude testing used to identify learning styles, processing preferences and suitable task types. - Strengths profile including talents, soft skills, experiences and working style combined with areas for development - Inclusive situational judgement tests that explore how young people respond to realistic workplace and learning scenarios. - Creative options such as gamified aspects of the solution that enhance engagement and accessibility. Career, job‑type and local pathway matching, using assessment outputs to align individual strengths, preferences, support needs and aspirations to realistic employment sectors, job roles and education or training pathways relevant to the local labour market in Essex. - All feedback should be age appropriate and SEND informed. Support profile Components which have been defined as helpful but not imperative include: - Accredited feedback or coaching services linked to results. - Situational judgement tests The aim is to understand current market capability, innovation, price points and delivery models before shaping a formal procurement approach. Scope of the Required Service The anticipated future contract may cover: - Access to online psychometric testing platforms - Associated licensing, support and maintenance model, with suppliers asked to provide indicative pricing based on up to 1,000 young people having a digital profile created over a 12‑month period. - Volumes may vary and no minimum usage commitment is implied at this stage. - Customisable reporting outputs (individual and aggregated) - Administrative dashboards - Provision of an API that can be exposed, via Azure APIM, for consumption by an in-house component. The API needs to provide functionality to allow the component full access to the systems resources, via ad-hoc searches or predefined methods - Data protection, security and GDPR compliance - Technical Customer assistance - A pre-recorded demonstration of the tools which can be viewed by users The exact specification will be refined following the market engagement phase. Estimated Timescales - PME and market engagement release: May 2026 - Market engagement sessions: Summer 2026 - Formal procurement launch (if applicable): Summer 2026 - Contract start date: Approx September 2026 with service mobilised by January 2027 These timescales are provisional and may be subject to change.

Essex County Council ("the Council") is seeking to commission an external provider to prepare Education Healthcare Plans (EHCP) to enable the Council to fulfil its statutory duties under the Children and Families Act 2014 and the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Code of Practice. Please be advised that whilst the Council is working towards a model where EHCPs are written internally, this procurement is also designed to facilitate the Council's ability to meet the demand for EHCPs during peak times in the academic year where the number of plans (new and amendments) exceed the internal capacity. Therefore, there is no guarantee of numbers under this contract and the resource needs to be flexible to meet demand. However, please note that further details regarding the current and projected demand for EHCPs is provided within the service specification which has been published as part of the tender documents. The successful bidder will be required to prepare EHCPs for children and young people (0-25) with significant special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The EHCPs will detail the young person's: • Needs across education, health, and care • The young person's support requirements and desired outcomes The EHCPs will ensure that eligible children and young people receive coordinated, tailored support and help to secure resources for specialist provision. Please be advised that as a minimum, the EHCPs must be prepared in line with the following principles: • Fully comply with the Essex process for initiating assessments, undertaking assessments and drafting EHCPs (see: http://www.essexlocaloffer.org.uk/) • Write EHCPs for individual children and young people using information contained in a variety of report formats • EHCPs must comply with the requirements within the SEN Code of Practice https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/398815/SEND_Code_of_Practice_January_2015.pdf • Account needs to be taken of any guidance provided by the Department for Education or Essex County Council • Appoint and manage appropriately experienced and qualified staff to write the EHCPs • Ensure that there is sufficiency of trained staff to meet and deliver to Local Authority requirements and that there will be a continuous service delivery. • Ensure strict compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and all updates. Please be advised that further details regarding the Council's requirements for this service will be accessible from the dedicated specification which will be published on the Council's e-tendering platform, ProContract which can be accessed via: https://procontract.due-north.com/ Please register for a user account to gain access to the tender documentation for this procurement opportunity, noting that the Council envisages that this opportunity will be published on Tuesday 28 April 2026. Explanatory notes: The contracting authority is Essex County Council and any Successor Body meaning one or more entities which assumes any of the Council's functions (as applicable) as a result of Local Government Reform (LGR). Such successor body or bodies may be, without limitation, a local authority, a combined authority, a combined county authority, a strategic authority or any other status determined pursuant to the Devolution and LGR Legislation. In addition, please note that the budgetary information within this notice is stated inclusive of VAT due to the requirements of the form and the total budget for this service is £900,000. Similarly, please be advised that the contract for this service includes annual break clauses and the requirements are being commissioned under a 1+1+1 year term. Due to the constraints of the fields within this notice, the stated three (3) year contract duration represents the maximum contract term for this service.

The purpose of the Council’s Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is to engage with organisations with relevant experience to help inform the future design of Skills Bootcamps provision in Hertfordshire. This includes: • Share and explore initial ideas relating to the intended outcomes and scope of Skills Bootcamp provision, without commitment from either the Council or participating organisations. • Engage with the market to gain a better understanding of delivery challenges, employer needs, and the Council’s strategic objectives for Skills Bootcamps. • Gather informal feedback to help shape the Council’s Skills Bootcamps delivery model, technical requirements, and commissioning approach. • Understand current market capacity, innovation, and emerging trends in employer led training and rapid skills provision. • Identify potential delivery approaches, sector specialisms, and models of employer engagement that could support successful outcomes for learners and employers. This stage is intended to support open dialogue with the market and help shape future decisions. It does not form part of a formal procurement process. The PME will comprise: • Online Information Webinar: The Council will host an online webinar to provide an overview of the Skills Bootcamps programme, the proposed scope, and to answer questions. The webinar will take place online at 10am on 4th June 2026. • Webinar registration: In order to register to attend, organisations are invited to complete and return the Supplier Questionnaire (see link in Appendix A) in accordance with the instructions provided. Completed questionnaires must be submitted by 28th May 2026, following which respondents will receive a Microsoft Teams invitation. • Optional Follow up Engagement: Subject to the responses received, the Council may use information gathered through the Supplier Questionnaires and webinar to inform the next stages of engagement and the development of the commissioning approach. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process, and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in this PME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential procurement process; nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier at an advantage in any forthcoming procurement process. To access this opportunity please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire

Cambridge City Council invites quotations to undertake a comprehensive review of the Council's car parking infrastructure, technology, and operational processes. The purpose of this commission is to assess the Council's current parking services and identify opportunities to improve: • Customer experience • Accessibility and inclusivity • Operational efficiency • Data-driven decision making • Long-term resilience and adaptability to emerging technologies • Further business development The consultant will also support the Council in developing a future-proof technical specification and procurement documentation for the potential modernisation of parking systems and services. The Council operates Grand Arcade, Grafton East, Grafton West, Queen Anne Terrace, and Park Street carparks in Cambridge which are multi-storey car parks (MSCPs) and several surface-level car parks which serve residents, visitors, and local businesses. The focus of this procurement is for the Council's multistorey portfolio, but an understanding that the Council also manage several surface-level car parks that additional advice might be required for is key. Existing infrastructure includes a range of parking equipment and systems such as: • Entry and exit barrier systems • Ticketing and payment machines • Intercom/help point systems • Electrical and communications infrastructure • Network connectivity • Back-office monitoring and reporting systems • Fire system integration • Kerb-side VMS system across the city There are continuing customer expectations around parking services, with increased demand for: • Digital and contactless payment options • Faster entry and exit processes • Improved accessibility and information • Reliable equipment and support systems In addition, the Council are keen to understand innovative technologies that may support improved parking management, including ticketless parking, mobile applications, advanced reporting tools, and the potential of artificial intelligence-based monitoring systems. The Council are looking to appoint an independent consultant to assess the current parking estate and support development of a future-ready parking service model.

West Suffolk Council are currently out to tender for the provision of Habitats Regulations Assessment to support preparation of West Suffolk Local Plan 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 1200 hours on 29 May 2026. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted The deadline for clarification questions must be generated via the correspondence option on the website

Colchester Borough Homes (the Authority) on behalf of Colchester City Council (the Council) wishes to commission a contractor to re-cover various single storey flat roofs, including porches, bay windows, single storey extensions and outbuilding roofs at various houses located throughout the Colchester District. Further details of the requirements can be found in the accompanying documents. The form of contract to be used for this tender exercise is the JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2016 Edition (IC2016). Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. The contract period is to be confirmed, but the works shall take no longer than 18 weeks. For the advert a start date of w/c 6th July has been stated but bidders are to provide the actual timeline for the works as part of the submission.

Castle Point Borough Council is undertaking this market engagement exercise for the comprehensive refurbishment of The Paddocks. This procurement specifically targets the transformation of the 1066 bar and designated upstairs rooms into a state-of-the-art Active Wellbeing Hub. Full information to be provided at tender stage

Peterborough City Council's Procurement Team is seeking an eTendering solution to streamline processes, consolidate procurement activities into a single SaaS system, and reduce repeat data entry. We invite you to participate in this Preliminary Market Engagement by providing information about your solution and capabilities.

The Council currently holds a contract with the Guidant Group for the supply of temporary staff across all directorates. The current agreement remains in effect until March 2027. The current provider has been in place since 2013 and operates under a neutral/hybrid managed service model. Historically, the Council has maintained a level of agency spend outside of the corporate contract, to address skills shortages in specific areas. Moving forward, the Council aims to look at two approaches to improve supplier management across the Council: - Continuation of the corporate contract as the initial point of contact for the Council’s agency work requirements. - Development of a new Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) framework to cover key skill areas (lots) that cannot be fulfilled through the corporate contract. Please refer to the PME Document for full details.

Cambridgeshire County Council are planning for the recommissioning of four services focused on early intervention and prevention: • Information and advice service to older people • Befriending service for older people • Sensory services to people with sight loss • Sensory services to people with hearing loss We are conducting preliminary market engagement to gather insights from potential providers and better understand the current landscape from a provider's perspective. We intend to retender the above services at the same time in a single tender process, divided into lots. Service Overview: The Information and Advice Service for Older People supports independence at home and provides help with access to benefits and other services. The service is strengths-based, encouraging peer support, community connections, and helping individuals build resilience, independence, and coping skills. It is also place-based, with a requirement to tailor recommendations and signposting to the local reality in each locality, and is responsive to individual needs. We are open to consortium bids for this contract or a lead provider model where one organisation works collaboratively with others to ensure local knowledge and resources are optimised across all our communities. The Befriending Service provides telephone or face-to-face contact for older people who would otherwise experience social isolation and who are not accessing local opportunities or venues at the time of referral. The service should seek to promote autonomy and independence where possible, but provides a lifeline for those who have struggled to build or maintain relationships in their community, sometimes due to limited mobility. We would welcome consortium bids for this contract or a lead provider model where one organisation works collaboratively with others to ensure local knowledge and resources are optimised across all our communities. The Sensory Services ensure Information and Advice needed by people living with sensory loss (i.e. sight loss or hearing loss) is made available in an accessible format and provide expert advice on benefits and other services that may be needed, including British Sign Language and/or help with Assistive Technology. It is hoped that these services will be accessible to people who live in all corners of Cambridgeshire and to that end, there may be opportunities for lead providers (of each kind of sensory service) to collaborate with local partners in certain areas or to submit a consortium bid.

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This Request for Quote seeks a provider to operate the statutory stray dog reception, kennelling, and rehoming function on behalf of Cambridge City Council. The Council has a legal duty under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to collect and safely accommodate stray dogs found within the district. The appointed provider will receive dogs 7 days a week between 09:0-15:30 from authorised officers and 24 hours members of the public. Cambridge City Council does not have their own kennelling facility and therefore has a need to identify a provider to fulfil their responsibilities in terms of a reception and holding centre for stray dogs. CCC have contracted external kennelling to oversee the safe housing and welfare elements of this role, whilst CCC officers and members of the public will collect secured strays and deliver to the kennelling. This contract is open to all of Cambridgeshire Councils throughout the life of the contract including: South Cambridgeshire District Council, Fenland District Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council, Peterborough City Council and Huntingdonshire District Council. The contract value may increase if any of these Councils join this contract.

Colchester City Council (the Council) wishes commission the removal and encapsulation of asbestos containing materials within Colchester Borough Homes Housing Stock and Colchester Borough Council Owned Properties

Cambridgeshire County Council's Traffic Management Centre (TMC) require a suitably qualified and experienced contractor for the provision of maintenance, supply, installation, transmission, and cloud hosting services for its traffic and flood monitoring CCTV camera network. The TMC acts as a front-line communication tool, actively monitoring Cambridgeshire's highway network for congestion caused by road works, incidents, accidents, events, or adverse weather. This enables timely warnings and advice to motorists, partners, and stakeholders. The current CCTV network comprises 25 live monitoring locations across the county. Cameras are mounted on lighting columns or traffic signals, drawing power directly from these sources. The units in operation are Hikvision DS-2DE4A425IW-DE (B) 4 MP 25× Network IR PTZ cameras. The TMC operates Monday to Friday, 8:0am - 6:0pm and is not a 24/7 CCTV control room. Key Considerations • All required hardware is already in place; the contract will focus on software provision, connectivity, and ongoing support. • As no personal data is stored and images are not recorded, there are no GDPR implications associated with this contract.