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Prisoners Building Homes - Professional, Technical and Programme Delivery Support Services

Description: 1. Background Local Partnerships is the host organisation for Prisoners Building Homes (PBH), a government programme bringing together housing delivery and rehabilitation outcomes. PBH works with public-sector organisations to unlock land for high-quality, affordable homes while creating employment, training and skills opportunities for people in prison and post-release. PBH supports organisations across the housing development lifecycle, including site identification and assessment, feasibility, planning, procurement and construction support. The PBH programme is growing and Local Partnerships is considering procuring external professional, technical and programme-delivery capability to supplement the PBH team and provide flexible capacity as the housing pipeline develops. This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) will inform the scope, structure, commercial model and procurement strategy for any future requirement. No final procurement structure has been determined. 2. Purpose and Delivery (read more...)

Summary: Local Partnerships LLP, host of the Prisoners Building Homes (PBH) programme, is exploring external professional, technical and programme-delivery support for housing development across the United Kingdom. The services would supplement the PBH team as its pipeline grows, helping public-sector organisations unlock land for high-quality, affordable homes alongside rehabilitation outcomes. Potential work spans portfolio and site assessment; feasibility, viability, design and planning; development, programme and project management; commercial advice and procurement; quantity surveying; construction support; Employer’s Agent and contract administration; and completion and handover. An integrated delivery team would coordinate these disciplines across multiple sites and clients. Technology, data, automation and standardised processes may support assessment, prioritisation, workflow, reporting and systems integration. Management of justice-involved people and PBH workforce integration remain with PBH and are outside the external scope.

Specialist Technical and Commercial Advisory for Rail and Other Transport Systems Framework (STARFour)

Description: In line with its commitment to increasing investment in the UK's transport infrastructure, the Department for Transport ("DfT") requires ongoing access to high-quality, specialist technical and commercial advice services. This need is currently fulfilled through the STARThree Framework, which succeeded the Specialist Technical Advisory for Rail (STARTwo) Framework--both managed by the Department's Group Commercial Directorate ("GCD"). DfT is now procuring the Specialist Technical & Commercial Advice for Rail & Other Transport Systems Framework (the "STARFour Framework") to succeed the STARThree Framework (expiring 30 July 2027). The STARFour Framework will be a multi-lot, multi-supplier framework designed to provide specialist technical and commercial advice to support rail and wider transport programmes and projects. The STARFour Framework will provide DfT and other qualifying bodies (as detailed below) with access to niche (read more...)

Summary: The Department for Transport is procuring the STARFour Framework for specialist technical and commercial advice supporting rail and wider transport programmes and projects across the United Kingdom. It is a multi-lot, multi-supplier framework for DfT and other qualifying public bodies. Lot 1 covers transport strategy, planning, economic forecasting, operations, performance, commercial advice, infrastructure and asset advice, and project and programme management. Lot 2 covers rail and other transport system agency advice, including interim transport advisers, panel and review teams, and specialist recruitment campaigns and strategies. The requirement includes strategic planning, business cases, modelling, operational mobilisation, commercial and technical due diligence, engineering, environmental advice, and programme delivery support.

Provision of Insurance and Related Services to Watford Community Housing Trust t/a Chime Housing

Description: Watford Community Housing Trust t/a Chime Housing are looking to appoint one or more providers to deliver their Insurance and related services for Property, legal liability and other general (non-life) insurable risks. The programme will require Insurance and related services for risks that may include but not be limited to: property damage and business interruption, employers, public, products and property owners liability, business combined/office, money, all risks, computer, contract works, group personal accident and employment practices liability. This list is to be decided at the sole discretion of Watford Community Housing Trust t/a Chime Housing. Suppliers will be required to have the financial ability to deliver the programme, including Insurers with a minimum rating of 'A-' from standard and poor, 'A-' from AM Best, or an equivalent rating (read more...)

Summary: Watford Community Housing Trust, trading as Chime Housing, is procuring insurance and associated services for its property, legal liability and other general non-life risks across the United Kingdom. The requirement covers seven areas: general property and liability insurance; motor risk; engineering insurance and inspections; cyber risk; terrorism and political violence through Pool Re; terrorism and political violence outside Pool Re; and directors’ and officers’ liability. Potential cover includes property damage, business interruption, employers’ and public liability, office, money, all risks, computers, contract works, personal accident, professional indemnity, crime and employment practices liability. The authority may appoint one or more providers, depending on the lot and its requirements.

Highland Deephaven: Strategic Masterplanning & Feasibility Study

Description: Appointment of a Lead Consultant under NEC4 PSC to undertake and coordinate a strategic feasibility study, EIA, masterplanning and PPiP support for the Highland Deephaven project. The commission includes management of multidisciplinary technical, environmental, planning and commercial workstreams, together with coordination of future bathymetric and geotechnical survey packages.

Summary: Highland Deephaven Limited is seeking a lead consultant for the Highland Deephaven project in Dingwall, Scotland. The requirement is infrastructure works consultancy, covering a strategic feasibility study, environmental impact assessment, strategic masterplanning and support for Planning Permission in Principle. The consultant will lead and coordinate multidisciplinary technical, environmental, planning and commercial workstreams. The commission also includes coordination of future bathymetric and geotechnical survey packages, alongside specialist studies and supporting technical work. Related services include urban planning and landscape architecture, environmental assessment, feasibility and advisory work, project and design preparation, cost estimation, and engineering advice. This is a professional services requirement for a consultancy capable of coordinating several technical disciplines around a major development project.

Y27008 Electrical Testing Services

Description: Procurement Services are looking to create a local and national framework for the provision of Electrical Testing Services Framework. This questionnaire is designed to understand supplier experiences, challenges, and expectations regarding Electrical Testing Services frameworks. Your responses will help us design a framework that meets the needs of suppliers and customers to improve the procurement and delivery experience for Electrical Testing Services across all areas within the Public Sector. Scope and Lot structure is still to be determined, but the aim is to design a framework for the provision of all Electrical Testing Services required within the Public Sector. PLEASE NOTE THIS PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT ONLY - THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION AT THIS STAGE. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: (read more...)

Summary: Kent County Council trading as Procurement Services is exploring a local and national framework for electrical testing services across all areas of the public sector. The intended framework could cover the full range of electrical testing services required by public sector customers, although its eventual scope and lot structure have yet to be determined. This is a services procurement, classified under CPV 71314100, and may be relevant to electrical testing contractors able to serve public sector organisations at local and national level. The framework is intended to improve how electrical testing services are procured and delivered, while supporting a broad supplier base and better service outcomes. Work would be delivered wherever participating public sector customers require electrical testing services.

Quantity Surveying, Cost Consultancy and Project Management Services for an Integrated Contact Centre

Description: The opportunity seeks to appoint a supplier for Quantity Surveying, Cost Consultancy and Project Management Services. who can demonstrate relevant experience and capacity to support the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) Estates Department in procuring Professional Design Services

Summary: North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust is seeking a supplier to provide quantity surveying, cost consultancy and construction project management services for an integrated contact centre. The appointed consultant will support the Trust’s Estates Department in procuring professional design services for the project. The requirement covers quantity surveying and cost management, together with project management of the construction-related work. Delivery is in the North West of England. This is a professional services opportunity for firms that advise on project costs, construction procurement and delivery, and can coordinate with an estates client and design-service supply chain. The work is categorised as quantity surveying services and construction project management services. It is a single requirement rather than a multi-lot procurement.

Clerk of Works for Cultural Quarter project

Description: East Suffolk Council is seeking to commission Clerks of Works Services for 12-month period in support of the Cultural Quarter project from January 2027. Services will support the project team, managing and checking workmanship, quality and safety of work on the project construction sites and reporting back to the Project Manager (ESC).

Summary: East Suffolk Council is commissioning clerk of works services for its Cultural Quarter construction project. The appointed provider will support the project team by managing and checking workmanship, construction quality and site safety across the project’s construction sites, then reporting findings and issues to the council’s Project Manager. This is a construction-site supervision and consultative engineering service. The work is commissioned by East Suffolk Council for the Cultural Quarter project, with delivery taking place on the project’s construction sites. The requirement is for one service covering the project rather than separate packages. It will suit a construction professional or specialist consultancy able to provide independent site oversight, inspect work as it progresses, monitor compliance with quality and safety requirements, and communicate clear reports to the project team.

Plant Lifting Equipment Testing

Description: Via East Midlands Limited ("Via") is seeking to appoint a competent and suitably accredited contractor to undertake the statutory inspection, thorough examination, testing and certification of lifting equipment across its operational and fleet activities. The successful contractor will provide services in compliance with all relevant legislation and approved codes of practice, ensuring the continued safe use of lifting equipment and compliance with statutory obligations.

Summary: Via East Midlands Limited is seeking a contractor for statutory inspection, thorough examination, testing and certification of plant and lifting equipment. The requirement covers lifting equipment used across the organisation’s operational and fleet activities, including both operational lifting equipment and fleet lifting equipment. The services are intended to support the safe continued use of equipment and compliance with statutory obligations. The work is classified as lifting and handling equipment and machinery-inspection services. It suits inspection and testing specialists that can provide formal certification for lifting equipment and operate across the buyer’s operational and fleet activities. The buyer is Via East Midlands Limited, a public undertaking based at Bilsthorpe Business Park, Bilsthorpe.

IWM/2627/Exh/3514: 3D Exhibition Design Services Framework for Imperial War Museums

Description: Imperial War Museums (IWM) is inviting Potential Providers to participate in the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) stage for 3D Exhibition Design Services Framework. The framework is intended to provide IWM with access to high-quality, reliable and cost-effective 3D exhibition design suppliers with demonstrable capability in museum, heritage or public-facing exhibition environments. Potential Providers must be capable of delivering high-quality 3D exhibition design services. IWM is not seeking standalone 2D graphic design services under this framework. Call-off contracts will be placed on an as-needed basis in accordance with IWM's operational and commercial requirements. At this stage, IWM is undertaking the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) stage only. Tender documents will be issued to shortlisted Potential Providers in accordance with the provisional timetable published alongside the PSQ document. IWM is advertising (read more...)

Summary: Imperial War Museums is procuring a three-dimensional exhibition design services framework. The work covers architectural and specialist exhibition design, project and design preparation, and cost estimation for museum, heritage and other public-facing exhibition environments. It is intended to give the museum access to reliable suppliers able to deliver high-quality 3D exhibition design on an as-needed basis through later call-off contracts. Standalone 2D graphic design is excluded. The services are classified under CPV 71220000, alongside specialist design and museum-exhibition services. Delivery may be required across the United Kingdom, for Imperial War Museums’ operational and commercial requirements.

MD26098 - Plan Mid Devon Green Infrastructure Strategy

Description: 1. Aims and objectives of the tender exercise To appoint a suitably qualified consultant through a fair, transparent and proportionate competitive process to prepare the Plan Mid Devon Green Infrastructure Strategy. The commission will provide a robust and proportionate Local Plan evidence base that establishes the existing green infrastructure baseline; assesses the likely individual and cumulative impacts of planned growth; identifies mitigation, enhancement and investment priorities; and translates the findings into practical policy, site-allocation, infrastructure-delivery and development-management recommendations. The procurement also seeks value for money, timely delivery, transparent methodology and assumptions, high-quality editable GIS/data outputs, knowledge transfer to Council officers, and outputs that remain usable following Local Government Reorganisation. 2. Description of the requirement and background to the procurement Mid Devon District Council is preparing Plan Mid Devon, (read more...)

Summary: Mid Devon District Council is procuring specialist consultancy services to prepare the Plan Mid Devon Green Infrastructure Strategy. The work will create a robust evidence base for the new 2026–2046 Local Plan, covering the existing green infrastructure baseline, planned growth impacts, ecological networks, biodiversity, access to nature, active travel, landscape, water and flood-risk functions. Outputs include baseline mapping, growth and site assessment, a draft and final strategy, delivery and infrastructure schedules, planning-policy and site-allocation recommendations, and editable GIS and mapping data with metadata. The commission also includes knowledge transfer and proportionate stakeholder engagement where required. It supports planning decisions across Mid Devon, with findings and datasets needed at parish, settlement and district level for future successor authorities. The service is classified as urban planning services.