local government contracts

The council are inviting suppliers to participate in preliminary engagement to gain insight from the market with the purpose of making any potential future exercise, well framed, feasible, focused and of likely interest to the market. This preliminary market engagement questionnaire is to seek potential providers views for key areas of service provision: An Appropriate Adult (AA) service is a safeguarding service used in the criminal justice system to protect the rights and welfare of vulnerable people when they are involved with the police. It exists because some people may not fully understand police procedures or be able to communicate effectively without support. The Service is delivered from a central custody suite in Spennymoor, County Durham, however on occasions Appropriate Adults may be required to attend alternative locations when a voluntary attendance interview is undertaken. The AA service currently assists custody for vulnerable adults and children on a call out basis as and when required. For adults this service is 24/7 and for children this is out of hours including bank holidays.

Newcastle City Council is seeking a suitably qualified contractor to undertake the replacement and repair of wet riser pump systems serving three high‑rise residential buildings in the Arthur's Hill area. • Westgate Court • Todds Nook • Vallum Court

Newcastle City Council is the Traffic Signals lead authority for the Tyne and Wear region, consisting of Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Gateshead, North Tyneside and South Tyneside. Agreements are also in place with Northumberland County Council and Durham County Council. The purpose of this traffic signals call-off contract is to secure specialist works that ensure signal installations are carried out accurately and efficiently, providing reliable and safe passage for all road users at junctions and crossing points. Through this procurement, the Council is seeking qualified and competent Traffic Signal Engineers and installers to undertake specialist second-fix installation, testing, commissioning and associated technical support. Works will primarily be based on the Yunex Plus+ system and delivered as part of the Council's installation programme across the region. In addition to delivering installation works, Engineers and installers will support the training and development of trainee engineers employed by the council and other existing staff.

North Tyneside Council (the Authority) are seeking the establishment of a framework agreement for the completion of Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICRs) within occupied residential properties on behalf of the Authority. The works are to be carried out with minimal disruption to residents, in compliance with all relevant building regulations, statutory requirements, and the Authority's customer service standards.

The provision of a Exhibition and Interpretation Supplier required to manufacture and install a range of exhibition and interpretative elements for the F Pit Museum, Heritage Visitor Centre and outdoor exhibition space based on RIBA4 technical design. In line with the Authorities requirements, we are seeking a supplier for a range of printed display boards and information panels, steel totem columns, a 3D concrete map feature, and AV hardware

The Contract will provide community welfare advice to support the Council's vision of closing the inequalities gap, so people are able to live a healthy and happy life for longer.

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council are seeking Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified organisations to deliver an independent evaluation of a pilot program providing healthcare and occupational health support to small (10-49 employees) and micro-sized (9 or fewer employees) businesses. The pilot forms part of the Health and Growth Accelerator Program and aims to improve workforce health outcomes, reduce sickness absence, and test scalable models of support for SMEs.

Stockton on Tees Borough Council (SBC) is seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced providers to support the delivery of a pilot healthcare and occupational health support offer for small and micro businesses. The pilot will run for 12-month from contract award. The pilot will support SMEs through a structured package of healthcare and occupational health services, including: • Access to GP advice, • mental health and wellbeing support, • physiotherapy, and; • preventative health interventions. The offer will emphasise early intervention and prevention, digitally enabled access to support, and proportionate, SME‑friendly models that are easy to access and responsive to workforce needs.

Durham County Council (DCC) are looking to explore a digital alternative to physical Home to School Transport bus passes to reduce costs, improve efficiency, strengthen fraud controls, and enhance user experience. The Council currently issues 7,000 physical passes involving manual processing, printing, and posting. This creates delays, requires high admin effort, and offers limited real-time visibility over eligibility, pass status, and usage. We are engaging the market to understand available digital solutions, technologies, and indicative costs to inform a future business case. Scope • Digital bus passes via mobile devices. • Verification (visual/scannable) including offline options. • Real‑time activation/deactivation. • Technical capability to interface with other digital systems eg. Flexiroute. • Fraud‑prevention features. • Hybrid digital/physical options for users who are digitally excluded. • Pass lifecycle management, including issuing, suspension, reinstatement, replacement, expiry, and renewal where applicable. • Support for policy‑driven business rules (e.g. eligibility changes or temporary entitlement). This notice forms part of our preliminary market engagement, offering you the opportunity to share feedback and comments before the opportunity is released for formal tender submissions. Interested providers can access the written response questions, free of charge, by registering on the Open Portal at www.open-uk.org The deadline for completed responses is Friday 29th May 2026 at 12 noon.

Northumberland County Council (NCC) is looking to conduct a procurement exercise to appoint a fund manager to manage the Business Northumberland Investment Fund (BNIF).

Gateshead Council currently has a Contract in place for Older People's Residential and Nursing Care Homes, implemented in 2014. The Council is in the process of renewing this to introduce the new Contract for Residential and Nursing Care Home Contract for Ageing Well People in the Borough of Gateshead, which is due to go to Tender in June 2026. The Contract relates to the provision of Residential and Nursing Care across all Resident groups, including but not limited to people with general need, individuals with learning and/or physical disabilities, mental health conditions, autism, neurological needs, palliative care and end of life care funded by the Council. It is a requirement that the Provider will be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and must comply with any standards or conditions set by CQC as the regulatory body.

Durham County Council (DCC) is a large public sector organisation, employing over 14,000 employees across services and maintained schools. In the 2025/26 financial year, we completed approximately 2,400 Enhanced and Standard DBS checks. DCC undertakes DBS checks on all employees in posts identified as requiring a DBS check in accordance with the DBS eligibility criteria; plus DBS checks for carers, fostering, adoption, taxi drivers, volunteers and maintained schools, amongst others. Checks ensure full compliance with recruitment processes, as well as statutory requirements. The Council also operates a rechecking process for employees, currently set at 5 years. We are seeking to formally procure the services of a DBS umbrella registered body, who will provide an electronic administration platform for the submission of DBS application forms and for the subsequent check results to be visible to users within DCC (E-Bulk System). We anticipate a requirement to process approximately 2,500 DBS applications per year for the Council. However, it should be noted that the number of applications processed may be subject to fluctuation due to organisational change, renewals required and policy decisions arising from national changes to disclosure and barring eligibility criteria. For avoidance of doubt, the spread of applications will not be uniform across any period. This notice forms part of our preliminary market engagement, offering you the opportunity to share feedback and comments before the opportunity is released for formal tender submissions. Interested providers can access the written response questions, free of charge, by registering on the Open Portal at www.open-uk.org The deadline for completed responses is Monday 1st June at 12 noon.

Provision of Delivery Phase Evaluation Consultant - Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens Redevelopment

The Framework is for the provision of Peatland Restoration to Durham County Council and affiliated bodies. It is to deliver works for peatland restoration, including but not exclusively; fencing, supplying and spreading moss rich brash, reprofiling, supply and insulation of wooden, stone or coir dams, installation of peat dams and supply and spreading of lime, fertiliser and seed. The Council anticipates awarding a place on the framework to the top eight scoring bidding organisations scoring over 60% overall (subject to a minimum score of 40% out of 60% for the technical score and meeting all essential criteria). The initial duration of the proposed Framework Agreement is 2 years subject to the right of the Council (at its sole discretion) to exercise its option to extend for up to 2 x 12 months subject to funding. The Framework does not include any guarantee of any minimum volume of works, or any minimum expenditure. Furthermore, appointment under the Framework Agreement does not constitute a commitment by the Council, or any other contracting authority to the exclusive use of the Framework or an individual supplier for such requirements.

Design and build of the Sheepfolds Mobility Hub. Key Mobility Hub components The Mobility Hub is planned to be a multi-story building, providing several mobility-related and other community facilities on floors Lower Ground, Ground and First. Further upper floors will be car parking spaces. The Mobility Hub will feature the following components (provisional numbers): Car parking (192 spaces) EV charging (up to 45 spaces) Car clubs (6 spaces) Secure cycle parking (90 spaces including some cargo/accessible bike spaces, bike store of 152m² and 44m² with repair stands) WC (6no.)/showers (2no.)/lockers along with secure cycle parking Parcel lockers (55m² room giving 28m linear frontage) Cycle Café (107m² floor area) and other commercial rental space (69m² floor area)

Sunderland City Council is seeking to establish a framework for Marketing Services. The scope of the framework will include provisions for, and will be utilised by, the Council and its Local Authority trading companies. Under the framework a cost-effective, flexible, high quality and value for money service will be provided that can meet a range of marketing support requirements. In general, marketing services will be reflective of the Council's core requirements, and consideration is being given to including the following Lots: Lot 1 - Strategy and Planning Lot 2 - Design Lot 3 - Photography Lot 4 - Video Lot 5 - Media Buying Lot 6 - Specialist Consultancy Services Lot 7 - Web and Digital This procurement will be available on the OPEN portal (https://open-uk.org). Interested suppliers are advised to ensure they are registered on the OPEN portal to gain access to the documentation upon the publication of the tender.

The Council wishes to seek multiple Providers to deliver the Fun and Food programme to Children in Receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals within the boundaries of County Durham. This project utilises Department for Education (DfE) funding which is for school aged children in receipt of benefits related free school meals. All providers must meet DfE framework of standards as below: • Food Provision • Enrichment Activities • Physical Activities • Increasing Awareness of Healthy Eating, healthy lifestyles, and positive behaviours • Signposting and referrals and supporting families • Safeguarding • Policies and Procedures Please note - sessions do not need to be exclusively for children in receipt benefits-related Free School Meals, alternative funding may be sourced by the organisation to fund children ineligible for DfE funding i.e parents/carers may be charged for sessions by the activity organisation. Providers will be asked to bid and submit a proposal for the Summer Holidays 2026. Successful Providers' contracts, as delivered under the Summer 2026 holiday provision, may be extended/varied to cover delivery in the Christmas school holiday period. At the sole discretion of the Council, providers will be identified and approached for Christmas delivery, this is likely to be dependent on successful achievement from Summer 2026 delivery under this contract and Commissioners professional judgement. If Successful Providers meet the threshold that the Commissioner deems as successful delivery, they will be emailed a proposal form for completion for the next school holiday period. The same evaluation criteria will be applied to the subsequent proposals. There is also a possibility that DCC may acquire funding from different sources that may be used for main school holidays, half term holidays or funding for participants to attend that are not in receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals. Where this is the case successful providers will be updated regarding the scope of delivery. Further details of the requirements are set out in the tender documents which can be accessed free of charge at www.open-uk.org

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is undertaking a procurement process to provide the Council with repairs to the listed structure, King Edward VII Memorial Clock.

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is undertaking a procurement process to provide the Council with repairs to the listed structure, King Edward VII Memorial Clock. Please be advised that Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council are conducting this procurement via Open (www.open-uk.org). If you go to Browse Opportunities at the top of the page and Filter on Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council you can then search for this opportunity. Tenders must be submitted via the Open system. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your response, please contact the Open Support Team open.support@nepo.org For non-time critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information please visit Open hub via www.open-hub.org/how to-guides/ (https://www.open-hub.org/how-to-guides/) or seek support from open.support@nepo.org. PLEASE NOTE: The system is accessible 24/7 however, technical support is only available Monday - Thursday 8:30am-5:00pm, Friday 8:30am-4:30pm

South Tyneside Council is inviting care providers to attend an online engagement session regarding a forthcoming opportunity to deliver care and support within Griffin Court, which is a new Extra Care Housing scheme in the Borough. To expand a little further, we are delivering Griffin Court in partnership with Karbon Homes who will be the Registered Landlord and will provide housing related support, including an activities program within the Scheme. Housing staff will be present between the hours of 8.30am and 5pm, 7 days per week. The eligibility criteria comprises of adults (18+) with a Care Act eligible need. The Scheme is intended to support people with a range of needs including Physical Disabilities, Dementia, low/moderate Learning Disabilities/Autism and Mental Health. The Scheme is due for completion in October/November 2026, with residents moving into the Scheme from January 27 in a phased manner. The Scheme consists of 95 apartments: 20 two-bed apartments and 75 one-bed apartments (17 will be specialist dementia apartments on the ground floor for which people will require a Community DOLS to reside in with this being a locked door area and people deprived of their liberty). This Session is intended to: • Outline our vision and strategic priorities for Extra Care provision. • Provide an overview of the proposed Scheme and commissioning intentions. • Share indicative timelines for procurement. • Offer an opportunity for providers to ask questions and inform the development of the service model. We are keen to engage with experienced, high-quality providers who are interested in potentially tendering for this opportunity. Please note that the contract value and contract length at this early stage is estimated.