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PAN3566 - Request for a Priced Proposal to Operate Funfairs at Abbey Park, Leicester

Description: Leicester City Council invites proposals from suitably qualified Funfair operators for a funfair at Abbey Park, Leicester for its Tourism, Culture & Inward Investment Team. A site visit is being held to the site at 10am on 20 October 2026. Suppliers shall confirm attendance via the ProContract portal. The proposed contract will be for one year with options to extend for a period or periods totalling no more than up to a further one year. Further information about the opportunity can be found in the tender documentation. Submissions must be received by 12:00 noon on 12 November 2026 at the very latest via the EastMidsTenders portal: https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html. Any queries/questions regarding this opportunity must be received via the ProContract portal only. To assist potential Suppliers, the link, https://supplierhelp.due-north.com/ provides (read more...)

Summary: Leicester City Council is seeking an operator to run a funfair at Abbey Park in Leicester for its Tourism, Culture and Inward Investment Team. This is a fair and amusement park service, covering the operation of the funfair at the park. The opportunity is structured as a concession, with the operator running the attraction for visitors. A site visit is planned at Abbey Park, Leicester. The requirement is presented as a single lot and is marked as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses. It is intended for specialist funfair operators able to provide and operate a public-facing fairground attraction in a city park.

Grounds Maintenance including Sports Pitches

Description: Grounds Maintenance Contract 2027-2032 SOUTH ROAD The Council is responsible for a number of public open spaces and parks within the town and is committed to ensuring that these areas are maintained to a clean, tidy and high standard for the benefit of residents and visitors. These green spaces are an important part of the town's community infrastructure, contributing to health, wellbeing and visual amenity. The contract for South Road will include, but not be limited to, edging, grass cutting, weeding, planting of trees, shrubs and seasonal bedding, pruning, small tree works, sports pitch maintenance and any other grounds maintenance tasks as required. In accordance with the Council's procurement obligations, details of open invitations to tender for contracts for goods and services exceeding PS25,000, together with any resulting (read more...)

Summary: Hythe Town Council is buying grounds maintenance for the South Road site in Hythe, Kent. The work supports the upkeep of public open spaces and parks for residents and visitors, with the aim of keeping them clean, tidy and to a high standard. The service covers edging, grass cutting, weeding, planting trees, shrubs and seasonal bedding, pruning and small tree works. It also includes maintenance of sports pitches and other grounds maintenance tasks required during the contract. This is a continuing, site-based horticultural and sports-ground service rather than a one-off supply of goods. The procurement is for services, principally grounds maintenance, with sports and recreation-related work also included.

Grounds Maintanence

Description: Grounds Maintenance Contract 2027-2032 The Council is responsible for a number of public open spaces and parks within the town and is committed to ensuring that these areas are maintained to a clean, tidy and high standard for the benefit of residents and visitors. These green spaces are an important part of the town's community infrastructure, contributing to health, wellbeing and visual amenity. The contract for all HTC sites (excluding South Road) will include, but not be limited to, edging, grass cutting, weeding, planting of trees, shrubs and seasonal bedding, pruning, small tree works, and any other grounds maintenance tasks as required. In accordance with the Council's procurement obligations, details of open invitations to tender for contracts for goods and services exceeding PS25,000, together with any resulting contracts, (read more...)

Summary: Hythe Town Council is seeking a grounds maintenance service for its public open spaces and parks in Hythe, Kent. The work covers council sites other than South Road and includes edging, grass cutting, weeding, planting trees, shrubs and seasonal bedding, pruning and small tree works, as well as other grounds maintenance tasks required. The purpose is to keep these green spaces clean, tidy and to a high standard for residents and visitors. They also form part of the town’s community infrastructure, supporting health, wellbeing and visual amenity. The delivery location is Hythe.

Tegwch, gwrth-hiliaeth a llesiant/Equity, anti-racism and well-being

Description: Darparu gwasanaethau i ddylunio, datblygu a chyflwyno adnoddau addysgol dwyieithog (Cymraeg a Saesneg) o ansawdd uchel sy'n cefnogi cydraddoldeb, gwrth-hiliaeth a llesiant o fewn Cwricwlwm i Gymru. Mae'r contract yn cynnwys datblygu adnoddau, ymgysylltu a rhanddeiliaid, sicrhau ansawdd a chefnogaeth gweithredu i alluogi ymarferwyr ledled Cymru i ddefnyddio'r adnoddau'n effeithiol. / Provision of services to design, develop and deliver high-quality bilingual (Welsh and English) educational resources that support equity, anti-racism and well-being within the Curriculum for Wales. The contract includes resource development, stakeholder engagement, quality assurance and implementation support to enable effective use of the resources by practitioners across Wales.

Summary: Caerphilly County Borough Council is buying services to design, develop and deliver bilingual Welsh- and English-language educational resources supporting equity, anti-racism and well-being within the Curriculum for Wales. The work covers creating and producing resources, engaging stakeholders, quality assurance and helping practitioners put the materials into use. Resources are intended for practitioners across Wales and must be free to access and use. They should be primarily digital; print materials may form part of a proposal where there is a clear, evidence-backed need. The opportunity is for education and training, writing and content development, and graphic design services. Adnodd is named in the procurement’s requirements as the organisation intending to fund and award the resource-development contracts.

Creative Health in Doncaster

Description: Market Engagement Event: Doncaster Council's Public Health team is exploring a proposed investment of approximately PS2.5 million over five years to strengthen and develop Creative Health across the borough. We are seeking views from organisations, providers, cultural institutions, community groups and potential partners on proposals that aim to improve health and wellbeing through creative, cultural and arts-based approaches. Event Details Date: 12 November 2026 Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm Venue: Danum Gallery, Library and Museum Flying Scotsman Room, Conference Corridor, Second Floor Waterdale Doncaster DN1 3BZ Register Your Interest If you would like to attend, please reserve a place by emailing phenquiries@doncaster.gov.uk. Please note that places are limited to 2 per organisation. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Summary: Doncaster Council’s Public Health team is developing a Creative Health programme to improve health and wellbeing across the borough through creative, cultural and arts-based activities. The proposed scope spans a delivery programme covering creative movement, early-years activity, wellbeing and connection; an innovation fund for new ideas and community-led solutions; and development of partnerships, workforce capacity, evaluation and future investment. The council is seeking input from providers, cultural institutions, community groups and potential partners to shape the proposals. The work would be delivered across Doncaster. This is a planned service procurement in the community health field, with related social, artistic, physical wellbeing and community services.

Talking Trail Sculpture

Description: To create, deliver and install six hardwood sculptures To be delivered by 15 March 2027

Summary: Natural England is seeking a supplier to create, deliver and install six hardwood sculptures for a talking trail. The work is a sculpture service, with delivery in South East England. The requirement combines artistic production with delivery and installation, so it is relevant to sculptors and makers able to provide finished hardwood sculptures and manage their installation.

Norbury Railway Bridge Art Commission

Description: Croydon is looking for a supplier to provide the Norbury Railway Bridge Art Commission LBC Regeneration will run a two-stage EOI process and procure/select an artist - SELECTED Please submit your expression of interest by email PrideinPlace@croydon.gov.uk

Summary: The London Borough of Croydon is commissioning an artist for the Norbury Railway Bridge Art Commission in Croydon. The requirement is for artistic services and works of art, with delivery in Croydon. The procurement description says LBC Regeneration will use a two-stage expression-of-interest process to procure and select an artist. The commission concerns the railway bridge; the published description does not elaborate on the artwork, its form or the work involved. This is an opportunity for suppliers providing artistic services, particularly artists able to develop and deliver a public art commission for a local authority.

School Presenter Services Tender

Description: Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) is a registered charity, responsible for the care, conservation and presentation of HM Tower of London (TOL), Hampton Court Palace (HCP), Kensington Palace State Apartments, (KP) the Banqueting House at Whitehall (BH), Kew Palace (KEW) and Hillsborough Castle and Gardens, (HCG) the official residence of HM The King in Northern Ireland and residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. We love and look after six of the most wonderful palaces in the world. The palaces are the setting for the stories that shape us all, and we're bringing them to people in ways that mean more to them. We want everyone to find themselves in the spaces and stories we share. HRP is a charity for everyone. We are committed to preserving (read more...)

Summary: Historic Royal Palaces is seeking a provider to run its school learning and presenter programme at the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace. The service covers around 3,000 curriculum-linked sessions each year, alongside Home Educator Days, occasional community activities and contributions to new learning content and events. Sessions use immersive, participatory and site-based learning to bring palace history to life. The provider will work with HRP teams across the three London sites and support primary and secondary schools, specialist groups, learners with special educational needs and disabilities, international groups, and home-educating families. This is an education and heritage engagement service, rather than a general performance-entertainment commission.

Collections Store Refurbishments - Logistics Hub - Principal Contractor

Description: The Collection Store Refurbishment (CSR) Project forms part of both the wider NHM Unlocked Programme and NHM 150th Anniversary Campaign Programme, which supports: -The internal moves of 11 million specimens -The moves of 28 million specimens to our new facility at Thames Valley Science Park -The 150th Anniversary Campaign to open previously closed galleries to the public -The sale of our South London Collections facility The NHM Unlocked Programme represents the largest ever move of natural history specimens worldwide. The wider CSR project has been tasked with refurbishing collections stores and rehousing five collections across five locations across the South Kensington Estate in suitable collections conditions. The business case for the NHM Unlocked Programme is predicated on limited space and historic, ageing buildings; meaning that globally important specimens (read more...)

Summary: The Natural History Museum plans to appoint a principal contractor for refurbishment and alteration of its Osteology Store in the basement of the Grade I listed Waterhouse Building, on the South Kensington estate in London. The store will first be converted into a temporary logistics hub to support collections moves, then used as a permanent store for heavy and large mineralogy and palaeontology specimens. Works include removing non-original partitions, raised floors and redundant services; building a security lobby; repairing floors and historic doors and partitions; installing secondary glazing and a powered external door; and installing new heating, ventilation and air conditioning, electrical, fire alarm, security, building management and controls systems. The contractor must protect historic features, maintain fire compartmentation and make good on completion.

Library Services

Description: Provision of Library Services in Devon

Summary: Devon County Council intends to procure library services across Devon. The work is described as provision of library services, covering one planned lot. This is a service contract for suppliers able to operate or support public library provision in the county. The stated scope is brief and does not identify particular service components, sites or delivery arrangements, so suppliers whose work includes library services are the clearest potential fit. The buying organisation is Devon County Council, based in Exeter. The contract is planned for delivery in Devon; the council’s Exeter address is its headquarters, not a stated delivery site.