local government contracts

This notice sets out the requirements Bridgend County Borough Council (the Council) has for a range of housing related services for young people. These services will be delivered in line with two separate contracts (Lots) as detailed below: Lot 1 describes the requirements for provision of:-  Supported Accommodation for 16 and 17 year olds  Mediation Service for 16 to 25 year olds  Advocacy Service for 16 to 25 year olds Lot 2 describes the requirements for provision of:-  Supported Accommodation for 18 to 21 year olds  Step Down Accommodation for 18 to 21 year olds  Floating Support for 16 to 21 year olds These services will build upon existing provision responding to the needs of and supporting service users, who are homeless / threatened with homelessness and have housing related support needs. This contract period will be for 3 years, commencing on 1st December 2026 with the option to extend for up to 24 months. The service will assist with the vision of the Housing Support Grant that promotes “A Wales where nobody is homeless and everyone has a safe home where they can flourish and live a fulfilled, active and independent life”. Services will also support the prevention and wellbeing agenda of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014, Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. In order to secure two providers to deliver provision, providers will be able to bid for two Lots, but will only be successful with a maximum of one bid (Lot). The estimated value of this contract will be estimated per annum at: Lot 1 - £430,000 Lot 2 - £580,000 However, the estimated value is subject to market feedback and review, so this could change at the point of the formal Invitation to Tender.

Link to complete market testing exercise: https://forms.office.com/e/CUK97xtJGv If you have any difficulties accessing or completing the form, or any questions about it, please email: NNCPHCommissioning@northnorthants.gov.uk Please note budget and contract length are indicative and yet to be formally confirmed. Edit: Deadline for responses midday 14th January 2026 North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) is preparing to commission a new Healthy Lifestyles Service, due to commence on 1st April 2027. To inform the forthcoming procurement strategy and final service model, the Council is carrying out a Soft Market Testing (SMT) exercise with current and potential providers across the health improvement and VCSE sectors, and invite providers to complete the Microsoft Form through the link above. This is a strategic opportunity to modernise adult lifestyle services in North Northamptonshire so they reflect national best practice in integration, are easier for residents and referrers to navigate, deliver better population outcomes by tackling multiple risk factors together, operate with clear performance measures and a strong focus on reducing inequalities, and fit within the council's wider ambitions for coordinated, accessible services. By moving to an integrated model, the council aims to design services that better match the complex needs of the population, make best use of limited resources, and ensure alignment with both national direction and local system priorities. The Council is exploring commissioning options that bring together key elements of adult health improvement, including NHS Health Checks (community delivery), Tier 2 weight management, physical activity support, healthy ageing interventions, and targeted wellbeing programmes, into a coherent and outcome focused model. This SMT exercise aims to: • Gauge the level of market interest and capacity to deliver an integrated model, a lead provider model with subcontractors, or other potential configurations. • Understand opportunities, constraints, cost drivers, workforce implications, digital requirements, and views on contract length, risk allocation, and partnership expectations. • Gather feedback on early service design principles, including coordination and triage functions, community outreach, the role of the VCSE sector, and alignment with GP delivered elements commissioned separately under the Provider Selection Regime. • Gain an early understanding of the attractiveness of the proposed procurement route and service model and anticipated contract value. Participation in the SMT does not form part of the formal procurement process and will not advantage or disadvantage any provider in a future tender. Insight gathered will help refine the commissioning approach, shape market engagement events, and inform the sourcing strategy prior to formal approval and procurement launch. Providers of all sizes, including those specialising in individual lifestyle areas, community based delivery, digital wellbeing interventions, and organisations with experience supporting vulnerable or seldom heard groups, are encouraged to participate.

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is hosting a pre-market engagement event and would like to invite potential providers to attend an open, discussion-led session. The purpose of this event is to explore the local market and identify the range of services providers can offer to support to young people and adults who experience issues with drugs (illegal & prescription) and alcohol, with a particular focus on the following areas: • Harm Reduction • Psychosocial treatment and support • Community specialist clinical interventions • Supervised consumption/ needle syringe programme • Community based detoxification • Tier 4 inpatient detoxification and rehabilitation services • Alcohol care teams • Criminal justice • Recovery and support

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is hosting a pre-market engagement event and would like to invite potential providers to attend an open, discussion-led session. The purpose of this event is to explore the local market and identify the range of services providers can offer to support to young people and adults who experience issues with drugs (illegal & prescription) and alcohol, with a particular focus on the following areas: • Harm Reduction • Psychosocial treatment and support • Community specialist clinical interventions • Supervised consumption/ needle syringe programme • Community based detoxification • Tier 4 inpatient detoxification and rehabilitation services • Alcohol care teams • Criminal justice • Recovery and support

North Northamptonshire Council is undertaking a pre-procurement market engagement exercise to inform the future commissioning of an Integrated Healthy Lifestyles Service (planned go-live 1 April 2027). The Council is seeking early input from potential providers and delivery partners on the feasibility and practical delivery considerations of the proposed service model, including the operation of a single point of access/triage and navigation function, digital and self-help support, community and VCSE-led interventions, and a structured clinical interface (including community and workplace NHS Health Checks).

Winchester City Council (the “Council” or “Authority”) is inviting tenders for a single Supplier to be contracted for grounds maintenance services across the Winchester district. The contract must start on 4th October 2027, and it is envisaged that the contract will be awarded and mobilisation will commence in August 2026. All information available to Suppliers regarding this opportunity is held within the tender pack available on eu-supply.

Winchester City Council (the “Council” or “Authority”) is inviting tenders for a single Supplier to be contracted for public realm cleansing services across the Winchester City district. The contract must start on 4th October 2027, and it is envisaged that the contract will be awarded and mobilisation will commence in August 2026. All information available to Suppliers regarding this opportunity is held within the tender pack.

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council are exploring options for commissioning a block of 19 day services supporting around 330 people delivered from 16 locations across the District. Bradford’s model for day services is that they: • Deliver support that is asset based: that values the strengths of people and their families, friends and the wider community and uses these to focus on people’s health and well-being • Support people to maximise their independence and support positive risk taking to ensure people live their lives as they wish • Are passionate about inclusion and enabling people to be full and active members of their community • Have connections to communities and promote the establishment and maintenance of friendship groups, local links and be able to support people to access services which are reasonably close to their home and accessible to people outside of and independent of daytime activities • Offer diverse services that can be tailored to meet the unique social, cultural and environmental needs and aspirations of people and their carers • Are responsive to changes in demand and support innovation, creativity and imagination to meet people’s needs in a person centred way. • Ensure value for money and seek to find ways of supporting people that maximise the monies available • Work in partnership with a wide range of people and organisations, across all sectors, to build capacity to support people We would like to hear provider’s views on this opportunity, understand how it might work for you, and what support you would expect from the Council. We will be holding an engagement session on Monday 2nd March at 2pm on Microsoft Teams. Please express an interest via the YORtender portal for registration details. Questions can be asked in advance of the meeting through the messaging function on Yortender

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA), alongside Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) and Peterborough City Council (PCC) have been allocated £5,437,000 of public sector money from the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund. The aim is to secure additional private sector funding to enable the delivery of a high number of additional electric vehicle infrastructure (EVI) across the area, above and beyond what could be delivered with just LEVI funding alone. It is anticipated that the contract will focus on providing EVI in residential areas that have limited access to off-street parking. This may be a combination of delivery of infrastructure within communal residential car parks as well as on-street charging spaces. It is anticipated that most of the charging infrastructure will be standard (-7-22kW). Rapid charging and public car parks operated by the local authorities will not be included within the specification, however, there may be separate opportunities with each council in due course.

Milton Keynes City Council (the "Council") are out to tender for the provision of Charge Hub EV Chargers Concession Contract. Charge Hubs will be designed to complement both home charging and residential chargers by offering this on demand facility locally. It is Milton Keynes City Council’s target that every dwelling in Milton Keynes, with or without off-street parking, to be within a 5 minute drive of a Charge Hub in urban areas. The Council aim to deliver at least one Charge Hub per locality over the contract period – this will be demand driven. There are 169 localities across Milton Keynes, so the aim is to deliver 169 Charge Hubs over the contract period. Phase 1 will deliver around 40 Charge Hubs over a five year period. The Council proposes to enter into a concession contract that will be for a term of 25 years.

This is a flexible framework for purchasing Education Health Care Plan (‘EHCP’) provision, as required in children and young people’s EHCPs, including therapies, tutoring and mentoring, to a maximum value of £16.3million across five years. Where this provision is written into an EHCP the local authority has a duty under the Children and Families Act 2014 to ensure the child or young person receives it. This can include but is not limited to therapies, assessments, mentoring, tutoring and educational psychology services.

Overview of Procurement Objectives Portsmouth City Council (the Council) is seeking to procure repairs and maintenance services for its housing stock through two individual contracts, with a combined total value in the region of £36M per annum. To meet the distinct geographical and logistical needs of service delivery, the procurement will result in two separate contract awards, one for properties located on "on-island" and one for those located ''off-island''. The successful contractors will be expected to deliver a responsive, high-quality service that ensures safe, well-maintained homes for residents while demonstrating value for money and alignment with the Council's strategic objectives. Each individual contract has an estimated annual value between £14M to £18M based on current historic spend. The contracts will be let for an initial base term of five years, with the option to extend for up to a further five years in intervals to be agreed. Based on anticipated inflationary uplifts and potential growth in housing stock, the total individual contract spends over the potential 10-year term (5-year base with options to extend) is expected to range between £168M and £225M. Therefore, based on current market conditions, the total combine spend over the 10-year lifetime of both contracts could be in the region of £336M to £450M. The impacts of Local Government Review have not been considered in this current value and the likely increases in the total value of the opportunity, brought about through the reform, will be addressed when the formal tender notice is issued. Housing Stock Information The Council has a housing stock of approximately 17,500 properties of which approximately 15,500 are socially rented and then there are approximately 2000 leasehold properties. Within the stock there is a mix of housing types including houses and bungalows; however the majority of the dwellings are within purpose-built blocks of flats constructed in the 1950s and 1960s. Traditionally the estate has been spread across the two geographical areas of Portsea Island (on-island, PO1 to PO5) and Paulsgrove and Havant (off-island, PO6 to PO9). A recent acquisition of approximately 800 properties has however subsequently increased the 'off-island' area to sites in Gosport, Fareham and Winchester. Current & Future Demand Over the last 5 years there have been approximately 16,000 annual general repairs and maintenance tasks undertaken across the 'on-island' housing stock and 15,000 annually across the 'off-island' housing stock, which is likely to remain consistent over the course of any new contract. The Council is currently working on a number of development options, and it is anticipated that within the next 5-10 years there is potential for up to 1000 additional dwellings to be created that will require some level of maintenance and consequently will need to be absorbed into any new contract. Over the course of the contract, it is likely that new workstreams will be introduced particularly as the stock is decarbonised and alternative renewables are implemented. Changing Context and Objectives Over the next 5-10 years the Council is expecting to experience a number of challenges with regards to the maintenance of its housing and general fund properties with any incumbent provider to work in partnership with the Council to ease pressures where they can. Significant changes in legislation such as the Building Safety Act and Fire Safety Act will require greater scrutiny from suppliers to ensure they are working in a compliant way and may require them to adopt new skills such as undertaking works as a result of Building Safety Cases for buildings of 6+ storeys. There will be more focus on the accuracy and timely manner of up-load of compliance information and ensuring repairs, particularly around damp and mould are well managed and resolved and will be monitored by the Social Housing Regulator. Local Government Review As part of the wider Local Government Review (LGR), the Council is required to actively engage in discussions with neighbouring authorities to explore potential opportunities for collaboration, shared service delivery, and governance alignment. While this engagement is ongoing, no formal decisions or agreements have been reached at this stage. Under current LGR proposals, it is likely to require Portsmouth City Council to form a new Authority by merging with other neighbouring Authorities. For Portsmouth, this will result in a new Council being created to provide the same services to everyone in the city, whilst covering a larger area and have a different name. Effectively all the current council services in the new council boundary would be merged to create a new Council. The Council can only confirm its current demand and scope of requirements; however, this may be subject to change should additional needs arise from other local authorities as part of wider structural reforms. Any tender opportunities and contracts will be structured to allow adjustments in the scope of services and the value of contracts to the Council to respond to changes in demand and budgetary constraints, whilst ensuring that services remain efficient and continue to provide value for money. Additionally, provisions will be included to adapt to changes in geographical boundaries resulting from any reorganisation. This will ensure that services can be extended or retracted to align with new administrative areas. In the event of reorganisation, contracts will include clauses that allow for the assignment of the contract to successor authorities. Any assignment clause is likely to state any contract may be assigned to any new authority that succeeds the original contracting authority. For further details in respect of LGR see the following link - https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/services/council-and-democracy/devolution-and-plans-for-local-government-reorganisation/ Existing R&M Contract Two term service providers have managed the general repairs and maintenance requirements across the housing stock under an NEC 4 Option E Cost Reimbursement contract. Each service provider has covered a distinct geographical area with one provider being responsible for 'on-island' repairs and one contractor being responsible for 'off-island' repairs. The 'on-island' contractor also manages repairs to a number of the Council's corporate assets. The contract with each service provider has been in operation for just under 10 years and will expire in March 2026 with an estimated overall combined contract value of approximately £400m split fairly evenly across both geographical areas. The existing arrangement has incorporated a number of functions and has included but is not exhaustive of: • General responsive repairs • General void property works • Disabled adaptations • Decorations • Compliance testing • Solar panel repairs • Fire door, sprinkler and smoke detector checks • Catering and Laundry Appliance Servicing and Repairs New R&M Contract The new contracts will mirror the existing arrangement with a geographical separation by on and off island. Two contracts supplied by two contractors will be established, one for the on-island properties and one for the off-island properties. Both contracts will be run under an NEC 4 Option E Cost Reimbursable basis with an initial base term of 5 years with the option to extend the contractor for a further 5 years, in increments to be agreed. The Council are estimating the value per contractor will be in the region of £14m-£18m per annum. The core scope of works will include but not limited to: • General Repairs and Maintenance • Smoke/Heat Detector Checks • EICRs • Emergency Lighting • Ventilation Checks • MVHR Testing and Repair • Asbestos Removal • Fire Door Installation and Maintenance • Door Entry Systems • Warden Call • PV Maintenance • Void Works • Out of Hours The contract may also require the following to covered or taken forward and will include but not limited to: • Decarbonisation • Air Source Heat Pumps • Water Hygiene Repairs • Communal Ventilation • On and Off Island Repairs • Corporate Asset Repairs While not fully determined it is possible that Repairs to the Council's Corporate Assets will be taken forward by either the on island or off island contractor. The on-island contractor is responsible for approximately 550 assets across both geographical areas; however these are predominantly within the PO1-PO5 postcode. The Council's broader property portfolio encompasses a range of building types which include but are not limited to: • Schools • Offices • Commercial buildings, warehouses and depots • Care homes • Sheltered housing and supported living properties • Maritime port facilities With reference to the corporate assets supported by the 'on-island' contractor there have been approximately 2000 repairs annually over the term of the contract at a value of approximately £750k per year. Partnership Working In addition to working in close partnership with the council, the supplier will also be required to work in partnership with the council's other existing term service contractor partners. Systems Thinking Approach The previous contracts have been managed on a full open book partnership basis with adoption of a range of Vanguard Systems Thinking designed processes and performance measures. The Council envisages these principles will still form part of any ongoing delivery strategy for Repairs & Maintenance contracts. Further information on System Thinking can be freely accessed via the Vanguard site using the link below. https://vanguard-method.net/the-vanguard-method-and-systems-thinking/ Social Value The Council are committed to continuously reviewing and improving the approach to social value delivery, and suppliers can find further information using the following link - https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/services/council-and-democracy/social-value/

Bristol City Council (the Council) wish to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of Locally Generated Low or Zero Carbon Electricity and Gas, in accordance with Regulation 34 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015).

ESPO are conducting preliminary market engagement with the intention of establishing a national framework covering the supply, delivery, installation, commissioning and maintenance of a range of parking management solutions. Please note this is not a call for competition, the tender documentation is not yet available.

This contract will replace and cover the services of 3 existing contracts: Empowering Independence countywide community outreach (floating support) (Lot 2 of current prevention contract) Mental Health Day Support (funding agreement rather than contract) Homeless Out of Hospital Care

Liverpool City Council (LCC) intends to invite suppliers to tender for a new version of the Professional Services Framework (the PSF) to commence from October 2026. The current PSF is due to expire in October 2026, with LCC requiring similar services and commissions from the consultancy market to support planned delivery from October / November 2026. The framework will be split into the following four (4) lots: Lot 1 - Sustainable Transport Planning and Policy Advice Lot 2 - Highways and Infrastructure Design Support Services Lot 3 - P&P Management and NEC Contract Administration Support Services Lot 4 - Commercial and Contract Management Support Services

Shared Lives is an adult placement service, predominantly utilised by adults with learning disabilities/and or autism, but also supporting older people and people with mental health conditions. Indiviudals live in the home of the host family (referred to as a Shared Lives Carer) and receive the care and support required. Cornwall has the largest shared lives provision in the South West, with 115 people being supported long-term and 60 people being regularly supported with short-breaks.

Liverpool City Council is undertaking this procurement to select a Development Partner to develop the Liverpool Heat Network and, subject to receipt of the necessary approvals, to deliver the Network using the Development Partner's chosen corporate vehicle.

Sheffield City Council is seeking Providers who deliver a form of Alternative Provision or other equivalent or similar form of off-site education service for children and young people. The value of this tender has been advertised in anticipation of changing the period of validity of the DPS in the future; at the time of advertising the estimate annual value of work delivered as Alternative Provision is approximately £750,000 annually. This DPS is developed as a light touch regime project.

This Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) will cover the Council's requirements for taxi and minibus services and will encompass Home to Care Transport, Home to School and College Transport, Transport for Adults, Looked After Children, People with Additional Needs, other Vulnerable People, Officers of the Council and any other transport requirement as authorised by the Authorised Officer. Please note that a notice for this procurement was originally publish within OJEU.