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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.

Strategaeth Economaidd Sir y Fflint / Flintshire Economic Strategy

Description: Mae Cyngor Sir y Fflint yn comisiynu ymgynghoriaeth allanol i ddatblygu Strategaeth Economaidd gynhwysfawr a fydd yn llywio blaenoriaethau economaidd yr ardal, penderfyniadau buddsoddi, a gweithgaredd partneriaeth dros y 10 mlynedd nesaf. Rhaid i'r strategaeth adlewyrchu cymeriad economaidd cenedlaethol a rhanbarthol nodedig a chyd-fynd a rhaglenni cenedlaethol a rhanbarthol a chyfleoedd trawsffiniol a rhaid iddi gefnogi twf cynaliadwy a chynhwysol i drigolion a busnesau. Flintshire County Council is commissioning an external consultancy to develop a comprehensive Economic Strategy that will guide the area's economic priorities, investment decisions, and partnership activity over the next 10 years. The strategy must reflect the distinctive national and regional economic character and align with national and regional programmes and cross border opportunities and must support sustainable, inclusive growth for residents and businesses.

Summary: Flintshire County Council is commissioning external consultancy services to develop a comprehensive Economic Strategy for Flintshire. The strategy will set the area’s economic priorities, guide investment decisions and shape partnership activity over the following 10 years. It must reflect Flintshire’s distinctive national and regional economic character, align with national and regional programmes, address cross-border opportunities, and support sustainable and inclusive growth for local residents and businesses. The requirement covers economic research and development consultancy, business and management consultancy, and project management consultancy services. Delivery is in Flintshire, Wales. This opportunity is therefore relevant to consultancies able to combine economic analysis, strategic development and stakeholder or partnership work into a practical long-term economic strategy for a local authority area.

PS26195 - Futures Procurement Framework

Description: The final date and time for the submission of bids is Monday 28th September 2026 at 11:00 DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. All tender information MUST be submitted through the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal. Brief Description of Requirement UK Shared Business Services (UKSBS), on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), wishes to establish an Open Framework to enable policymakers to identify and procure Futures-related services and capability development opportunities quickly and cost-effectively. The Futures Procurement Framework is a register of consultants and researchers that can be called upon by HM Government (HMG) Departments and Agencies and UK public bodies (those listed in Annex B) to support conducting work to think strategically about the long-term future (herein called Futures) and further developing these capabilities (read more...)

Summary: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, through UK Shared Business Services as its procurement partner, is establishing a Futures Procurement Framework for UK government departments, agencies and eligible public bodies. It will provide access to consultants and researchers able to support strategic thinking about the long-term future and develop futures capability in government. Required services cover trend, driver and systems analysis; analysis of risks and opportunities; exploration of possible futures; development and testing of robust and resilient policies, strategies and decisions; civil service capability development; stakeholder engagement involving citizens and experts; and specialist research, data gathering and visualisation in scientific, technological, social and economic fields. This is a research and related consultancy services requirement, delivered across the United Kingdom.

Provision of a deep geothermal solution

Description: The Countess of Chester Hospital is working to meet its statutory net zero requirements in a number of ways. A partner has already been secured to address energy generation and usage on the site using the Carbon and Energy Fund framework. That partner is addressing energy infrastructure on the site, and included in that requirement is to provide an interface with the successful tenderer from this procurement (Deep Geothermal Solution Reference G1065). The Trust has also won a Public Sector Decarbonisation grant to assist with the geothermal installation. Under this geothermal procurement the Trust is seeking a development partner (The awarded supplier from this procurement) who will design a Salix compliant process to investigate and develop a geothermal supply for the hospital. It is envisaged that the successful (read more...)

Summary: The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is procuring a deep geothermal solution for its hospital site in Chester. The requirement is for a development partner to design a Salix-compliant process for investigating and developing a geothermal heat supply. The work covers the technical development needed to establish whether geothermal energy can heat the hospital, including geological and geophysical investigation, drilling, well testing, well completion, downhole equipment, geotechnical engineering and engineering design. The solution must interface with energy-generation and usage infrastructure being delivered separately through the Carbon and Energy Fund framework. If development succeeds, the arrangement is intended to support a long-term Energy Services Agreement under which the energy services provider owns and maintains the geothermal installation and supplies heat to the hospital.

Funding Proposal Support and Review Services Framework (LSHW.008.2026)

Description: Life Sciences Hub Wales seeks to procure and implement a Framework Agreement for the provision of Funding Proposal Support and Review Services. The intention is to procure a multi-supplier framework to provide ad-hoc bid writing and funding review and support services to Life Sciences Hub Wales as and when may be required. The successful suppliers will act as an extension to the internal Life Sciences Hub Wales Funding Support team, providing additional support, capacity, resilience and expertise when required. It is likely that support via the framework will only be required during periods where internal Life Sciences Hub Wales resource / capacity is limited, such as during peak delivery or as a result of absence (as an example). The framework suppliers will be considered as additional resource to (read more...)

Summary: Life Sciences Hub Wales Limited, based in Cardiff, is procuring a multi-supplier framework for funding proposal support and review services. The requirement covers ad hoc bid writing, funding proposal review and related support across the full range of services aligned with its funding proposal service. Suppliers will provide additional capacity, resilience and expertise to extend the organisation’s internal Funding Support team when demand is high or internal resources are unavailable. The work is consultancy-led and includes evaluation consultancy, business and management consultancy, and research and development consultancy services. Services will be delivered for Life Sciences Hub Wales and may involve supporting funding proposals connected with life sciences activity in Wales.

ID 6543869 - Managing Agent for InterTradeIreland Innovation Boost Programme (Phase VII)

Description: The primary requirement of this tender is to engage a Managing Agent to manage and deliver Innovation Boost Phase VII on behalf of InterTradeIreland. It is anticipated that a programme set-up phase will commence at contract award (approximately October 2026) and programme delivery will operate over a maximum seven-year period from January 2027 to December 2033. Please see tender documents for full details of the scope of requirements.

Summary: InterTradeIreland is procuring a managing agent to manage and deliver Innovation Boost Programme Phase VII. The service will support businesses through the programme, including lead generation and eligibility assessment, innovation assessments, identification and matching of academic partners, partnership development, joint application development, quality assurance and approval. It also covers project manager recruitment and initiation, project delivery and monitoring, claims support, completion, off-boarding, referrals, follow-on support, showcasing, learning and wider ecosystem engagement. The work includes contingency planning and social value activity. The service is classified as business and management consultancy, including business development and financial management consultancy. Delivery will take place across the United Kingdom for InterTradeIreland, with procurement managed by CPD - Supplies and Service Division.

Research Services for Pensions illustrations: presenting uncertainty and variability

Description: BACKGROUND The FRC is the UK's independent regulator responsible for issuing and maintaining technical actuarial standards. It is responsible for Actuarial Standard Technical Memorandum 1 (AS TM1), which specifies the assumptions and methods used to calculate statutory illustrations of money purchase, or defined contribution, pensions. Pension illustrations are based on assumptions about future investment returns, inflation and retirement choices. The uncertainty and variability inherent in future retirement outcomes can be challenging for defined contribution (DC) savers to understand. The FRC is interested in how this uncertainty and variability can be communicated clearly and effectively to support savers in understanding and assessing the adequacy of their pension arrangements. PURPOSE This research will gather evidence on how information can be presented to help DC savers understand the uncertainty and variability (read more...)

Summary: The Financial Reporting Council Limited is planning to commission research and consultancy on how pension illustrations can communicate uncertainty and variability to defined contribution savers. The work will support the development of pension illustrations and related communications, helping savers understand and assess the adequacy of their pension arrangements. It will focus on projected pension income for early- and mid-career savers, and on the amount and pattern of income for people approaching retirement. The planned research has three phases: a review of academic and professional literature; development of alternative wording, narratives, presentation formats, visualisations and prototype communications; and empirical testing with segmented groups of defined contribution savers. The service is classified as research and development and related consultancy services (CPV 73000000), delivered in the United Kingdom.

Flow Derivation Reviews

Description: This project will undertake flow derivation reviews at 13 selected Environment Agency gauging stations to assess the accuracy, reliability and suitability of existing flow derivation methods. The reviews will examine current methodologies, identify limitations and uncertainties affecting the quality of derived flow records. Where justified by the available evidence, improved flow derivation methods and ratings will be developed, including the derivation of a modelled high-flow rating for one specified station if sufficient.

Summary: The Environment Agency is commissioning flow derivation reviews at 13 selected gauging stations across the United Kingdom. The work is a specialist flow-monitoring and research consultancy service. It will assess the accuracy, reliability and suitability of existing methods used to derive flow records, examine limitations and uncertainties affecting data quality, and identify where current approaches should be improved. Where supported by the evidence, the supplier will develop improved flow derivation methods and ratings. The scope also includes developing a modelled high-flow rating for one specified gauging station, if the available evidence is sufficient. The requirement is for one service lot, with delivery in the United Kingdom.

Flow Derivation Reviews

Description: This project will undertake flow derivation reviews at 13 selected Environment Agency gauging stations to assess the accuracy, reliability and suitability of existing flow derivation methods. The reviews will examine current methodologies, identify limitations and uncertainties affecting the quality of derived flow records. Where justified by the available evidence, improved flow derivation methods and ratings will be developed, including the derivation of a modelled high-flow rating for one specified station if sufficient.

Summary: The Environment Agency is commissioning flow derivation reviews at 13 selected gauging stations across the United Kingdom. The work is a specialist flow-monitoring and research consultancy service. It will assess the accuracy, reliability and suitability of existing methods used to derive flow records, examine limitations and uncertainties affecting data quality, and identify where current approaches should be improved. Where supported by the evidence, the supplier will develop improved flow derivation methods and ratings. The scope also includes developing a modelled high-flow rating for one specified gauging station, if the available evidence is sufficient. The requirement is for one service lot, with delivery in the United Kingdom.