title: Cash Disbursement Service

description: Allow the safe transition across to a replacement service and provides payment continuity to customers.

description: Service to be accessible nationwide to deliver a cash out disbursement

weightingDescription: Tender will be awarded based on technical ability, innovation, quality, price, social value

title: Supporting Financial Inclusion

description: Support customers to move across to standard banking products

description: Financial and insurance services

description: Financial and insurance services

title: UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice

description: Detail added

description:
Payment Exception Service is a cash-out over the counter service required to fulfil the Secretary of State obligation to pay benefit and pensions payments on time, on the due date, to the correct customer.
The service supports unbanked customers to receive payment of entitlement through an alternate method of payment.
The new service will include Lots 1) Cash Disbursement Service 2) Supporting Financial Inclusion

Department for Work and Pensions

locality: Blackpool

postalCode: FY4 5ES

streetAddress: Peel Park Control Centre, Brunel Way

description: Public authority - central government

description: Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender

description: Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

description:
General Information
It is mandatory for any interested suppliers to register on the new CENTRAL DIGITAL PLATFORM which is part of the enhanced Find a Tender Service.
This procurement will be progressed using the Competitive Flexible procedure utilising Procurement Act 2023.
A key aspect of the procurement will be based on innovative ideas for assisting customers to move to a simple bank account.
DWP welcomes interest from all suitable suppliers, including SMEs and VCSEs.
Suppliers are able to bid for either / both Lots.
Outcome Based Specification
DWP needs a new, innovative contracted Payment Exception service for customers who cannot or will not provide a standard bank, building society or credit union account.  This must be a nationally accessible service which caters for some of DWPs most vulnerable customers to receive payment. In addition, the service must minimise the volume of customers using the Payment Exception service by supporting the movement to use a standard bank, building society or credit union account.
Business Requirements (high level for Preliminary Market Engagement Notice only)
Lot 1 - Cash Disbursement Service
001 - DWP needs a new, nationwide innovative contracted Payment Exception service for customers with diverse and complex needs who cannot or will not provide a standard bank, building society or credit union account.
002 - The service must be free of charge to the customer
003 - There must be a mechanism to return payments to the paying Department
004 - The solution must not require pre-funding and be able to receive peak transaction volumes of BACs and Faster Payments (circa 250,000 peak BACS payments & circa 25,000 peak Faster Payments per calendar month)
005 - The service must ensure payment continuity for existing customers including during migration / implementation
006 - The supplier must put in place fraud detection, prevention and reporting
007 - The supplier must provide a free to customer service support function 008	The supplier must provide a reporting functionality that will enable daily reconciliations to take place
009 - The supplier must provide regular detailed management information to DWP
010 - The supplier must adhere to all applicable UK laws and regulation. For example, but not limited to, FCA, Security and GDPR.
Lot 2 - Supporting Financial Inclusion
001- The supplier must support the DWP's method of Payment and Financial Inclusion policy to minimise the volume of customers using the Payment Exception service by supporting the movement to use a FCA standard bank, building society or credit union account
002 - The supplier must make contact with the Payment Exception service customers who may have diverse and complex needs using a range of methods
003 - The supplier must be FCA accredited
004 - The supplier must provide regular detailed management information to DWP
005 - The supplier must adhere to all applicable UK laws and regulation. For example, but not limited to, FCA, Security and GDPR.
Stages - Market Engagement:
1) Initial Conditions of Participation to exclude any suppliers who do not meet regulatory financial requirements, are on Debarment List, are not registered on Central Digital Platform.
2) Conflict of Interest declaration.
3) Group supplier event meeting via Teams. Group Event will take place Thursday 10 April 10am to 11:30am - To register your interest for this event please email clare.woods2@dwp.gov.uk
4) One to One supplier events via Teams. These individual calls will take place between Monday 14 April and Friday 09 May. Instructions for how to register for these events will be provided at 10 April session.
Stages - Tender:
1) DWP may exclude suppliers based on additional Conditions of Participation.
2) DWP may exclude suppliers based on a design and innovation phase.
DWP reserves the right to add or remove stages throughout the procurement process.


measure: bids

measure: smeBids

measure: foreignBidsFromEU

measure: foreignBidsFromNonEU

measure: electronicBids

measure: lowestValidBidValue

currency: GBP

measure: highestValidBidValue

status: active

status: cancelled

description:
High level deliverables will cover the below areas-

•	Procurement - structuring and running of complex procurements to implement the NHP Commercial Strategy.
•	Post contract commercial management – commercial services to manage live contracts (NHP operations and cohort/trust focussed).
•	Governance and Assurance – day to day procurement governance and assurance and working in collaboration with the spending controls team.
•	Market Engagement and Supply Chain – support in pre procurement and strategic engagement activities, lead supplier relationship management activities and
•	Specialist advice and expertise in areas such as commercial modelling, incentivisation models,  and social value and sustainability
•	Development and delivery of strategic stakeholder management.
•	Delivery Portfolio – portfolio programme management, providing support to the scheme Trusts.
•	Overall management of service delivery and output related to statement of works and provision of project management support to the delivery team. Additional information: Direct Award via National Framework for NHS Back Office Systems, Services and Support.
Contract Ref: F15008

type: price

description:
The New Hospitals Programme.
NHS England.
Wellington House,
133-135 Waterloo Road,
London, SE1 8UG

region: UK

scheme: CPV

description: Project management consultancy services

title: The provision of a Procurement Managed Service.

status: complete

scheme: CELEX

description: Procurement Managed Service.<br/>via F15008, Lot 3 – Procurement Services

description: Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations

procurementMethod: limited

mainProcurementCategory: services

procurementMethodDetails: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

procurementMethodRationale: NHS SBS has been selected by applying the award procedure under the SOEPS Framework and will therefore comply with PCR 2015.

description: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

NHS England

locality: Leeds

postalCode: LS1 4AP

countryName: United Kingdom

streetAddress: 7-8 Wellington Place

description: Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

scheme: COFOG

description: Health

legalName: NHS England

SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

locality: Hemel Hempstead

postalCode: HP2 7AH

streetAddress: Three, Cherry Trees Lane

scale: large

legalName: SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

The High Court

roles: reviewBody mediationBody

locality: London

postalCode: WC2A 2LL

streetAddress: The Strand

legalName: The High Court

streetAddress: Strand

description: Call-Off contract Ref: C342622 has been awarded via the pre-competed SOEPS NHS Back Office Systems, Services and Support (BOSSS framework agreement) (Contract Reference F15008) at a cost of £4,525,650 (including VAT) for a 6-month period with an option to extend for a further 6 months. <br/>Any further requirements beyond the original 6 months will be subject to the relevant governance approvals.

initiationType: tender


status: planning

description: Cooling and ventilation equipment

description: Building services

description: Repair and maintenance services of catering equipment

description: Catering equipment

description: Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

description: Sewage treatment works

description: Repair and maintenance services of playground equipment

description: Lightning conductors

description: Lightning-protection equipment

description: Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment

description: Lifting and handling equipment

description: Repair and maintenance services

title: Building Compliance - Multi Lot Tender

scheme: UKPGA

description:
Multi-lot tender relating to the service, maintenance and repairs of the following:
Lot 1 - Ventilation
Lot 2 - Air-conditioning
Lot 3 - Catering Equipment
Lot 4 - Sewage
Lot 5 - Playgrounds
Lot 6 - Lightning Conductors
Lot 7 - Assisted Bathing
Lot 8 - Falls Protection

Platform Housing Limited

country: GB

locality: Solihull

postalCode: B37 7YD

streetAddress: 1700 Solihull Parkway

description: Public undertaking

scheme: GB-PPON

format: text/html

documentType: marketEngagementNotice

type: engagement

status: scheduled

description:
We are interested in inviting interested parties to engage in 15 minute 1-2-1 discussions around service, maintenance and repair relating to any of the following Lots:
Lot 1 - Ventilation
Lot 2 - Air-conditioning
Lot 3 - Catering Equipment
Lot 4 - Sewage
Lot 5 - Playgrounds
Lot 6 - Lightning Conductors
Lot 7 - Assisted Bathing
Lot 8 - Falls Protection
The objectives of this engagement is to clarify and validate any potential conditions of participation and develop our understanding of the available services and geographical coverage.


description: Health and social work services

title: PME-Preliminary Market Engagement Event -Adults’ Home Care, Children’s Home Care, and Reablement Services

description:
This is a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) notice. It is not a formal invitation to tender. You will need to respond to the tender notice when published towards end of April - beginning of May in order to be considered for these contracts. The purpose of this PME is to maximise transparency and competition for the upcoming tender notice. All details in this PME are subject to being updated or changed in the tender notice.
The PME is being published to advertise a Preliminary Market Engagement Event to be held online on 3 April 2025 where more information about the contracts for home care and reablement opportunities will be shared. The PME fulfils the requirement for a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to be issued under the Procurement Act 2023. Organisations interested in this opportunity should complete the enclosed form (Appendix-A), a link to the event will be sent upon receipt of the completed form.
Adults’ home care, children’s home care, and reablement are important services for Southwark residents and represent significant investment for the council. All services aim to provide essential care and support for residents and families, helping individuals to live healthy lives in the community for as long as possible.
Interested parties are to confirm their attendance in the attached document and submit it via the Pro-Contract portal at https://procontract.due-north.com
The event will be held on 3 April 2025 from 10:30am to 12 noon via Microsoft Teams.

London Borough of Southwark

postalCode: SE1 2QH

streetAddress: Southwark Council, 160 Tooley Street

description: Public authority - sub-central government

description:
This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PMEN) for information purposes only. It is not a formal invitation to tender. You will need to respond to the tender notice in order to be considered for these contracts. The purpose of this PMEN is to maximise transparency and competition for the upcoming tender notice. All details in this PMEN are subject to being updated or changed in the tender notice.
The PMEN is being published to advertise a Preliminary Market Engagement Event to be held online on 3 April 2025 where more information about the contracts for home care and reablement opportunities will be shared. The PMEN fulfils the requirement for a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to be issued under the Procurement Act 2023. Organisations interested in this opportunity should complete the enclosed form (Appendix-A), a link to the event will be sent upon receipt of the completed form.
Adults’ home care, children’s home care, and reablement are important services for Southwark residents and represent significant investment for the council. All services aim to provide essential care and support for residents and families, helping individuals to live healthy lives in the community for as long as possible.
Interested parties are to confirm their attendance in the attached document and submit it via the Pro-Contract portal at https://procontract.due-north.com
The event will be held on 3 April 2025 from 10:30am to 12 noon via Microsoft Teams.


name: NHS South East London Integrated Care Board

rel: prev

title: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services, Bexley

text:
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice; the original contract award notice was published on Find a Tender, notice identifier 2025/S 000-008620. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C.
The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £619,458 (for the initial term of three years).
The contract term is for the period 1st October 2025 to 30th September 2028 with an option to extend for a further 2 years to 30th September 2030
The date of conclusion of the contract is 5th November 2024.

description: Community health services

postalCode: SE1 2TZ

streetAddress: 160 Tooley Street

scheme: GB-NHS


measure: finalStageBids

measure: smeFinalStageBids

measure: vcseFinalStageBids

region: UKC

region: UKD

region: UKE

region: UKF

region: UKG

region: UKH

region: UKI

region: UKJ

region: UKK

description: Internet services

description: Computer-related services

title: CRM Testing Contract

description: Contract award notice on Find a Tender

documentType: awardNotice

type: futureSignatureDate

title: CRM Testing Contract

description:
CRM programme which looks to introduce MS Dynamics 365.
Suppliers were required to respond to a technical questionnaire and pricing schedule as part of the  competition.
The allocated budget for this piece of work was £60,000

procurementMethodDetails: Below threshold - limited competition

University of Bedfordshire

locality: Luton

postalCode: LU1 3JU

streetAddress: University Square

description: Public undertaking

scheme: GB-UKPRN

Infuse Consulting Ltd

locality: Leicester

postalCode: LE5 4LE

streetAddress: Watergates Building, 109 Coleman Road

scale: sme


description: The contract can be extended for a further 12 months.

description: Halton Lodge Primary School has awarded a further competition for Catering Services through the 879 Building in Use - Support Services DPS.

Quality

type: quality

Cost

type: cost

description: Catering services

title: 879 Building in Use - Support Services

description: Catering services

procurementMethod: selective

procurementMethodDetails: Restricted procedure

HALTON LODGE PRIMARY SCHOOL

locality: Runcorn

postalCode: WA7 5LU

streetAddress: Grangeway

description: Body governed by public law

description: Education

legalName: HALTON LODGE PRIMARY SCHOOL

MiQuill Catering Services

locality: Worcester

postalCode: WR1 2NT

streetAddress: Suite 109, 79 Friar Street

scheme: GB-COH

legalName: MiQuill Catering Services

High Court of England & Wales

legalName: High Court of England & Wales


description: Social work and related services

title: Day Opportunities Framework for the Provision of Community Based Activities for Adults

description:
The Council requires the provision of a range of activities, described under the term day opportunities (“Day Opportunities”) for adults with an assessed social care need and that include social, leisure and recreational activities, support to access volunteering and employment support, and activities of daily living as well as a digital offer for those who benefit from an alternative approach.
The Council is required under the Care Act 2014 to: 1 Promote individual wellbeing, 2 Prevent needs for care and support, and 3 Promote diversity and quality in the provision of services. There is a strengthened focus for the Council to redesign services that better meet users’ needs and aspirations in line with the departmental transformation programme and in response to changing
patterns of service usage following the Covid pandemic.
Transforming the day opportunities offer in Brent remains a key objective of the department by implementing a community-based model of day activity and support that not only incorporates traditional models of day services, but also promotes routes into employment, volunteering, independent travel and skills development. This is an opportunity to work with Council to develop provision over time, so that providers who are willing to be part of that journey but are not yet in that
position are encouraged to apply.
The Council are undertaking market engagement for suppliers to receive their feedback on the business and technical requirements and the expected scope of the requirement, in order that suppliers can explain their feedback on relevance of the services and their experience to the requirements.
It is intended that the Framework Agreement will be open for a term of up to eight years in line with the requirements of the Procurement Act.

London Borough of Brent

locality: Wembley

postalCode: HA9 0FJ

streetAddress: Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way

description: Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

description:
Brent Council will be creating a Day Opportunities Framework Agreement for the provision of community-based activities for people over 18 and who are eligible for Adult Social Care support. This includes people with a Learning Disability and/or Autism, Mental Health needs, Physical Disabilities and Older People including those with dementia.
The Council are interested in receiving feedback from suppliers on a number of areas to inform the final specification and procurement approach including session model, payment approach, procurement process and general questions to aid our understanding of the market.
A questionnaire has been developed and attached to the London Tenders Portal for you to download and submit your questionnaire in order to provide your views. The Council encourage you to register and express an interest in the market engagement opportunity as it is envisaged the procurement process will commence in May 2025.
The deadline for the completed questionnaire is 1pm, 20/04/2025.


status: planned

description: Potential for utilisation of Supplier Professional Services outside of main requirement.

type: technical

description: Participation in this tender will be restricted to those providers who are capable of migrating the in scope servers and associated applications within the proposed timelines and able to provide UK based hosting services for the duration of the proposed contract. Due to the sensitivity of the data being migrated and subsequently hosted, offshore hosting and access to the data is not permissible.

description: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

title: Data Centre Exit

features: The steps are subject to governance approvals, so the Authority reserves the right to vary the approach proposed. It is anticipated that there will be an initial Supplier Qualification stage to shortlist capable suppliers to be invited to submit a response to an Invitation To Submit Initial Tender (ITSIT). Following receipt of the ITSIT The Authority reserves the right to further shortlist before entering a period of Negotiation. Following the scheduled Negotiation period, remaining bidders will be invited to submit a response to an Invitation To Submit Final Tenders (ITSFT). The ITSFT will form the basis of final evaluation and award recommendation.

description:
The Authority is seeking to appoint a Hyperscaler to manage the migration of servers from the current on-premise solution to the Hyperscalers cloud environment. It is anticipated that the appointment will be limited to a single Hyperscaler, but this will be validated during the procurement. The Authority acknowledges that Hyperscalers may wish to sub-contract elements of the service delivery, but it is mandatory that the contracting entity is a capable Hyperscaler who will manage the migration and hosting from the current on-premise solution.
The primary objective of the DCE Programme is to exit three Fujitsu-hosted data centres and migrate associated services to new destination platforms.
The server inventory has a mix of the following operating systems:
•	HP-Unix
•	IBM AIX
•	Sun Solaris
•	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
•	SUSE Linux Enterprise
•	Windows
•	VMware ESXi
•	Oracle Linux
•	Oracle Enterprise Linux
•	MWG-MLOS
•	NetApp ONTAP
•	3rd Party Maintained
The selected supplier will need to:
1.	Migrate all of the in-scope services and associated infrastructure from the existing on-premise data centres to the Cloud. As part of the migration all required R-testing will need to be completed.
2.	Following migration, the selected supplier will provide Cloud hosting capabilities for in-scope services in a secure Cloud environment to ensure continuity of services. The supplier will be required to provide a platform capable of sustaining business change, as well as mitigating current security and resilience concerns.
HMRC has conducted an initial assessment of the R-treatment required for migration. This will be refined throughout the procurement process. The selected supplier will need to work with the existing suppliers and relevant HMRC teams including the business teams, to validate the detailed plan for the migration and execute the migration within the agreed timeline.

electronicSubmissionPolicy: allowed

procurementMethodDetails: Competitive flexible procedure

HM Revenue & Customs

postalCode: SW1A 2BQ

streetAddress: 100 Parliament Street

description: Public authority - central government

description: Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender

documentType: plannedProcurementNotice


Total Price

weight: percentageExact

description: Bid prices will be scored on a comparative basis with the lowest bid receiving 100% of the available marks (70% following weighting). All other bids will be compared against that lowest bid. For example: Assuming Price is weighted at 70%. Supplier A submits a price of £180,000 and Supplier B submits a price of = £200,000. Supplier A would be allocated 70% (being the least expensive i.e. 100% of the weighted score) and Supplier B would be allocated 63% ((£180,000/£200,000) x 70%).

Total Quality

description: Quality questions will be evaluated and moderated on a 0-5 assessment scale.

description: Bidders must be able to meet the following suitability criteria to be considered for this tender; Must have a yearly turnover no less than £190,000. Must have, or is committed to obtain, Employer's Liability Insurance of £5 million and Public Liability Insurance of £10 million. Provide details of up to three contracts relating to previous experience in delivering similar contracts. Bidders who meet this suitability criteria will be assessed by an 70% Price / 30% Quality split to determine the most advantageous tender. To register interest, please ensure you are registered to YORtender via the following link: https://yortender.eu-supply.com/

description: Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

title: Rosmead Street Footpath Resurfacing

description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

documentType: tenderNotice

description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

description: Changes have been made to the Procurement description within the Scope, to clarify that this tender opportunity is not a restricted procedure tender and is an open procedure.

description: Hull City Council (The Authority) is seeking tenders from interested organisations to provide resurfacing and reconstruction works along the footpaths of Rosmead Street, Kingston upon Hull. The tender is an open procedure consisting of a one stage process. The contract is anticipated to commence 26 May 2025 ending by 13 June 2025 with no option to extend. The Authority has estimated the value of the works to be £95,000 overall (exclusive of VAT). The estimated value is given in good faith to assist tenderers in making their submissions, it should not be interpreted as an undertaking to purchase any goods, services or works to any particular value by the Authority and does not form part of the Contract. Further information is contained within the scope of works. Please ensure all tender submission documents are completed as detailed. Incomplete bids will be eliminated from further process. To register interest, please ensure you are registered to YORtender via the following link: https://yortender.eu-supply.com/

procurementMethod: open

mainProcurementCategory: works

procurementMethodDetails: Below threshold - open competition

Hull City Council

locality: Hull

postalCode: HU1 2AA

streetAddress: The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street


description: Health and social work services

title: Domestic Abuse Support Service

description:
The Council has provided for the inclusion under this contract, of additionalservices relating to domestic abuse support which may be required duringthe contract period.
Where the Council deems that additional service requirements are related to the subject matter of the contract, they may be included sub

description:
Extension following initial term is subject to review and budget availability.
It is anticipated that the contract may be extended incrementally for a further 24 months.

description: Contract award notice on Find a Tender

description:
The Council has provided for the inclusion under this contract, of additional services relating to domestic abuse support which may be required during the contract period.
Where the Council deems that additional service requirements are related to the subject matter of the contract, they may be included subject to supplier agreement, as described within the service specification

Quality

description: As described within the tender documentation

description: Health and social work services

title: Domestic Abuse Support Service

description: Not published

documentType: conflictOfInterest

description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

description:
The link to the advert published on the Chest has been added as follows:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=117803d2-a405-f011-8136-005056b64545

description:
Blackpool Council is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced supplier to deliver Domestic Abuse support services in Blackpool.
Full details of the requirement are provided within the tender documentation.

riskDetails: Blackpool Council is subject to the English Devolution White Paper which may lead to local government re-organisation potentially during the term of this contract. This risk is defined as a known unknown risk as we do not yet understand the implications of that potential re-organisation.

submissionMethodDetails:
Tender documents can be accessed under reference DN767806 here:
https://www.the-chest.org.uk/
The advert for this opportunity is available here:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=117803d2-a405-f011-8136-005056b64545
Please register/log-in the the Chest (link above) to view.

procurementMethodDetails: Open procedure

BLACKPOOL COUNCIL

postalCode: FY1 1NB

streetAddress: PO Box 11, Town Hall

description: Public authority - sub-central government

FYLDE COAST WOMEN'S AID

postalCode: FY4 1 AT

streetAddress: 77 Montague Street


description: Software package and information systems

title: Toad Licence Renewal

description: Contract award notice on Find a Tender

mainProcurementCategory: goods

description: Award criteria based on price.

title: Toad Licence Renewal

description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

description: Award notice for Toad Licence Renewal.

electronicSubmissionPolicy: notAllowed

submissionMethodDetails: Please send submissions and clarifications to Tony Ward a.ward14@salford.ac.uk

University of Salford

locality: Salford

postalCode: M5 4WT

streetAddress: 43 The Crescent

scheme: GB-CHC

Quest Software UK Limited

postalCode: E14 5HU

streetAddress: 5 Churchill Place, 10th Floor


region: UKN

description: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

title: Soscare support and maintenance contract

description: The Encompass Programme will replace the Children's social care services currently offered by SOSCARE in 2027. The Encompass Programme will also be replacing the payment functions in 2028. We will assess the Contract annually and decide whether we need to enter into each of the extensions.

description: Transparency notice on Find a Tender

description: Contract award notice on Find a Tender

title: Soscare Support and maintenance contract

description: Not published

description:
We require the Social Services Client Administration and Retrieval Environment (SOSCARE) application to continue to be supported until 2029. The SOSCARE system provides the ability to record clients and related referrals and assessments, and deploy and manage Social Work resources to provide appropriate services to these clients. These clients come from areas including Children's Services, Vulnerable Adults, Residential Care, Home Care, and Meals on Wheels, and the services provided include Fostering/Home Care (including payments), and Occupational Therapy (OT) and Hospital Social Work (SW) Referrals. The Children's Services include areas such as Child Protection, Looked After Children [LAC], Childminders/Playgroups, Adoption and Foster Carer's. Departmental Statutory Reporting for key areas is also provided.
£1,125,599.11 has been previously directed awarded to BRM for SOSCARE support and maintenance from April 2021 . It is our intention to complete a further Direct Award to the value of £1,500,000.

procurementMethod: direct

procurementMethodDetails: Direct award

procurementMethodRationale:
Crucially, over the 20 years, BRM have built up extensive business knowledge across all programmes of social care. They have an in-depth understanding and knowledge of the intricate rules and associated inter-dependencies that apply to the planning and delivery of the social work service. They are acutely aware of the reliance trust staff place on the system and have grown the capability to accurately and quickly design and deliver system enhancements as well as quickly and accurately resolve incidents as and when they arise. (This has been particularly valuable during the COVID-19 period when enhancements were requested for delivery in a very short timeframe)
Given the technology and the bespoke nature of the application, it would not be possible to find a replacement supplier capable of providing the required services. Further, to build the required level of expertise and knowledge into a replacement supplier would be an extremely long process and would require substantial input from BRM, as the main source, over a long period of time.
We wish to rely on schedule 5 section 5 (a) due to BRM having the intellectual property rights. They are the only supplier able to provide the services.

Business Services Organisation

locality: Belfast

postalCode: BT2 8DQ

streetAddress: 2 Franklin Street

description: Public authority - central government

description: Northern Irish devolved regulations apply

BRM SYSTEMS LTD

postalCode: BT3 9DE

streetAddress: The Office Dock Unit 2, Channel Wharf, 21 Old Channel Road

description: Contract details notice on Find a Tender

documentType: contractNotice

noAgreedMetricsRationale: Not applicable, contract not over £5 million


name: Sutton, Achieving for Children and Kingston

description: London Borough of Sutton

title: London Borough of Sutton

description: London Borough of Sutton

description: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

locality: Kingston upon Thames

postalCode: KT1 1EU

streetAddress: Royal Borough of Kingston

description: Regional or local authority

description: General public services

Peoples Choice Transport LTD

streetAddress: 7 Hillcrest Close

legalName: Peoples Choice Transport LTD


description: Technical inspection and testing services

title: Inspection of 40T crane at Walker Quay

description: Full inspection of crane at Walker Quay

procurementMethodDetails: Below threshold - without competition

Newcastle City Council

locality: Newcastle Upon Tyne

postalCode: NE1 8QH

streetAddress: Civic Centre

C&D ACCESS LTD

postalCode: NE12 9SA

streetAddress: Unit 2b Benton Business Park, Bellway Industrial Estate, Longbenton,

title: Inspection of 40T crane at Walker Quay


title: EPES, CFU and Ophthalmic applications Support, Upgrade and Hardware Refresh

description:
This DAC is to allow support to be provided until systems can be replaced. This support cannot be provided by any other supplier as DXC have the exclusive rights to the software.
BSO ITS wish to enter into a one year Contract with the option to extend for a further four x one year extensions. The ePharmacy Programme was supposed to provide replacement systems for EPES, but this has been significantly delayed due to budgetary restrictions.
The procurement of replacement systems is likely to be begin in 2026 with a proposed implementation date of quarter three in the Financial Year of 2030.

description: Transparency notice on Find a Tender

description: Contract award notice on Find a Tender

title: EPES, CFU and Ophthalmic applications support, upgrade and hardware refresh

description: Not published

description:
In June 2008, the Electronic Prescribing and Eligibility System (EPES) went live. The objective of the project was to capture prescription information from Community Pharmacies into a central EPES Database. This system was introduced to speed up pharmacy re-payments, allow for closer scrutiny of the prescribing and dispensing process, and reduce lost income through patients falsely claiming to be in receipt of a qualifying Social Security benefit.
Following its successful launch, EPES was extended to support Dental and Ophthalmic claims processing, the DOP system. This DAC will ensure continuity of services for the Family Practitioner System Team.
Failure to provision the extended support places BSO at serious risk of an application failure from which we would be unable to recover from. Contractor payments of approximately £576m per annum would be defaulted on and there would also be a risk of fraud as it would be impossible to process prescriptions and estimate payments manually.
DXC Technology will support the EPES systems for BSO. The scope of this Contract includes:
• Planning and project management.
• Procurement and support of 8 new workstations and scanners.
• Assistance from DXC and Kodak Alaris to setup new workstations with the Kodak Alaris Kodak Info Input scanning software.
• Health checks.
• Perform renewal of the existing labor support contract.
• Extension of Kodak support contract
• Recompile of code to make it supportable.
• Upgrade to Windows 11.
£1,080,186 has been previously directed awarded to DXC for support, maintenance, and upgrade works to support the EPES system. It is our intention to complete a further Direct Award to the value of £5,500,000 (exclusive of VAT).

procurementMethodRationale:
DXC are the incumbent contractors and own the Intellectual Property Rights on the software.
Failure to provision the extended support places BSO at serious risk of an application failure from which we would be unable to recover from. Contractor payments of approximately £576m per annum would be defaulted on and there would also be a risk of fraud as it would be impossible to process prescriptions and estimate payments manually.
We wish to rely on schedule 5 section 5 (a) due to DXC having the intellectual property rights. They are the only supplier able to provide the services.

Business Services Organisation

description: Public authority - central government

ENTSERV UK LIMITED

locality: Aldershot

postalCode: GU11 1PZ

streetAddress: Royal Pavilion

title: Monitoring Issue Resolution

description:
A key objective for all the FPS teams is resolving contractor issues quickly and effectively. The speed and quality of resolution impacts contractor satisfaction. Monitoring issue resolution quantifies performance levels and highlight areas needing improvement.
The metrics that will be tracked for issue resolution are:
•	First contact resolution (FCR) rate.
•	The average time taken to resolve contractor issues of varying types and severity this will include the total time an issue is open.
•	Backlog/Pending tickets - Volume of open tickets that are past resolution time SLAs.
•	Resolution paths/channels - The channels used to ultimately resolve issues like email, phone, chat, self-service etc.
•	Reopened ticket rate - What % of closed tickets have to be reopened due to incomplete resolution.
•	Issue escalation rate - How often complex issues have to be escalated to higher tiers like supervisors or managers.

title: Monitoring IT Performance

description:
In order to provide an efficient operational service to contractors it is important that the underlying infrastructure is available during key periods as identified by the business and contractors.
The metrics that will be tracked for IT performance are:
•	Server uptime/availability - Percentage of time servers are operational.
•	Problem resolution time - The time required to resolve system issues.
•	Change implementation time - How long it takes to roll out new systems and changes.

title: Monitoring Process Performance

description:
When running an operational service it is important to ensure that, if required, appropriate steps are taken to ensure the processes being used are as efficient as possible.
The metrics that will be tracked for process performance are:
•	Production efficiency: How long are claims, prescriptions and payments taking on average to complete. Increased processing times may indicate a requirement to adjust processes.
•	Total cycle time: The total amount of time needed to complete a process from start to finish including claims and prescription runs.
•	Throughput: The number of items produced divided by the production time per month.
•	Error rate: The total number of errors divided by the total number of units produced.
•	Quality rate: A measure of the items produced that pass quality control checks. Sampling will be completed to ensure items processed meet the necessary statutory and legislative standards


currency: AED

description: up to 4 more additional years as a +2 +2 extension

Simple description

description:
Quality including Implementation and Contract Management - 50%
Price - 40%
Social value and environmental - 10%
Full details are in Appendix 2 Providers Response Document

description: Welfare services for children and young people

description: Other community, social and personal services

title: Children and Young People Short Breaks

format: application/pdf

documentType: biddingDocuments

description: Not published

description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

description:
Telford & Wrekin Council and Shropshire Council are seeking to commission a Foster Care Overnight Short Breaks service for children and young people (CYP) with disabilities and complex health needs across the county.
The Children Act 2004 and the Breaks for Carers of Disabled Children Short Breaks Regulations 2011 require Local Authorities to provide services designed to give breaks for carers of children with disabilities.  The Short Breaks offer aims to support the needs and aspirations of children and young people with disabilities, as well as support parent, carer and family wellbeing.
Short Breaks provide an opportunity for CYP with disabilities to: spend time away from their carers; try out new things; have fun and make new friends; helps to support a child or young person’s social and emotional development; as well as providing them with new experiences and an opportunity to learn new skills. It is important that the short break gives the young person the opportunity to develop their independence in preparation for adulthood.
Short Break services span a range of activities, care and support options that a CYP with disabilities may need.  A Short Break can last from a few hours to a few days, an evening, a weekend, and school holiday daytime activities, depending on assessed need.
There is insufficient, local overnight Short Breaks across both Telford and Wrekin borough and Shropshire Local Authority areas.  Therefore both Councils are seeking to jointly commission a Foster Care Short Breaks service for CYP with disabilities and complex health needs in the county. This aligns to both Council’s ambition to offer regulated, local and high quality overnight respite, within a homely environment.

riskDetails: Non achievement of KPIs, detailed within the documents released to the market

financialTerms: 30 days from date of invoice

Borough of Telford & Wrekin

locality: Telford, Shropshire

postalCode: TF3 4JA

streetAddress: Darby House, Telford Town Centre, Lawn Central,

description: Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

status: met

description: Desktop market assessment to invite interested Parties to an engagement event to discuss the requirements of the new service. The outcome from this process can be found in the documents folder.


description:
NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board ("the ICB") intents to award a contract to an existing provider, following a Provider Selection Regime Direct Award Process C whilst a competitive process is undertaken.
The Somerset Phoenix Service (also referred to as the Child Sexual Abuse Support Service, CSAS) provides specialist support for children and young people (CYP) aged 5-18 years in Somerset who have experienced sexual abuse. It delivers age-appropriate, trauma-informed interventions to mitigate the psychological and emotional impact of abuse, improving mental health and wellbeing. The service also supports parents, carers and professionals, equipping them with tools to respond effectively.
Scope of Services
The Somerset Phoenix Service offers a comprehensive package of therapeutic and emotional wellbeing support for CYP who have experienced sexual abuse but do not meet the threshold for specialist mental health services. The service provides:
•	Individual and group therapeutic interventions, including counselling, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT), play therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).
•	Support for parents and carers, helping them to understand the impact of sexual abuse and how to aid their child's recovery.
•	Training and guidance for professionals, including education, healthcare and social care staff, to improve responses to sexual abuse.
•	A trauma-informed, child-centred approach, ensuring services are delivered in a safe, confidential, and accessible environment.
The service prioritises younger children and those who have experienced sexual abuse through physical contact or extreme non-contact abuse.
To prevent disruption to vital services, the ICB has taken the decision to directly award a six-month contract whilst the procurement is undertaken.
The six-month contract value is £190,218 and will cover the period from 1st April 2025 to 30th September 2025.
This advert is published NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

name: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard

description: Counselling services

title: Children's and Young People Phoenix Service to NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board

description:
Somerset Phoenix Service, which supports children and young people (CYP) aged 5-18 years in Somerset who have experienced sexual abuse.
The service provides specialist, trauma-informed interventions, including counselling, trauma-focused therapy, play therapy and emotional wellbeing support, to CYP who do not meet the threshold for specialist mental health services. Additionally, it offers guidance for parents, carers and professionals, ensuring a holistic approach to recovery.

description: Health services

procurementMethodRationale: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 31/03/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

description: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board

locality: Yeovil

streetAddress: Wynford House, Lufton Way

description: Body governed by public law

description: Health

legalName: NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board

Barnados

locality: Barkingside

postalCode: IG6 1QG

streetAddress: Tanners Lane

legalName: Barnados

description:
•	The decision to direct award the contract was made by the Contract Oversight Group and ratified by the Finance Committee.
•	No Conflicts of Interest to note
•	Incumbent provider is delivering service in line with service specification and key criteria
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 31/03/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.


title: The Executive Office (TEO) – Communities in Transition (CIT): Regional Expanding Restorative Practice in Non Justice Settings

description: Contract award notice on Find a Tender

description: Please refer to Document titled: ID 5874437 - Instructions to Tenderers

description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

description: The Executive Office (TEO) is seeking to appoint a Contractor to design and deliver a programme of activities that will increase the use of restorative practice in the eight Communities in Transition (CIT) Areas of focus. The core purpose of the proposed intervention for the 8 CIT areas is multi-fold: • To address underlying community and personal issues such as poverty, educational under attainment, health, isolation, environmental, anti-social behaviour, community safety, policing, and community division which are being exploited by those seeking to sustain paramilitary activity, criminality and organised crime; • promote the use of peaceful and democratic means and the rule of law • support those wishing to move away from paramilitary activity, criminality and organised crime and; and • To work in partnership with statutory agencies, including law enforcement and the criminal justice system to build safe and confident communities. This tender is linked to the CIT Project which had been due to end in March 2024 however the Executive made a commitment to extend the overall Executive Programme on Paramilitarism and Organised Crime (EPPOC) to March 2027. As CIT is a key element of EPPOC, it has also been extended to 31 March 2027. This phase of delivery is classed as Phase 3 of CIT and will operate from 01 April 2025 – 31 March 2027. Phase 1 of the Project provided a firm foundation for continuing to address the issues that allow Paramilitarism, criminality and coercive control to persist within communities. Phase 2 presented an opportunity to further refine the work under a thematic approach as we move forward. Phase 3 will see delivery move from a thematic approach to an issues-based approach focusing on the key issues caused by paramilitarism in communities. This Contract falls under Phase 3 and will support the Department in its overall delivery of the CIT Project. The Contractor’s programme will incorporate and deliver a number of programme activities, described at paragraph 6.5 of the Specification. Full details of all the requirements for this Contract are provided for within the Specification of Requirements Schedule. The Contractor must not be delivering general programme activities as part of this programme, all activities must clearly link to the objectives listed above and to the Benefits Framework (as listed at paragraph 6.6 of the Specification). It is anticipated that the Contract will commence in April 2025 and run until 31 March 2026.

The Executive Office

postalCode: BT4 3SR

streetAddress: Castle Buildings

description: Public authority - central government

description: Northern Irish devolved regulations apply

Community Restorative Justice Ireland

postalCode: BT12 6FB

streetAddress: 199 Falls Road


description: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

title: RISOH support and maintenance

description: Transparency notice on Find a Tender

description: Contract award notice on Find a Tender

title: RISOH Support and Maintenance

description: Not published

description:
The Regional Information System for Oncology and Haematology (RISOH) is critical regional system for Northern Ireland Cancer Services. The system provides invaluable information for clinicians in the monitoring and planning of patient's cancer treatment. Varian Medical Systems provide 24/7 maintenance and support for the RISOH system. If this system is not supported and maintained there would be a significant risk to patients' welfare and no electronic method of recording the patient's cancer journey.
Business Services Organisation previously direct awarded £624,777 to Varian for for RISOH Support and maintenance.
It is our intention to complete a further Direct Award to the value of £550,000 (exclusive of VAT). We wish to enter into a Contract until 31st March 2029. It is expected that there will a replacement system in place by the 31st March 2029.

procurementMethodRationale:
Varian Health Systems have been the supplier of the RISOH system since it was implemented in 2013. Due to the complexity of the system, there are no other providers who could provide this system within the time frame. Replacing the system or support contract would lead to a risk to patient safety. The system is due to be replaced by the end of this Contract.
We wish to reply on schedule 5 section 5 (a) due to Varian having the intellectual property rights. They are the only supplier able to provide the services.

Business Services Organisation

description: Public authority - central government

Varian Medical Systems UK Limited

locality: Crawley

postalCode: RH10 1DT

streetAddress: Sixth Floor, The Create Building, The Boulevard

title: RISOH support and maintenance

description: Contract details notice on Find a Tender

noAgreedMetricsRationale: Not applicable as the value is not over £5 million


name: NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

description:
"Provider is commissioned to deliver local enhanced services for the Doncaster population integrated with their additional primary care contracts.

The award has been made following the direct award process A.

The contracts are paid based on a mixed economy basis (block or activity depending on the LES/LCS the provider is delivering), therefore it is not possible to life a lifetime contract value.

The contract will run from 01/04/2024 to 31/03/2026.

description: Doncaster

title: NHS SY ICB - Doncaster Place - Don Valley Healthcare - GP LES

description: General-practitioner services

locality: Sheffield

postalCode: S1 3FG

streetAddress: 197 Eyre Street

description: Body governed by public law

description: Health

Don Valley Healthcare

locality: Doncaster

postalCode: DN5 0AT

streetAddress: 128 High Street Bentley Doncaster

legalName: Don Valley Healthcare

name: NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel

locality: London

postalCode: SE1 8UG

streetAddress: London

description:
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

The award decision makers were - Doncaster Place SMT Meeting 20/02/2025.

No conflicts of interest were identified.


title: Corporate Gazetteer Management Solution

description:
iManage LLPG annual maintenance & SNN module annual subscription. Cheshire East have a statutory responsibility to name streets and number properties, and this street naming and numbering (SNN) information is combined with other information to produce the Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG). The LLPG is the mechanism to electronically capture property addresses and streets in accordance to the BS7666 format. CEC have a statutory responsibility to maintain the LLPG and provide a minimum of three updates per week to GeoPlace in one of the published formats (DTF 7.3.3.1, 7.3.3.2 or 8.1), with the updates then fed back into the CEC address management database which in turn feeds into line of business systems.
Business Justification

description: Software package and information systems

Cheshire East Council

locality: Crewe

streetAddress: Delamere House, Delamere Street

description: Body governed by public law

description: General public services

legalName: Cheshire East Council

noIdentifierRationale: notOnAnyRegister

Idox Software Ltd

locality: Reading

legalName: Idox Software Ltd

The Royal Courts of Justice

postalCode: WC2A 2LL

streetAddress: Strand

legalName: The Royal Courts of Justice


description: Electricity

title: Supply of 100kW Electricity

description: Transparency notice on Find a Tender

description: Contract award notice on Find a Tender

description: Electricity

title: Supply of Sub-100kW Electricity

description: Transparency notice on Find a Tender

description: Contract award notice on Find a Tender

description: Mains gas

title: Supply of Natural Gas

description: Transparency notice on Find a Tender

description: Contract award notice on Find a Tender

title: The Supply of Mains Metered Electricity and Natural Gas to Sites Throughout the East Anglia Area

description: Not published

description:
The Supply of Mains Metered Electricity and Natural Gas to sites throughout the East Anglia area.
100kW Electricity - estimated consumption for a 6-month period of circa 6,250,000 kWh.
Sub-100kW Electricity - estimated consumption for a 6-month period of circa 1,600,000 kWh.
Natural Gas - estimated consumption for a 6-month period of circa 3,600,000 kWh.

procurementMethodRationale:
Additional or repeat goods, services or works - further goods, services or works following a competitive procedure.
It is anticipated that Transport UK East Anglia Limited will be taken into public ownership in October 2025.
Transport UK East Anglia's current contractual arrangements for supplies of Electricity and Natural Gas Supply are with SSE and will expire on 31st March 2025.
It is anticipated that thereafter supplies of Electricity and Natural Gas Supply will be procured under the CCS Frameworks.
There is therefore a requirement to put in place a short term contract for the period 01/04/25 to 30/09/25.
For the past 3 months the Department for Transport (DfT) have put a hold on all procurement activities for non-Key Contracts. Given relatively short supply period. together with the diminished timescale to put in place new procurement arrangements it is considered that a Direct award of a 6 month period contract is made to the current supplier SSE.
The Direct Award pricing agreed with the incumbent supplier has been benchmarked against prevailing market pricing to ensure best value is obtained.

TRANSPORT UK EAST ANGLIA LIMITED

postalCode: E20 1EJ

streetAddress: 11th Floor, One Stratford Place, Montfitchet Road

description: Private utility

SSE Energy Supply Limited

postalCode: RG1 3JH

streetAddress: No.1 Forbury Place, 43 Forbury Road


name: NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

title: Preventative Behaviour Support Service in Knowsley

description: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Knowsley Place intends to award a 1 year contract via Direct Award C to the incumbent provider to deliver preventative support for behaviour that challenges for children and young people in Knowsley. The service is jointly funded by Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council. The contract will start on the 1st of April 2025, expire on 31st March 2026 and has an annual contract value of £98,000 (+any NHS uplift).

description: Knowsley

description:
Incumbent provider name was incorrectly recorded as ADDvanced Solutions LLP.
The correct provider name is ADDvanced Solutions Community Network CIC.

description:
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using Direct Award Process C.
The contract was awarded on 11 March 2025 by the Knowsley Senior Leadership Team. It began on 1 April 2025 and expires on 31 March 2026. The total contract value is £98,000.

description: This is a service for children and young people in Knowsley who do not meet the threshold for Positive Behaviour Support and may or may not have a neuro-developmental diagnosis to support behaviour that challenges that may lead to criminality, exploitation, and exclusion. The service provides a preventative approach for children and young people with lower-level behavioural issues attributed to mental and emotional wellbeing.

description: Health services

procurementMethodRationale: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by within 8 working days. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

locality: Warrington

postalCode: WA1 1QY

streetAddress: 1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park Square

description: Body governed by public law

description: Health

ADDvanced Solutions LLP

locality: Liverpool

postalCode: L1 0AB

streetAddress: 54 St James Street

legalName: ADDvanced Solutions LLP

name: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

description:
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 8 working days. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
On the 11th of March 2025 the Knowsley Senior Leadership Team approved this decision and no conflicts of interested were declared.
The following criteria informed the decision:
Social Value: 10%
Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice: 20%
Value: 20%
Integration, collaboration and service sustainability: 20%
Quality and innovation: 30%
Representations by providers must be made to ruth.waldron@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk within 8working days from the publication date of this notice. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the Provider Selection Regime (2023).


description: Subscription services

title: EBSCO Academic Search Ultimate

description: EBSCO Academic Search Ultimate Subscription

LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

postalCode: N7 8DB

streetAddress: London Metropolitan University

description: Public authority - sub-central government

EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC.

postalCode: EN1 3XA

streetAddress: 6th Floor Civic Centre, Silver Street

title: EBSCO Academic Search Ultimate


description: Financial systems software package

description: Software-related services

title: Finance System

description:
For clarification purposes, this notice aims to notify the market of a prior PIN issued on 7th June 2024 under PCR 2015  which commenced market engagement (July 2024) , which would subsequently be followed by  commencement of a tender.
The link to the PIN is detailed here: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017702-2024?origin=Dashboard
Plans remain unchanged with an expected go live date by Friday 4th April 2025.

HOUSING 21

locality: Birmingham

postalCode: B16 8TP

streetAddress: Housing 21, 10th Floor Tricorn House, 51-53 Hagley Road

description: Public authority - central government

description: Pipeline notice on Find a Tender


description:
"Provider is commissioned to deliver local enhanced services for the Doncaster population integrated with their additional primary care contracts.

The award of this contract has been made following the direct award process A.

The contracts are paid based on a mixed economy basis (block or activity depending on the LES/LCS the provider is delivering), therefore it is not possible to life a lifetime contract value.

The contract will run from 01/04/2024 to 31/03/2026.

description: Doncaster

title: NHS SY ICB - Doncaster Place - Hatfield Health Centre - GP LES

description: General-practitioner services

description: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

description: Body governed by public law

description: Health

legalName: NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

Hatfield Health Centre

postalCode: DN7 6JH

streetAddress: Ash Hill Road,

legalName: Hatfield Health Centre

legalName: NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel

description:
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

The award decision makers were - Doncaster Place SMT Meeting

No conflicts of interest were identified.


description: SEND

title: SEND

description: SEND

description: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Surrey County Council

postalCode: KT1 2DN

streetAddress: County Hall

description: Regional or local authority

description: General public services

legalName: Surrey County Council

XPERT CARS

locality: Epsom

streetAddress: Xpert Cars Ltd

legalName: XPERT CARS


statusDetails: Duplicate Notice

Quality

description: As detailed in tender documents

Responsible Procurement

description: As detailed in Tender Documents

Price

description: As detailed in Tender documents

title: Clinical Exams and Assessment Software

description: Not published

description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

description: Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender

documentType: tenderCancellationNotice

features:
The University will be running this process as a competitive flexible procedure, advertised both on the Central Digital Platform and Sell2Wales.
The Procurement Process is a bespoke, process which will establish a preferred bidder.
As part of the tender process, bidders are invited to submit their terms and conditions/licence agreements.
Cardiff University will evaluate bids, and identify the preferred bidder.
If the preferred bidder’s Terms and Conditions are acceptable to Cardiff University, the University reserves the right to make an award based on those terms without further negotiation.
If the terms are unacceptable, the University engage with the preferred bidder to agree terms acceptable to the University.
If terms acceptable to the University cannot be agreed with the preferred bidder, the University reserves the right to remove preferred bidders status from the highest scoring bidder and award it to the second highest bidder and agree acceptable terms with that bidder (and so on).

description: Six schools in the College of Biomedical and Life Sciences assess their students’ practical, clinical and communication skills using Objective Structured Clinical Examinations.  They are high stake exams and form an essential component for clinical, regulated Programmes.  Manual, paper-based processes and manual data entry present a high risk of human error, so a software solution is being sought.

languages: cy en

Cardiff University

locality: Cardiff

postalCode: CF24 4HQ

streetAddress: Procurement Services

description: Public undertaking

description: Welsh devolved regulations apply

noEngagementNoticeRationale: No formal Preliminary Market engagement has taken place


description: This contract enables Revenues and Benefits services, Communities and Economic Development to use Apply4.Online, the service provider's bespoke software application for schemes associated with Council Tax, Business Rates, Economic business grants and for paying Sponsors who are housing Ukrainian guests on the Homes for Ukraine scheme. These schemes help CE services with the administration of government grants and grant applications from customers and was originally introduced during the pandemic.

description: Apply4Online  Application and Grants software with data storage Solution.

procurementMethodRationale: Award under CCS G Cloud 14 framework agreement

Cheshire East Council

description: Body governed by public law

description: General public services

Ascendant Solutions Data Management

locality: Cudworth

legalName: Ascendant Solutions Data Management

Royal Courts of Justice

legalName: Royal Courts of Justice


description: SEND

title: SEND

description: SEND

Surrey County Council

locality: Kingston upon Thames

description: Regional or local authority

description: General public services

Green line cars

locality: Woking

streetAddress: 29 Oak Tree Road

legalName: Green line cars


title: Lot 1: Regeneration

description: After the initial 3 year term, the Authority will exercise option to extend for up to a further 12 months.

description:
The organisations appointed shall provide legal advisory services in relation to Regeneration related work for which the Authorities require legal input, including but not limited to:
•	Development agreements
•	Mixed use development
•	Compulsory purchase in regard to development
•	Governance Support for Regeneration Schemes
•	Procurement in relation to regeneration
•	Construction and regeneration
•	Advice on landlord offers for regeneration schemes
•	Dispute or litigation closely connected with a regeneration project
•	Joint ventures
•	Large scale portfolio work
•	Public procurement advice and tendering (including competitive flexible procedure exercises)
•	Complex planning agreements
•	Planning inquiries
•	Rights of light and appropriation
•	Related subsidy control
•	Local Authority Housing Company Arrangements (including loans and governance)
•	Local Authority Housing Governance
•	Building Safety
•	Environmental matters
•	Heat Networks
•	Commercial Property advice
•	Review of Bonds
•	Review of construction contract terms and conditions
•	Agreement of contract terms and conditions for construction contracts with any successful contractor
•	Review of warranties to sub-contractors and sub-consultants
•	Site assembly
•	Utilities
•	Way leaves
•	Tax in relation to regeneration
The appointed legal firms will provide advisory services to the Authorities under a framework agreement. The services will be accessed via call-off contracts issued throughout the duration of the framework. The Authorities reserve the right to instruct the appointed organisations on matters that may not be explicitly listed within the Lot description, subject to the applicable Framework hourly rates, and the terms of the Framework Agreement.
The Framework Period will commence on 8th January 2026 and will end on 7th January 2029. The Authority will be entitled at its absolute discretion to extend the Framework Agreement Period on the same terms for a further period or periods of up to twelve months to 7th January 2030, making a total possible Framework Agreement Period of four years (3+1 years).
The Authorities have spent approximately £1.5 million per annum on regeneration-related legal work under the existing framework. The anticipated level of work under this new framework is expected to be in a similar range, although this is subject to demand.
The estimated total value for Lot 1 over the duration of the framework is £7.5 million, based on historical spend data (including an additional extension period of up to 12 months).

Quality

description:
45% is allocated to Quality and 5% to Social Value
The relevant award criteria in relation to the lot:
Quality
By reference to the numbered requirements set out the procurement documents 	45%
Social Value
By reference to the numbered requirements set out in the procurement documents 	5%
Price
Price will be evaluated on the basis of bidders' submitted hourly rates  	50%

type: economic

description: All conditions of participation are detailed in the tender documents, including the following requirements:  bidder's financial capacity, legal capacity and technical ability.

description: All technical specifications related to this Framework Agreement can be accessed via the tender documents

title: Lot 2: Full Range of Legal Services

description:
The organisations appointed shall provide legal advisory services in relation to the Full Range of Legal Services (excluding regeneration) for which the Authorities require legal input including but not limited to the following four categories:
1. Commercial (including but not limited to):
•	Contracts
•	Education law and education projects
•	PPP/PFI
•	Procurement
2. Litigation (including but not limited to):
•	Construction
•	Employment
•	General civil (including complex debt collection)
•	Housing
3. Property (including but not limited to):
•	Compulsory Purchase Orders
•	General Planning
•	Highway agreements
•	Landlord & Tenant (including Housing)
•	Sales and Leasehold
•	Small scale development projects
4. Other Miscellaneous Local Government Work (including but not limited to):
•	Charity law
•	Copyright
•	Elections
•	Licensing, including Licensing policies, Licensing Committees and Governance, and Licensing Appeals
•	Local authority companies
•	Pensions
•	Subsidy Control in regard to commercial matters and procurement
•	Grant Funding
•	Freedom of information law, data protection and governance
•	Intellectual Property
•	Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology
•	Energy/Decarbonisation
•	Heat network services
The appointed legal firms will provide advisory services to the Authorities under a framework agreement. The services will be accessed via call-off contracts issued throughout the duration of the framework. The Authorities reserve the right to instruct the appointed organisations on matters that may not be explicitly listed within the Lot description, subject to the applicable Framework hourly rates, and the terms of the Framework Agreement
The Framework Period will commence on 8th January 2026 and will end on 7th January 2029. The Authority will be entitled at its absolute discretion to extend the Framework Agreement Period on the same terms for a further period or periods of up to twelve months to 7th January 2030, making a total possible Framework Agreement Period of four years (3+1 years).
The Authorities have spent approximately £6.4 million per annum on legal services included within Lot 2.
The estimated total value for Lot 2 over the duration of the framework is £32,000,000 based on historical spend data. (including an additional extension period of up to 12 months).

title: Lot 3: Housing Management

description:
The organisations appointed shall provide legal advisory services in relation to Housing Management related matters for which the Authorities require legal input including but not limited to the following:
1. Housing litigation such as:
•        Disrepair claims
•        Anti-social behaviour proceedings (including injunctions, committal)
•        Rent arrears possession proceedings
•        Non-rent arrears possession proceedings
•        Possession proceedings (all types), including possession on abandonment
•        Assured shorthold accelerated possession claims
•        Trespassers
•        Possession succession
•        Evictions
•        Gas servicing and other access injunctions
•        Supported housing disputes
•        Terminating licence agreements and obtaining possession
•        Service charge disputes
•        Tenancy Fraud
•        Mediation
•        First Tier Tribunal advice and advocacy
•        Leaseholder disputes
•        Deceased leaseholders where executors not meeting their obligations or where no monies in estate
•        Unlawful assignments
•        Enforcement / forfeiture
•        Leasehold and shared ownership sub-letting
•        Managing Agent issues including those arising from Tri-Partite agreements i.e. RP, Leaseholder and Managing Agent
•        Closure Notices and Orders
2. General housing advice such as:
•        Tenancy agreement advice
•        Anti-social behaviour advice
•        Housing benefit advice
•        Service charge advice
•        Estate management board advice
•        Managing agents contracts and service level agreements
•        Supported and sheltered housing advice
•        Advice on complaints, including to the Housing Ombudsman
•        Dilapidations
•        Dealing with lack of mental capacity
•        Judicial Review
•        Welfare reform updates
•        Data protection
•        Energy supply agreements with residents
•        Right to Manage
3. Housing management policy advice such as:
•        Drafting and advising on new forms of tenancy & licence agreement
•        Rent setting advice
•        Policy drafting, approval and annual health checks
•        Advice on procedures - this may include drafting all or part of a procedure
•        Neighbourhood Management
•        Homelessness, including JR challenges and s204 County Court appeals
A summary of how those goods, services or works will be supplied:
The appointed legal firms will provide advisory services to the Authorities under a framework agreement. The services will be accessed via call-off contracts issued throughout the duration of the framework. The Authorities reserve the right to instruct the appointed organisations on matters that may not be explicitly listed within the Lot description, subject to the applicable Framework hourly rates or Fixed Fees, and the terms of the Framework Agreement.
The estimated date when, or period over which, the goods, services or works will be supplied:
The Framework Period will commence on 8th January 2026 and will end on 7th January 2029. The Authority will be entitled at its absolute discretion to extend the Framework Agreement Period on the same terms for a further period or periods of up to twelve months to 7th January 2030, making a total possible Framework Agreement Period of four years (3+1 years).
The estimated amount of goods, services or works which will be supplied:
The Authorities have spent approximately £2.7 million per annum on employment-related legal work under the existing framework.
The estimated value of the lot:
The estimated total value for Lot 3 over the duration of the framework is £12 million, based on historical spend data (including an additional extension period of up to 12 months).

title: Lot 4: Property and Planning

description:
The organisations appointed shall provide legal advisory services in relation to Property and Planning matters for which the Authorities require legal input, including but not limited to:
Property
•	Commercial & residential matters
•	Acquisitions & disposals
•	Lease renewals & forfeitures
•	Enfranchisement
•	Mediation & arbitration of commercial LL&T Disputes
•	Rights of Way (private & public)
•	Restrictive covenants & easements
•	Mortgages and Property Estoppels
•	Possession actions
•	Dilapidations
•	Mixed Use Developments
•	CPOs
•	Judicial Review
•	Injunctions
•	Appropriation
•	Regeneration
•	Procurement
•	Lease extensions and voluntary lease extensions, under commercial & residential matters
•	Utilities, including wayleaves
•	Telecommunications leases
•	Property Litigation
•	Asset management lease transactions and lease events
•	Vacant possession strategy
•	Enforcement and remedies including forfeiture
•	Plot Sales
•	Reports on Title
•	FOI
•	Rights of Light
•	Right to Buy - leasehold and freehold disposals
•	Lease extensions
•	Buyback acquisitions
Planning
•	Planning Appeals
•	Enforcement and related proceedings, including notices and injunctions
•	Highways, including s278 agreements, s38 agreements, dedications, walkways, advice on extent of highway, highway rights,ss4, 6 & 8 Highways Act agreements, TCPA stopping-up orders
•	Housing / Retail
•	S106 Agreements
•	Local Development Frameworks / Schemes
•	TPOs
•	CIL
•	Green Belt and Town & Village Greens
•	Mixed Use Developments
•	CPOs
•	Judicial Review
•	Injunctions
•	Appropriation
•	Regeneration
•	Procurement
•	Permitted Development, Use Classes Order
•	Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas
•	Development Consent Order (DCO)/National Infrastructure/ Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects
•	Planning Committees and Governance
•	Freedom of information and environmental information regulations
•	S16 - Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974
•	Other planning advice
A summary of how those goods, services or works will be supplied:
The appointed legal firms will provide advisory services to the Authorities under a framework agreement. The services will be accessed via call-off contracts issued throughout the duration of the framework. The Authorities reserve the right to instruct the appointed organisations on matters that may not be explicitly listed within the Lot description, subject to the applicable Framework hourly rates or Fixed Fee, and the terms of the Framework Agreement.

The estimated date when, or period over which, the goods, services or works will be supplied:
The Framework Period will commence on 8th January 2026 and will end on 7th January 2029. The Authority will be entitled at its absolute discretion to extend the Framework Agreement Period on the same terms for a further period or periods of up to twelve months to 7th January 2030, making a total possible Framework Agreement Period of four years (3+1 years).
The estimated amount of goods, services or works which will be supplied:
The Authorities have spent approximately £1.1 million per annum on legal services included within Lot 4.

The estimated value of the lot:
The estimated total value for Lot 4 over the duration of the framework is £6 million, based on historical spend data. (including an additional extension period of up to 12 months).

title: Employment

description:
The organisations appointed shall provide legal advisory services to the Authorities in relation to Employment matters for which the Authorities require legal input, including but not limited to:
•	Recruitment and retention, including pay committees and governance
•	Employment status
•	Employment contract issues
•	Employment & HR policies and procedures
•	Disciplinary and Grievance matters
•	Employee and industrial relations
•	Advisory matters, including advice regarding senior officers
•	Employment Tribunal Claims
•	Employment Appeals Tribunal/Court of Appeal/Supreme Court proceedings
•	Employment Claims in the County Court and High Court
•	Unfair and constructive dismissal
•	Unlawful deduction from wages
•	Discrimination
•	Bullying, harassment and victimisation
•	Equal Pay
•	Parental leave
•	Redundancy
•	TUPE
•	Agency workers
•	Hybrid and flexible working
•	Whistleblowing
•	Collective agreements
•	Trade Union rights and industrial action
•	Judicial Mediation and other forms of dispute resolution/litigation avoidance
•	Schools, including pay and conditions, and school closures
•	Secondment Agreements
•	Confidentiality and settlement agreements
•	Special Severance Payments
•	Pensions
•	Defamation
A summary of how those goods, services or works will be supplied:
The appointed legal firms will provide advisory services to the Authorities under a framework agreement. The services will be accessed via call-off contracts issued throughout the duration of the framework. The Authorities reserve the right to instruct the appointed organisations on matters that may not be explicitly listed within the Lot description, subject to the applicable Framework hourly rates or Fixed Fee, and the terms of the Framework Agreement.

The estimated date when, or period over which, the goods, services or works will be supplied:
The Framework Period will commence on 8th January 2026 and will end on 7th January 2029. The Authority will be entitled at its absolute discretion to extend the Framework Agreement Period on the same terms for a further period or periods of up to twelve months to 7th January 2030, making a total possible Framework Agreement Period of four years (3+1 years).

The estimated amount of goods, services or works which will be supplied:
The Authorities have spent approximately £500,000 per annum on legal services included within Lot 5.

The estimated value of the lot:
The estimated total value for Lot 2 over the duration of the framework is £2.5 Million based on historical spend data. (including an additional extension period of up to 12 months).

description: Legal services

description: Legal services

description: Legal services

description: Legal services

description: Legal services

title: LBLA Legal Services Framework

description: Not published

format: application/x-zip-compressed

description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

description:
Contracting and accessing authorities  definition has been updated to confirm all accessing authorities.
Confirmed supplier numbers to be appointed to the framework. Conditions of participation for this exercise are detailed.
The tender submission date has been changed from 21 April to 23 April.

description:
The Authority intends to appoint:
8 suppliers to Lot 1: Regeneration
8 suppliers to Lot 2: Full Range of Legal Services
6 suppliers to Lot 3: Housing Management
6 suppliers to Lot 4: Property & Planning
4 suppliers to Lot 5: Employment

type: open

method: withAndWithoutReopeningCompetition

description:
The selection process are available on tender documents available to download from our portal.
Tender documents can be downloaded using the link below.
https://s2c.waxdigital.co.uk/ProcurementLBHaringey

buyerCategories:
The "LBLA" comprises the London Boroughs of Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City of London Corporation, Croydon,  Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Havering, HB Public Law (Harrow, Barnet, Hounslow, Slough Borough Council), Hillingdon, Islington, Bi-Borough  (Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster City Council), Lewisham, Lambeth, One Source (Newham and Havering), Redbridge, SLLP (Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton, Wandsworth), Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, London Fire and Planning Authority, Royal Borough of Greenwich.
A number of local authorities are not contracting authorities and are not participating in this procurement but access the current Framework. The right is reserved for them to subsequently access this framework.
The framework agreement will also be available to other local authorities within Greater London and SE England (as defined in the procurement documents), whether or not a member of the LBLA

description:
The London Boroughs' Legal Alliance (the LBLA) is looking to appoint a number of legal advisers with the objective of achieving enhanced service delivery, value for money and efficient management of matters outsourced to external solicitors.
The requirement is divided in 5 Lots.
The Authority intends to appoint:
8 suppliers to Lot 1: Regeneration,
8 suppliers to Lot 2: Full Range of Legal Services,
6 suppliers to Lot 3: Housing Management,
6 suppliers to Lot 4: Property & Planning,
4 suppliers to Lot 5: Employment
The London Boroughs' Legal Alliance (the "LBLA"), comprises of the London Boroughs of Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City of London Corporation, Croydon,  Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Havering, HB Public Law (Harrow, Barnet, and Hounslow, Aylesbury Vale District Council, and Slough), Hillingdon, Islington, Bi-Borough  (Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster City Council), Lewisham, Lambeth, One Source (Newham and Havering), Redbridge, SLLP (South London Legal Partnership - Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton, Wandsworth), Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, London Fire and Planning Authority, Royal Borough of Greenwich (together the "Authorities").
The following local authorities which also currently access the LBLA Solicitors Framework and are not participating in this procurement, although the right is reserved for them to subsequently access the framework: Buckinghamshire, Brentwood, Kent, Mid Kent Legal (Maidstone, Swale Borough, and Tunbridge Wells), Reading, and South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils.
The framework agreement will also be available to other local authorities within Greater London and South-East England (Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex), whether or not they are a member of the LBLA.
Tenderers may submit bids for one or more Lots, in accordance with their expertise and service offering.
The Authority reserves the right to award one or more lots to the same Tenderer.

riskDetails:
Published Framework Value (Tender Notice): The advertised spend for legal services as specified in the procurement documents and this Tender Notice is indicative only. This value reflects the anticipated demand; however, actual expenditure may vary due to the unpredictable nature of legal requirements and the varied resource constraints of the LBLA members.  In the event that this known unknown risk materialises, the Authority reserves the right to undertake a permitted modification in accordance with Schedule 8(5)(a) of the Act.
Advertised Lot Values:  The advertised lot values for this framework have been determined on the basis of current market conditions, anticipated framework utilisation, and the terms of the existing framework (terminating in 2026). The Authority recognises that future changes in market conditions may result in discrepancies between the estimated and actual values.
In the event that this known unknown risk materialises, the Authority reserves the right to undertake a permitted modification in accordance with Schedule 8(5)(a) of the Act.
Tenderers' Pricing Submissions: Tenderers must submit prices to be fixed for the duration of the contract, subject to a potential permitted annual indexation adjustment, commencing on the first anniversary of the contract. Price adjustments will be permitted based on movements in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as published by the Office for National Statistics (or any successor index). These adjustments are subject to a cap of 3% per annum (as such, if the actual CPI increase surpasses 3%, the applied adjustment will still be limited to 3%).
It is acknowledged that the overall estimated framework spend published in this tender notice may be exceeded and that the permitted pricing adjustments may be a contributing factor in the final framework value exceeding the initially advertised amount.
In the event that the overall framework spend exceeds the advertised value, the Authority reserves the right to vary the framework agreement during its term in accordance with Schedule 8(5)(a) of the Act.

description:
Suppliers appointed to the framework will be required to pay a management fee equivalent to 4% of the total fees (net of VAT and disbursements) invoiced in the same calendar month for services provided to all Authorities using the framework.

This 4% management fee must be incorporated into the hourly rates and fixed fees quoted or tendered to framework users and reflected in subsequent invoices.

monetaryValue: award

London Borough of Haringey

postalCode: N22 7TR

streetAddress: 7th Floor Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green


Price

description: Weightings will be set out in the associated tender documents.

description: Details can be found in the PSQ.

description: Prospective contractors are required to hold Quality Management System certification to ISO 9001:2015 or suitable alternative, with the appropriate scope to deliver contract requirements, issued by a Nationally Accredited Certification Body. You will be required to provide a copy of the certificate(s) as directed by any Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) or Invitation to Tender (ITT) associated with this Notice, and in any event, the winning supplier will be required to provide it for review prior to contract award. The contractual condition for quality will be Allied Quality Assurance Publication (AQAP) 2110.

description:
Selection Criteria in the PSQ:
PART 1 - Potential Providers must achieve a “pass” for all questions. Where a “Fail” is scored, the provider will not be taken forward to Part 2 of the evaluation.
PART 2 - Potential providers must score a combined minimum of 170 for the 3 (three) weighted questions, and achieve a Pass for all other questions. If a potential provider achieves a score of “0- Unacceptable” against any of the 3 (three) weighted questions, this will result in the respondent being excluded from tendering for this requirement.
The potential providers who have met the minimum pass criteria, will then be ranked (highest to lowest) on their combined score achieved against the 3 (three) weighted questions in Part 2. The Authority will take the highest ranking potential providers through to the ITT stage up to a maximum of 6 (six) Potential Providers.
In a case of a tied ranking which identifies more than 6 (six) potential providers, the Authority will take forward the potential providers who have achieved the highest score for the weighted question (PSQ_2.3.1)
If this still results in more than 6 (six) potential providers, the Authority reserves the right to increase the maximum number of potential providers to take through to the invitation to tender stage.
Further details can be found within the "Supplier Guidance" published with the PSQ.

description: Repair and maintenance services of weapons and weapon systems

title: 713887451 - GSA9 Tender Notice - UK4

description: Not published

accessDetails: Any necessary documents will be uploaded to the DSP & will be visible to suppliers.

description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

features:
This procurement will follow a simple two stage competitive flexible procedure, without negotiation or dialogue. The Contracting Authority will carry out a PSQ as the first stage to shortlist a number of suppliers, evaluating suppliers on a combination of Qualification & Technical questions & an assessment of excludable suppliers, connected persons or sub-contractors in accordance with PA 2023. This is available on the DSP & will be used to down-select from an anticipated maximum of 6 suppliers to invite to tender.
At the second stage, the Contracting Authority will issue an ITT to the shortlisted suppliers & invite them to submit tenders. If at the first stage it's established that only ONE supplier is shortlisted, letters will be issued to inform unsuccessful suppliers the procurement under the competitive flexible procedure would be cancelled & would switch to Direct Award.
Once the ITT has been published to those successful at PSQ, a clarification process will be used during the tender period to allow for suppliers to ask the Authority questions. A summary of the award criteria is in this notice and will be explained in the Tender Evaluation Strategy, which will be published in the DSP, with the ITT. The Authority reserves the right to refine the award criteria before and - where negotiation/final tenders are used - during the Tender period in accordance with section 24 of the Procurement Act 2023. This may include revision to the weightings of the sub-criteria. During this stage there will be no negotiation or dialogue with any shortlisted suppliers.
Here is a summary of the stages of the procurement & are as follows:
1	Preliminary market engagement, develop procurement strategy, prepare tender notice and associated tender documents.
2	Publish tender notice and any associated tender documents inviting requests to participate.
3	(Participation period) Receive requests to participate, assess exclusions, conditions of participation, and any other objective criteria set to limit suppliers.
4	Inform suppliers who will not be invited to tender.
5	Invite those who have made it through the participation stage to tender by issuing the invitation to tender.
6	(Tendering period) Receive tenders.
7	Evaluate tenders against the award criteria and determine the most advantageous tender.
8	Inform suppliers of the outcome and issue assessment summaries.
9	Publish the contract award notice (triggering the mandatory or voluntary standstill where appropriate).
10	(8 working days) Following completion of standstill, enter into the contract with the winning supplier.
11	Publish the contract details notice and (if required) a copy of the contract.

description:
The original “Tender Notice” (ref. 010336-2025) for this requirement has been archived and a new “Tender Notice” published. Please disregard the original “Tender Notice”. This was due to technical issues and minor administrative changes being required.
In-Service Support & Post-Design Services for Gun System Automation Mk9 (GSA9). The support solution will be structured to provide the following services:
Logistics Management
Technical Support
Design Authority
Obsolescence Management
System Health Checks
Safety & Environmental Management
Documentation Management
Quality Management
Software Management
Project Management, Meetings & Reporting
Configuration Control
Test Facilities & Equipment
Security Management
Provide facility for ad-hoc tasks
The total contract value is expected to be £21M (Inc Vat), brokendown of £11M (Inc Vat) in core costs and an expected £10M (Inc Vat) throughput of repair.

financialTerms: All payments will be made through the Authority's Contracting, Purchasing & Finance (CP&F) system (Exostar) and will be in accordance with future contractual arrangements.

Defence Equipment and Support

locality: Bristol

postalCode: BS34 8JH

streetAddress: MOD Abbey Wood

description: Public authority - central government

noEngagementNoticeRationale: No market engagement required for this procurement, as pre-market engagement was conducted in a previous procurement for this capability.