local government contracts

The development of a new Strategic Central Depot at Bowerhill, Melksham, forming part of a wider programme to rationalise and modernise the Council’s operational estate. The depot will consolidate multiple existing facilities and services, including Highways, Waste, Streetscene and Fleet operations, into a single multi-functional site.

The development of a new Strategic Central Depot at Bowerhill, Melksham, forming part of a wider programme to rationalise and modernise the Council’s operational estate. The depot will consolidate multiple existing facilities and services, including Highways, Waste, Streetscene and Fleet operations, into a single multi-functional site.

Mediation for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) aims to resolve disputes and disagreements between the Local Authority and parents and carers and young people regarding specific areas of the Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP) process

Mediation for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) aims to resolve disputes and disagreements between the Local Authority and parents and carers and young people regarding specific areas of the Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP) process

The proposed development is part of Camden’s first phase of its New Homes for Small Sites Programme (NHSSP) which sits within Camden’s wider Community Investment Programme (CIP). The programme aims to build new genuinely affordable social rent and intermediate rent homes on underutilised small and infill sites across Camden’s Housing estates, working closely with residents and local communities. Public consultation is fundamental to development of CIP Projects. The programme is funded by grant funding and a site disposals programme to enable the delivery of 100% affordable homes on delivery sites. Phase 1 of the NHSS Programme comprises of 3 packages (A, B and C), for a total of 4 sites located in 4 separate housing estates. This brief and Preliminary Market Engagement Notice refers only to the site contained within Package B: Hadley Street, Castle Road Estate. The development site comprises of a former single storey car park which is now demolished and cleared and forms part of the wider 1960s Castle Road Estate that wraps round to the south of Castlehaven Road and includes Heybridge (8 storeys), Widford (4 storeys), Havering (3 storeys, Baring (3 storeys) and Roxwell (1-2 storeys) blocks.

Knowsley Council requires a competent and experienced contractor to deliver reactive and planned maintenance services for alley gates across the borough. The service will ensure that alley gates remain secure, functional, safe for public use, and compliant with relevant standards. The contractor will carry out a range of repair and replacement tasks including call outs, lock and mechanism replacements, and key/fob management.

Guildford and Waverley Borough Council is seeking to gain insight into the practicality, capacity, feasibility, and deliverability of a potential new framework for the provision of tree and countryside maintenance services. To support this, the Council is inviting providers to participate in a market engagement exercise to help refine the specification and structure for this commission. Guildford and Waverley Borough Council would like to present it's proposed framework approach. Information gathered through this process will help inform the development of a future Tree and Countryside Maintenance Framework, should the Council decide to proceed with procurement. Your expertise will help ensure it is clear, robust, and accurately reflects the required scope and quality of service delivery. Constructive comments and suggestions to enhance clarity, completeness, and overall effectiveness as both a contractual and operational document are especially welcome. A face to face engagement event for this commission is scheduled on Tuesday, 28 April 2026, further details will be provided once you have expressed your interest in this market engagement. Please email to procurement@guildford.gov.uk with your interest.

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council is inviting interested parties to take part in a supplier engagement process regarding a new project aimed at providing taster sessions and support that helps residents access training and opportunities in specific sectors. At this stage the Council is undecided about how best to deliver this contract and is engaging with the market to explore options and gauge the current market interest.

Durham County Council (DCC) are looking to explore the market options for a cloud based Welfare Rights Case Management System. System go live is expected to commence 1st April 2027. Durham County Council deliver an in-house Welfare Rights service, providing benefit advice and support to the residents of County Durham. The service is accessed via professional in-house referrals for adults and children, carers, support to reduce homelessness, sensory support, supported housing, kinship carers, leaving care, transitions and suicide prevention. The service receives circa 3500 referrals per annum of which, crica 2000 are for those with a cancer diagnosis through our dedicated Macmillan service. The service offers, welfare benefits advice, support to apply for benefits, completion of mandatory reconsideration, submission of appeals, appeals to the Upper Tribunal and signposting to additional support services if appropriate. Welfare Rights require an end to end system for the management of individuals' cases with multiple referrals per client over a period over years eg. a client is re-referred or self refers following an initial piece of completed work.

The London Borough of Newham is seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced suppliers to deliver a programme of unannounced occupancy checks and case reviews for approximately 7,900 households in temporary accommodation, located across 49 local authority areas. The Council requires an external supplier to visit households, verify occupancy, assess property conditions, review housing options and support needs, and complete a standardised Case Review Form for each visit. Scope of Work •Unannounced occupancy checks: in-person visits to verify household composition against Council records, with full photographic and documentary evidence of every visit. •Case review form completion: completing the Council’s standardised form covering household verification, property condition, financial circumstances, housing options, support needs, and required actions. •Three-attempt protocol: minimum three visit attempts at varied times before classifying a case as unable to contact; Council notified with full evidence of all attempts. •Weekly progress reports covering visits attempted and completed, unsuccessful cases, safeguarding escalations, and property issues. •Same-day safeguarding escalation for all concerns identified during visits. Geographical Coverage: Newham Households: 4,568 Adjacent East London (Redbridge, Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Waltham Forest, Tower Hamlets, Hackney) Households: 2,668 Other London boroughs Households: 220 Outside London (Essex, Kent, Surrey, Herts, Hants, Beds) Households: 436 Supplier Requirements: Interested suppliers must be able to demonstrate: •Enhanced DBS checks for all personnel carrying out visits. •Relevant experience of occupancy verification, tenancy audits, housing visits, or comparable fieldwork at scale (minimum two references from the last three years). •Robust safeguarding policies, data protection arrangements (UK GDPR compliant), and information security measures. •Operational capacity to deliver occupancy checks and case reviews across the geographical spread listed above. •Insurance cover: Public Liability (£2m), Employer’s Liability (£2m), Professional Indemnity (£1m). •Access to interpretation services for a diverse borough population.

Pre Engagement Marketing for SEND Passenger Transport Minibus Contract St Giles & Rutherfords Croydon Council is looking for a supplier for the SEND Passenger Transport Minibus Contract St Giles & Rutherfords schools. The service is for the provision of passenger transport services for vulnerable children, young people and adults for the London Borough of Croydon to St Giles and Rutherfords Schools for a 7-year contract period. . To apply for this contract, you must have first registered on the council’s e-procurement portal -https://in-tendhost.co.uk/croydontenders/ .

Extra Care Housing supports vulnerable residents with long-term conditions and/or disabilities to live independently in their own home with care and support on-site. Hounslow will shortly be tendering for ~£4 million of care and support contracts for 163 units of extra care across three schemes: • Two Older Person's (55+) • One Mixed Age (18+)

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Public Health and Communities team, Dorset Public Health Team and NHS England are seeking market feedback to help inform and shape a possible upcoming procurement to establish a new Sexual Health & HIV service for BCP and Dorset Council areas via a preliminary market engagement exercise. It is increasingly important to maximise capacity across the whole locally commissioned system for sexual health and HIV, through meeting the national ambitions to provide a service, that meets the needs of local people, offers open access, high quality contraception provision, approaches to prevention, effective diagnosis and management of all STIs. Please could interested organisations respond to the following questions. Completed questionnaires should be submitted via the messaging facility on this activity by midday 23 April 2026

Watercourse and associated structures maintenance contract to enable the continuation of the ongoing maintenance of watercourses and associated structures. BCC as the Lead Local Flood Authority for its administrative area, and as a riparian landowner, has responsibilities for managing flooding and watercourses on council owned land under the Flood and Water Management Act (2010) and Land Drainage Act (1991). The regular watercourse maintenance works reduce the chance of flooding by avoiding blockages, ensuring watercourses are free flowing and so that flood risk assets continue to function properly.

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 with regards to the delivery of the care, support and risk management interventions for 6 young adults (Age 18-25 years old) with diverse and complex needs, at a new supported living accommodation development in County Durham.

We are currently developing a new Community Living Ethical Framework which is intended to establish a strong partnership of the very best providers, all of whom share our values, attitudes and behaviours and an absolute commitment to helping people to live happy and fulfilled lives. This framework will be the key mechanism for commissioning with confidence, the best ethical providers who provide asset-based support to their customers, whilst rewarding and recognising the important role of their caring and compassionate workforce. We believe everyone should be able to live happy, healthy, and fulfilled lives in their local communities. Our approach moves beyond traditional service delivery to one that is person-centred, community-connected, and strengths-based, empowering individuals, families and neighbourhoods to thrive. What will we be looking for? The framework covers a broad range of care, support, housing, and community services for adults, children, and families, for example: 1. Home-Based Care and Support • General homecare for adults and children • End-of-life care at home • Non personal care such as cleaning and home support • Support at night 2. Housing-Related Support • Extra care housing • Supported living for learning disabilities, autism, acquired brain injury, physical disabilities, and mental health needs • Temporary and supported accommodation • Homelessness services • Leaving Care support 3. Specialist and Complex Support • Complex care including step down from long stay hospitals • Complex health and nursing-at-home services • Community rehabilitation and specialist services for drugs and alcohol • Counselling 4. Opportunities and Support in the Community • Respite, timeout, short breaks • Direct payments & personal budgets • Peer support • Wellbeing support • Education & Training • Employability & Skills

Hartlepool Borough Council is leading the development of a new Screen Industries Production Village, a major investment set to bring more film, TV, and digital production activity into the town. Over the next 2 years, HBC are constructing, restoring and renovating a series of assets including heritage buildings and vacant properties in the Church Street Conservation Area to provide a range of specialist facilities to support expansion of The Northern Studios. The project will also include public realm improvements and wider opportunities in the supply chain. Market engagement will take place on 23rd April 2026 at 10:0 at Hartlepool College of Further Education. To register further interest please contact Paul Taylor below. Contact email: paul.taylor2@hartlepool.gov.uk

The Council has entered a collaborative partnership with United Welsh Housing Association to develop accommodation to meet the needs of young people aged 16+ and care leavers. Using capital funding from Housing for Care Funding (HCF), United Welsh has acquired 2 properties close to Newport city Centre and has renovated them to provide tailor-made accommodation for a total of 9 young people across both schemes. The Council is looking for a suitably experienced provider to develop a support service to meet the needs of young people to prepare them for leaving care, and to promote their independent living skills as care leavers: • 24/7 Supported Accommodation (4 Beds) to 16-18 year old • Floating Support Service (5 Beds) to 18-25 Supported Accommodation, supporting Care Leavers. Applications are particularly welcome from the voluntary sectors, supporting the elimination of profit in Children Services. Supplier engagement sessions are taking place on 29th April 2026 at the Civic Centre, Newport, NP20 4UR. The purpose of the supplier engagement sessions is to give suppliers who wish to express an interest to meet with the Council to discuss the service and requirements. Expressions of interest to attend the sessions should be forwarded to procure@newport.gov.uk.

Worcestershire County Council (WCC) is planning to establish a new Transport Category Framework under the Procurement Act 2023, which will be used as an approved route to market for a wide range of transport‑related services. The primary purpose of the framework is to create an accessible, flexible and proportionate route to market, particularly for local SMEs, micro‑providers and sole traders, while ensuring that statutory transport services are delivered safely, reliably and sustainably. The framework is expected to operate as an open framework, allowing new suppliers to apply at defined points during its lifetime. Anticipated lots include: • Lot 1 – Passenger Transport Services (e.g. taxis, private hire, minibuses, coaches) • Lot 2 – Specialist Passenger Transport Services (e.g. SEND and Adult Social Care transport) • Lot 3 – Transport Fleet & Vehicles • Lot 4 – Transport Infrastructure & Technology • Lot 5 – Transport Consultancy & Professional Services

Swindon Borough Council (SBC) invites you to contribute to preliminary market engagement in relation to delivery of the Wichelstowe Community Sports Hub and would welcome the views of suppliers on the approach to procurement. The intention is to invite supplier feedback to help shape the final specification and commercial model to ensure the tender delivers the optimum outcomes for the Council. SBC are intending to seek a contractor to design and build the first phase of the Wichelstowe Community Sports Hub. The budget for the works is fixed and is a made up of a combination of grant and S106 funding. As such the full scheme will not all be delivered in this first Phase. It is anticipated that the works will include groundworks, pavilion, car park, drainage, footpaths and an element of play. Estimated contract spend is £4.5m. The all weather football pitch will be delivered by a third party. Engagement Process Description To participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the Preliminary Market Engagement documents. Reference DN812473 Suppliers wishing to participate in a Preliminary Market Engagement Teams meeting must contact Emma Leake at SBC via the details provided by 24th April 2026 16:0 hrs. The meeting(s) will be arranged following the closure of this period and are anticipated to take place during the weeks commencing 4th May 2026 and 11th May 2026.