Bromsgrove District Housing Trust (BDHT) is seeking to appoint one or more financially secure insurers to provide its Property, Liability and Motor Fleet insurance programme, together with associated underwriting, claims and risk management services. The insurance programme may include, but is not limited to, Property Damage and Business Interruption, Employers' Liability, Public Liability, Products Liability, Property Owners' Liability and Motor Fleet cover. Insurers are expected to hold a minimum financial strength rating of A-. Where a lower-rated insurer is proposed, BDHT may consider the insurer at its discretion, subject to receipt and approval of appropriate market security information. Bidders will be assessed on: The suitability and quality of the insurance solutions offered. Financial strength and market security. The capability and experience of their service delivery team. The quality of underwriting, claims management and risk management services. Experience of delivering insurance programmes within the social housing sector. Bromsgrove District Housing Trust Limited (BDHT) will utilise the Gallagher Delta eTendering Portal for the administration of this procurement. Arthur J Gallagher Insurance Brokers Limited is acting as the BDHT's appointed insurance broker and will provide administration and evaluation support; however, all procurement decisions remain the sole responsibility of Bromsgrove District Housing Trust (BDHT).
Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 (CAS3) is a provision funded by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and overseen in Manchester by the Greater Manchester Probation Service and Manchester City Council, to provide short-term accommodation and support for people who are threatened with homelessness upon their release from prison or approved premises, for up to 84 days. The CAS3 provision emphasises the prevention of homelessness and the reduction in reoffending. Manchester City Council is seeking to engage with existing and potential providers of support and accommodation services to understand the market's capabilities in providing short-term support and accommodation for people who have recently left custody. It is anticipated that any future service model would adopt a trauma-informed approach, recognising the diverse experiences and support needs of people leaving custody. The proposed model is intended to provide access to accommodation alongside person-centred support to address homelessness, improve wellbeing, increase independence and support positive move-on outcomes. The proposed service is expected to operate collaboratively with statutory and voluntary sector partners, including Probation, local authorities, Greater Manchester Police and other relevant agencies, to support effective risk assessment, risk management and information sharing. At this stage, the Council is considering a model that may include separate accommodation and support elements. To inform this approach, the Council is seeking feedback from the market regarding capacity, deliverability and potential service design considerations. The accommodation element could include a minimum of 66 lettable self-contained single-sex units and/or compliant single-sex shared accommodation, available for occupation by CAS3 residents for up to 84 nights per placement. The support element could involve the provision of a floating support service delivered by a dedicated team of support workers. Such support may focus on helping individuals to secure and sustain accommodation, improve stability and resilience, access appropriate services and support successful resettlement outcomes. The information contained within this notice is for market engagement purposes only and does not constitute a commitment by Manchester City Council to undertake a procurement process or award any contract.
The Council’s detailed requirements for the Supplies, Services, and/or Works are set out in the suite of Specification documents, which can be accessed on the Council’s eProcurement Portal, and applicable details across all other documents which form the Procurement Document Suite. The Council is conducting this procurement process under the Procurement Act 2023 (UKPGA 2023/54), using the Open Procedure to identify the Supplier for the Supplies, Services, and/or Works. No information in this document is, or should be relied upon as, an undertaking or representation as to the Council's ultimate decision as to whether it will award the proposed Contract in relation to the Supplies, Services, and/or Works. Potential Suppliers participate in this procurement process at their own risk. The Council shall not accept liability nor provide any reimbursement for any costs or losses incurred by a Potential Supplier in relation to their participation in this procurement process, nor for any cancellation or amendment to this procurement process. The anticipated Contract Start Date for the Contract is set out in the Procurement Timetable. The anticipated initial duration for the Contract is 24 (twenty-four) Months with an ability for the Council to extend the Contract on 2 (two) further occasions of 12 (twelve) months each, up to a maximum total contract period of 48 (forty-eight) Months. Whether, on what basis, and for what period or periods the Contract is extended, is wholly at the discretion of the Council. The anticipated value of the Contract is included later in this notice. Potential Suppliers should note that the values are indicative only and that the Indicative Total Contract Values include the value of the Contract(s) should they be extended by the Council for the maximum period of 48 months. For the avoidance of doubt, Potential Suppliers should be aware that following award of the Contract should the successful Supplier subsequently find that their submitted solution and/or price is not accurate and/or sustainable then the successful Supplier will not be permitted to amend their price offer to require any further monies associated with the full provision of the Supplies, Services, and/or Works.
Aston University is undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to inform a future procurement for the provision of Independent Accountant's Reports (IARs) and Grant Assurance Services. The University wishes to engage with suppliers active in the grant assurance, audit and accountancy sector to better understand market capability, service delivery models, pricing approaches, innovation opportunities, and routes to market. The anticipated scope may include, but is not limited to: Independent Accountant's Reports (IARs) for Innovate UK funded projects; Grant assurance and certification services for UKRI funded projects; Assurance engagements relating to Horizon Europe and successor programmes; Agreed-Upon Procedures (AUP) engagements; Grant assurance requirements arising from charitable, governmental and other research funders; Related advisory services associated with grant assurance and certification requirements. The purpose of this engagement is solely to gather market intelligence and obtain supplier feedback to help shape the University's procurement strategy and future tender documentation. Participation in this PME exercise will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement process.
Network Rail is developing an Access and Use Policy that will set out how Great British Railways (GBR) will make decisions regarding access to GBR infrastructure for train operations. GBR will record these decisions in a new document called the ‘Infrastructure Capacity Plan.’ Network Rail is seeking a data management solution that could enable GBR to manage the train service specification data that will inform, feed into and support the Infrastructure Capacity Plan. GBR will require a data management solution to store and manage train service specification data, supporting the objective of establishing and maintaining a published Infrastructure Capacity Plan. The solution will also need to hold data about proposals to amend the Infrastructure Capacity Plan, and to manage change controls and auditing of the data. The solution should also support a clear relationship between service specification data and detailed train schedule data, enabling users to understand how proposed and approved specification changes relate to individual train schedules in the timetable and data held in other operational systems. For clarity, GBR will be responsible for developing and maintaining the Infrastructure Capacity Plan, including populating, editing and governing the data held within the solution. The supplier would be expected to provide the data management capability, not to own or determine the underlying train service specification decisions. Network Rail is developing this capability to support future GBR readiness and requires suppliers to consider both immediate implementation needs and long-term operational requirements. Please see the Request for Information document attached to the opportunity listing in Bravo for further information.
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is issuing this Prior Information Notice to invite expressions of interest and initial responses from suitably qualified and experienced providers able to offer Urgent Treatment Centre Services across multiple sites operated by the Trust. This notice is for market testing only, to gauge market interest and influence future commissioning and procurement direction. This notice is issued under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) of the Healthcare Services Regulations 2023. Responses will help inform the final specifications and requirements to be used for a Competitive Process to award a contract. The contract target start date is 01/04/2027 with an initial 3 year term and option to extend for two periods of 1 year each. Estimated annual contract value is a maximum £2.5m and total contract value including extension options of £12.5m. Initial responses, outline proposals and indicative costs are requested for 11/09/2026. Please respond either via the Atamis e-procurement portal or by email to [email protected]
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
** please note that the esitmated date of publication for this tender has been amended to 26/10/2026, though this remains subject to change ** Further to our earlier UK2 notice, Jisc Services Limited (JSL) is nearing finalisation of tender documentation for the creation of a framework providing high-quality assessment and feedback solutions that support effective, secure, and learner-centred assessment practices. This UK3 notice is designed to better prepare interested vendors ahead of the live tender, providing details on tender process, anticipated timetables, and award criteria. Further, we are also encouraging vendors to provide feedback on some of the intended tender pack, namely drafts of; - the scope of requirements schedule - the functional requirements - the pricing schedule - the Jisc SaaS agreement (from which the framework agreement will be based upon) Versions of these documents are available for download via the JSL eProcurement system, and where the vendor chooses to respond, should be returned with annotation via the same system. All comments provided will be reviewed and JSL will use these to refine the tender pack as deemed appropriate. A response is not mandated and will not affect vendors from tendering a bid in due course. Please note that *all* information provided at this stage is given in good faith, based upon best estimates but is subject to change.
NHS Nottingham & Nottinghamshire ICB, NHS Lincolnshire ICB and NHS Derby & Derbyshire ICB referred to as the Contracting Authority(s) wish to commission a locally designed, early-intervention work and health service for people whose health condition or disability is affecting their ability to remain in, return to, or move towards work. The service aims to provide low-intensity, personalised support that connects individuals to the right health, employment, skills and community-based provision at the earliest opportunity. The Contracting Authority(s)' aim for this service is to operate as a system integrator, not as a standalone programme with a purpose to strengthen local work and health pathways, prevent escalation of need, reduce health-related economic inactivity and support improved population health outcomes. The intention is for the contract to be for a period of three years, subject to the availability of grant funding. Any extension to the contract will be subject to the availability of additional funding. The estimated total contract value is approximately £10,000,000 which is collective sum of funding for the three ICBs. The potential proposed split for this value is likely to be 3 lots per territory/ ICB area, this will be confirmed at the ITT stage. The Contracting Authority(s)' objectives for this engagement event are to: - To test the feasibility of the proposed delivery model for their service to seek feedback from providers in the market. - To understand market capacity and capability - To Identify innovation opportunities and potential constraints - To present the proposed future procurement process This is a invitation to invite organisations with a potential interest in delivering this service to join this virtual market engagement event which will be held via Microsoft Teams. The event will take place as follows: DATE: Monday 14th September 2026 TIME: 12.00 to 14:00 VENUE: Via Microsoft Teams To register an interest, please complete the questionnaire on Atamis under project reference: C467756 to where you will receive a Teams invite following successful registration. The deadline to register for this event is Friday 11th September at 17:00. https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome This preliminary market engagement is being undertaken in accordance with sections 16 and 17 of the Procurement Act 2023 and Regulation 17 of the Procurement Regulations 2024. Enquiries: All communications regarding this engagement should be submitted via the eProcurement (Atamis) portal message function. The contact email in this notice is provided for administrative support only.
NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board
NEPO is awarding a multi-contractor, multi-lot framework agreement for civil engineering and infrastructure works. This framework agreement provides a diverse range of civil engineering and/or infrastructure works. Lots are categorised according to the project value and the geographical location of the project.
Warrington Borough Council is seeking to establish a Transportation and Public Realm Consultancy Services Framework for use by Warrington Borough Council and other participating local authorities across Cheshire and the surrounding area. The Framework will provide access to consultancy services supporting transport, highways, active travel, public realm and infrastructure projects. Services are expected to include areas such as transport planning, highway design, transport modelling, public realm improvements, project management and related technical advisory support.
The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) is undertaking preliminary market engagement to support the development of its proposed Mass Transit Framework. As the Mass Transit Programme continues to develop, WECA is seeking to engage with the market at an early stage to better understand supplier capacity, capability and views on how the market can effectively support the scale, pace and complexity of the programme ahead. The programme is supported by a £150 million Transport for City Regions (TCR) allocation for Mass Transit, reflecting the scale of investment and delivery ambition over the coming years. As part of this preliminary market engagement, WECA will hold an in-person Industry Engagement Day on 21 September 2026. Event details Date: 21 September 2026 Format: In person Venue: Ground Floor, 70 Redcliff Street, Redcliffe, Bristol, BS1 6AL Time: 09:30-11:30 WECA's preference is for suppliers to attend the event in person to support an open and collaborative discussion. However, where reasonable adjustments are required to enable participation, WECA will consider arrangements for hybrid attendance. Suppliers should identify any such requirements when registering their interest. The event will provide an opportunity for WECA to share further context on the Mass Transit Programme, emerging requirements and anticipated future pipeline of work, while also hearing directly from the market about how the proposed framework and future delivery arrangements can be structured as effectively as possible. In particular, WECA is interested in exploring: • The market's capacity and capability to support the Mass Transit Programme and its anticipated pipeline; • Current and emerging resource and capacity constraints, and how these could be addressed; • Opportunities for greater collaboration across the supply chain, including approaches to subcontracting, consortia and other delivery models; • How suppliers can work effectively alongside one another, including the sharing and integration of information and designs across different elements of the programme; • What the West of England Combined Authority can do as a client to make the proposed framework and future opportunities attractive and effective for the supply chain; and • Any other barriers, opportunities or lessons learned that should inform WECA's approach. The Industry Engagement Day will be designed as an open and collaborative discussion and will include a roundtable session, giving participants the opportunity to provide feedback and help inform WECA's developing approach. Further supplier engagement Following the Industry Engagement Day, WECA will undertake further one-to-one engagement with suppliers to explore relevant themes arising from the event in greater detail. There will be opportunity to book-in these further one-to-one sessions on the day. Details of any further engagement, including how suppliers can express an interest in participating and how sessions will be managed if demand exceeds available capacity, will be communicated following the Industry Engagement Day. Participation in this preliminary market engagement, including attendance at the Industry Engagement Day or any subsequent engagement, will not form part of any future procurement evaluation or supplier selection process and will not provide any supplier with an advantage in any subsequent procurement. Registering interest Suppliers interested in attending the Industry Engagement Day should respond through this notice by Wednesday 9 September 2026, providing the names and job titles of the proposed attendees. We see this as an important opportunity to have an open conversation for this major programme of work about how we can work better together and ensure that the Mass Transit Programme is positioned to draw on the capacity, capability and expertise available across the market.
Blaby District Council working in partnership with health, adult social care and wider system partners recognised that unsuitable conditions at home can cause significant barriers to hospital discharge. For some patients, returning home is delayed because their property requires clearing, cleaning to reduce risks or complete environmental works before it is safe and accessible for them to return home. The HET supports patients where there is any housing related issue that is preventing or delaying their discharge from hospital. A specialist clear and clean service can play a key role in reducing hospital delays by ensuring those housing related barriers are addressed as quickly and as sensitively as possible. There would need to be a responsive and flexible approach including urgent short notice, weekend and bank holiday assistance. Blaby District Council seeks to understand how the market could support the delivery of the specialist clear and clean service and the range of property interventions they are able to provide, including: • Cleaning linked to self-neglect, hoarding, infestation or contamination. • Making key areas of the home safe and accessible including entrances, bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen and living spaces. • Sensitive handling of personal possessions. Blaby District Council has recognised that property condition is often related to wider issues such as poor health, disability, mental health, reduced mobility, financial and social issues and therefore any service should include a person-centred approach to ensure that dignity is protected. The Council is seeking the views of suppliers to assist in the design and running of this service through a soft market engagement questionnaire. To submit a questionnaire, suppliers are encouraged to follow the below link to the ProContract e-procurement portal and complete and submit the questionnaire: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=31d3ed3b-dda6-f111-813c-005056b64545&p=527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21
Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) is changing how it contracts for Residential and Nursing Care from 2026/27. Following feedback from providers and other stakeholders, we are developing a new contractual arrangement to replace the current Pre-Placement Contract. The new contract will cover residential care, nursing care, and short-term/respite placements for adults aged 18 and over, including people with needs relating to frailty, dementia, physical disabilities, acquired brain injury, learning disabilities, mental health, autism and forensic support. The arrangement has a total maximum value of £816 million.
Bedford College is undertaking a preliminary market engagement exercise to explore apprenticeship enrolment, delivery and quality management platform solutions. The engagement seeks to gather market insight, understand supplier capability, identify emerging innovation, and help inform the College's future procurement strategy and requirements. The exercise consists of: Request for Engagement (RFE) Soft Market Testing Questionnaire Innovation Discovery Form Supplier Capability Survey Optional supplier demonstrations and concept presentations This is a pre-market engagement exercise only and is not a tender, invitation to tender, request for quotation, or call for competition. Participation is voluntary and will not confer any advantage in any future procurement process. The College may subsequently undertake a formal procurement process following completion of this engagement.
Project title: NHS National Framework for Ruxolitinib Offer reference number: CM/TNS/26/5755 Period of framework: 01 April 2028 to 31 March 2029 with an option or options to extend (at the Authority’s discretion) for a period or periods up to a total of 24 months Published By: Medicines Procurement and Supply Chain - NHS Medicines Value & Access, NHS England
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (the "CA") is seeking a suitably qualified Contractor to provide and maintain a clean, hygienic and safe environment within all staff and public areas of bus stations in the CA area. The contractor will supply, service and commission an extensive range of staff members and products and equipment to maintain the highest level of cleanliness and hygiene within specified sites. The staff roles, termed Facilities Assistant (FA), extend further than the conventional role of a site cleaner, and they include providing a reassuring presence to bus passengers and the provision of transport information, when CA staff are not deployed on site. The duration of this contract is 3 years + 1 + 1 year's extension whereby the Contractor will attend CA sites and meetings on a regular basis to ensure that the service level expected by the CA is maintained.
Reablement Services. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) are currently seeking to understand current market capacity, learn from existing reablement models, identify service barriers and opportunities, explore innovation and best practice, and inform a future tender specifications for a new reablement service in Sandwell. The service will provide Reablement services to eligible adults (18 years old and over) aimed at enabling individuals: • To safely leave hospital where they would otherwise remain in hospital or avoid a hospital admission and remain in their own home or place of residence; • Provide a short term, time limited (up to 6 weeks) Reablement Service for Adults who have been assessed and have demonstrated the potential to benefit from home care reablement to regain their independence and live well at home after an illness, injury or period of reduced mobility We would be most grateful to receive your feedback as a care provider, share your experience and/or thoughts on how you this may work and what would make you want to apply.
This procurement is being undertaken under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 using Direct Award Process C. The contract is for the provision of the Dental Epidemiology Survey (Oral Health Survey) across the Dorset Council and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council areas. Dorset Council is acting as the host authority on behalf of both local authorities. The service supports the statutory public health responsibility to assess and monitor oral health needs and includes survey planning, sampling, engagement with educational settings and participants, administration of consent processes, clinical examinations, data collection, quality assurance, analysis support and submission of survey data in accordance with the National Dental Epidemiology Programme and associated national guidance.
Suffolk County Council is seeking to appoint a Contractor to receive and process Garden Waste. The waste is expected to be delivered directly to the processing site by Ipswich Borough Council, Babergh District Council, Mid Suffolk District Council and West Suffolk Council. The Authority is interested in solutions which minimise the overall cost and environmental impact of the service. Consequently, the future procurement will consider the transport distance between collection areas and treatment facilities, together with associated haulage impacts and treatment costs, as part of the evaluation methodology. Processing should create a composted material, to PAS100 standards, suitable to be sold as soil improver or to be spread on agricultural land as a composted material. The contract/s will be between the successful Contractor/s and Suffolk County Council, who are acting on behalf of the District and Borough Councils. Interested providers will be expected to work flexibly with Suffolk County Council throughout the Local Government re-organisation (LGR) period. The revised Suffolk structure is expected to commence April 2028 and is likely to result in changes to boundaries which may have impacts on tonnages delivered under each contract awarded, however we cannot provide clarity on this at the current point in time. Estimated annual tonnages including trade waste expected (but not guaranteed) below: Lot 1 - Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils - Tonnage - 14,400 Lot 2 - Ipswich Borough Council - Tonnage - 5,700 Lot 3 - West Suffolk Council - Tonnage - 11,900 Estimated contract values including optional extension periods: Lot 1 - Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils - £ 2,950,000 Lot 2 - Ipswich Borough Council - £1,150,000 Lot 3 - West Suffolk Council - £2,400,000 Please note all estimated values are ex. Vat. These figures are based on estimated tonnages and the Council does not guarantee any volumes or spend.
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority, on behalf of National Resilience, seeks potential suppliers of High Volume Pumps, Power Units, Hose Boxes and Transportation Sleds for the National Resilience High Volume Pumping Capability. These assets will be deployed to Fire and Rescue Services across England to enhance the national HVP capability.
Defence seeks additional capacity to detect, track, identify, decide and defeat mass and low-cost threats in a cost-effective manner and without being overwhelmed or exhausting stockpiles. This is particularly acute for deployed land forces, but the problem is applicable to the protection of defence fixed infrastructure in the homeland. Current approaches are constrained by limited magazine depth, high cost-per-engagement, limited manoeuvrability, workforce intensity and the difficulty of adapting capabilities at pace as UAS threats evolve. Based on research, the Authority is particularly interested in capabilities centred on Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) effectors but is open to submissions relating to credible alternative novel approaches. The scope of Phase 1 is to identify and support organisations to accelerate development of their existing technology towards a final deployable system. It is not intended for the Phase 1 competition to seek delivery of a complete operational C-UAS system. Over later Phases, the Authority’s intent, aligned with their Integrated Procurement Model, is to identify and rapidly mature promising technologies as demonstrable Minimum Viable Products (MVPs). The Authority may then, at its discretion (and the criteria detailed below) select projects to be iteratively developed, integrated and proven as Minimum Deployable Capabilities (MDCs) for an initial operational user group. Capabilities that demonstrate operational benefit may subsequently be developed further for wider adoption as part of a future Programme of Record. Suppliers will be notified of the criteria, selection processes, and competition format as these Phases arise. To address the challenge described above we are looking to deliver an integrated C-UAS force-protection capability capable of autonomous operation, mounted on an Army vehicle. The capability should protect deployed troops against complex and saturation attacks designed to overwhelm existing defences or deplete conventional munition stocks. It should deliver more affordable combat mass against emerging air threats than legacy systems, and should exploit open architectures, platform-generated power, modular design and capable of autonomous operation. The initial threat focus is representative Class 1 UAS and related small aerial threats, including single, repeated, sequential and simultaneous threat profiles. This includes threats intended to disrupt operations, conduct surveillance, target fixed or mobile assets, overwhelm local defences or force the disproportionate use of high-cost munitions. Integration of the capability onto a future uncrewed ground vehicle (UGV) is a planned objective. The solution should provide a scalable pathway towards future Army and Joint Ground-Based Air Defence (GBAD) capabilities as well as considering possible export opportunities.
NHS Nottingham & Nottinghamshire ICB, NHS Lincolnshire ICB and NHS Derby & Derbyshire ICB referred to as the Contracting Authority(s) are launching a virtual market engagement event to present their proposed delivery model for this service to seek feedback from market.
NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (the Service), welcomes engagement from the market in support of informing the Service's procurement and delivery strategy for the construction of a new Live Fire Training Facility. Our existing structure is approaching the end of its operational life and will require decommissioning and removal prior to the construction of a replacement facility. The replacement facility is intended to provide a long-term, resilient live fire training capability that supports operational firefighter training requirements while reflecting modern expectations relating to safety, durability, environmental performance and whole-life value. The facility will be required to support realistic compartment fire behaviour training within a controlled environment and should balance operational functionality with maintainability and long-term asset performance. The Service anticipates that the new facility is likely to comprise a reinforced concrete structure incorporating refractory tile protection to areas exposed to repeated thermal loading. The design is expected to include temperature monitoring systems for both burn environments and the primary structural frame. A smoke emission treatment system will also form a significant element of the project. The facility is likely to be located at our Training Academy, situated within the perimeter of Exeter International Airport, located on land with a historical military use, therefore considerations relating to ground conditions, contamination and the potential presence of unexploded ordnance is anticipated. The project is currently at RIBA stage 0. The anticipated project value is currently estimated to be between £5million and £10million, although further development work is required to establish the final scope and budget. The new facility needs to be completed, commissioned, and operational by April 2030. A preferred procurement route, contract strategy, contractor engagement model, pre-construction approach or form of contract have not been decided upon. The Service is deliberately retaining an open position on these matters and is seeking informed market feedback to help determine the most appropriate delivery strategy.