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Children's rights, advocacy and independent visitors

Description: There is a statutory duty for all local authorities to provide advocacy services and independent visitors for looked after children and young people. The children's rights and advocacy service will be available to all Stockport children and young people who have a Social Worker, or a Personal Adviser. Children and young people aged between 0-25 can be supported. This will include children and young people subject to a Team around the Child Plan at Tier 3; children and young people subject to a Child Protection Plan, looked after children, and those young people who have a Pathway Plan. Care leavers with a personal adviser can also access the service.

Summary: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is buying children’s rights and advocacy services, together with independent visitors for children in care. The service is for Stockport children and young people aged 0–25 who have a social worker or personal adviser. This includes those supported through a Team Around the Child plan at Tier 3, a child protection plan or pathway plan, looked-after children, and care leavers with a personal adviser. The purpose is to meet the council’s statutory duties and give eligible children and young people access to advocacy and independent visiting. The service is delivered in Greater Manchester, for Stockport residents.

Jigsaw Homes Group - Window and door replacement program 2027-2030

Description: Jigsaw Homes Group (JHG) will only accept tenders from companies with an established business registered in UK, a UK head office and an existing presence and previous works within the Northwest of England. Jigsaw Homes Group (JHG) invites each Tenderer to submit a tender for Project Works as detailed in the Invitation Document, which comprises the following sections- - Part 1- Introduction (Preliminaries) - Part 2- Instructions to Tenderers - Part 3- Technical and Quality Questions - Annex 1- Price and Quality Evaluation (Methodology) Tenderers should read all the above sections of the Invitation to Tender document carefully, and ensure that they submit the following mandatory documents- 1. Completed Technical & Quality Questions (ITT) 2. Completed Form of Tender 3. Completed Schedule of Rates including Prelims and Virtual (read more...)

Summary: Jigsaw Homes Group is procuring a programme of replacement windows and doors in residential properties. The works cover the installation of windows, doors and related components, with products required to meet PAS 24:2022+A1:2024 enhanced security performance requirements for doorsets and windows. Jigsaw Homes Group is the buyer. Delivery is in the North West of England; the buyer also requires tenderers to have an established UK-registered business, a UK head office and an existing presence and previous works in that region. This is a single works contract, and the opportunity is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses. The planned programme title covers 2027–2030, with the contract’s specified period and possible extension described separately.

Progression Towards Employment

Description: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Economy Work & Skills Service is seeking to procure a lead provider to deliver a programme of activity which supports economically inactive Stockport residents who are furthest away from the labour market, with complex needs (including those who are not engaged with mainstream provision and those accessing work and skills triage support via our Work & Skills Navigators) to address barriers and achieve positive onward destinations The design of the delivery is based around a set of 'Key Principles' and a 'Menu of Interventions' and activity should reach out to and attract residents from some of Stockport's communities who are not currently accessing the support they need to overcome barriers, helping them to them make positive progressions towards their goals and aspirations. Advancing equality (read more...)

Summary: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking a lead provider for a programme helping economically inactive residents who are furthest from the labour market and face complex needs. The service is intended for people not reached by mainstream provision, including residents referred through the council’s Work & Skills Navigators. It should identify and address individual barriers through one-to-one key-worker support and a varied menu of activities, helping participants move towards employment where appropriate, education or training, or further support. The programme is also intended to reduce social isolation and improve equality of opportunity in the labour market. Delivery is centred on Stockport, with outreach to communities whose residents are not currently accessing the support they need. The work is employment-support and community services, with health-related services also classified in the procurement.

Tameside Independent Advocacy Service

Description: The purpose of this service is to ensure advocacy provision in the borough is person-centred and flexible and that an individual's need for advocacy, including IMHA, IMCA, Care Act and NHS Complaints, can be met via a single referral by experienced advocates trained accordingly

Summary: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council intends to procure an independent advocacy service for people in the borough. The service is intended to provide person-centred, flexible support through a single referral route, so that individuals’ advocacy needs can be met by experienced advocates with appropriate training. The scope includes Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA), Care Act advocacy and support with NHS complaints. This is a health and social care service, delivered in Tameside, Greater Manchester. The planned service brings several advocacy needs together rather than treating them as separate referral routes, so providers should be able to support people across the different areas covered.

St Thomas Community Sports Hub

Description: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified contractor for the St Thomas Community Sports Hub. For a full specification for this opportunity, please register you interest. Submissions shall be received by the Council by the closing date and time stated within the Instruction for Tendering document. No submission received after the closing date and time will be accepted other than where there are exceptional circumstances which may be considered by the Director of STAR Procurement in their sole discretion. Please note that tender submissions which are only partly uploaded at the closing date and time will be considered to have not been received and will be rejected by the Council. In submitting your quotation you agree to contract on the terms and conditions as (read more...)

Summary: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking a contractor to deliver the St Thomas Community Sports Hub construction works in Greater Manchester. The procurement is for works, classified as construction (CPV 45000000), and is described as an appointment of a suitably qualified contractor. The project is located in the Greater Manchester area, and participation is restricted to organisations based there. Small and medium-sized enterprises are considered suitable to compete. The council requires bidders to use the stated contract terms and conditions; it says it may reject a submission that seeks to amend them or proposes alternative terms. The full specification and tender documents are available through the council’s procurement portal.

Jigsaw Homes Group - Window and door replacement program 2027-2030

Description: Jigsaw Homes Group (JHG) invites each Tenderer) to submit a tender for Project Works as detailed in the Invitation Document, which comprises the following sections: - Part 1: Introduction (Preliminaries) - Part 2: Instructions to Tenderers - Part 3: Technical and Quality Questions - Annex 1: Price and Quality Evaluation (Methodology) Tenderers should read all the above sections of the Invitation to Tender document carefully, and ensure that they submit the following mandatory documents: i. Completed Technical & Quality Questions (ITT) ii. Completed Form of Tender iii. Completed Schedule of Rates including Prelims and Virtual Contract sections iv. Completed Supplier Contractor Accreditation Form Tenderers are instructed not to include in their response anything other than the requested documents. Marketing material will be discarded and will not be read.

Summary: Jigsaw Homes Group is procuring a programme of replacement windows and doors in residential properties. The works cover the installation of windows, doors and related components, with products required to meet PAS 24:2022+A1:2024 enhanced security performance requirements for doorsets and windows. Jigsaw Homes Group is the buyer. Delivery is in the North West of England; the buyer also requires tenderers to have an established UK-registered business, a UK head office and an existing presence and previous works in that region. This is a single works contract, and the opportunity is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses. The planned programme title covers 2027–2030, with the contract’s specified period and possible extension described separately.

Computer-Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) System

Description: Computer-Aided Facilities Management System and full migration of facilities management data to support and bring the Facilities Management service back in-house

Summary: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council procured a computer-aided facilities management (CAFM) system and the full migration of its facilities management data. The purpose was to support the council in bringing its facilities management service back in-house. This is a software, implementation and data-migration requirement, with associated programming, consultancy and support services. The work is for a local authority and is delivered in Greater Manchester. The requirement covers the CAFM platform itself and the transfer of existing facilities management information into that system, rather than a general facilities management outsourcing service. Businesses operating in CAFM software, facilities management technology, systems implementation, data migration or related software consultancy would find the procurement relevant. The buyer is Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.

Individual Placement Support (IPS) services for Serious Mental Illness (SMI)

Description: Individual Placement Support (IPS) Services for SMI

Summary: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust commissioned Individual Placement Support (IPS) services for people with serious mental illness (SMI). The service is a specialist healthcare support offer intended to help people with SMI access and sustain employment through individual placement and employment support. Delivery relates to Greater Manchester, including the IPS Greater Manchester commissioning context. This is a services contract, classified under health services. The buyer is Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, an NHS foundation trust based in Ashton-under-Lyne. The requirement is for a provider able to deliver IPS services for SMI across the relevant Greater Manchester service area, working within the Trust’s commissioning and implementation arrangements and meeting the applicable healthcare service standards.

Electronic Key Management System (EKMS) Replacement

Description: Background Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust has undertaken preliminary market engagement to inform the development of its requirements and procurement strategy for the provision of an electronic key management system. The engagement was conducted to help shape the specification, understand market capability and inform the proposed procurement approach. The Trust currently intends to procure the requirement through a further competition under the Pagabo Small Works Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). Suppliers with an interest in the opportunity are encouraged to review the Pagabo Small Works DPS arrangements and ensure they are appropriately positioned to participate in any future competition. For further information please contact Lee Pontin, Pagabo Small Works DPS Manager, leon.pontin@pagabo.co.uk. Questions about the EKMS opportunity should be directed to the Trust procurement contact listed below. The further (read more...)

Summary: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust intends to replace and support its electronic key management system across inpatient mental health sites in Greater Manchester. The requirement covers 16 end-of-life electronic key cabinets, with two further cabinets either replaced or brought into the same managed environment, plus seven existing ward door access control pods. The system must retain existing physical keys, locks and master suites, with re-keying excluded. It will include biometric and non-biometric key release, controlled ward entrances and exits, readers, controllers, software and interfaces. A central web-based platform must provide administration, audit trails, scheduled reports, alarms and overdue-key escalation, while cabinets continue operating during outages. The scope also includes installation, commissioning, migration, training, equipment removal, support and maintenance. This is a combined security equipment, electronic locking and access-control service requirement.

Soft Market Testing-Sleep Service for Children and Young People

Description: We would like to invite providers to participate in our Soft Market Testing exercise for the provision of Sleep Services. Further information can be found in the Soft Market Testing document, which has been uploaded to the Chest (Project Reference No-DN 829806).

Summary: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council is planning a children’s and young people’s sleep service. The service is intended to support children and young people with sleep-related needs, under the welfare services category. It will be delivered for the council’s population, with the buying organisation supported by Star Procurement, which is managing the procurement process. The planned requirement is arranged as a single lot and falls under the light-touch regime for public services. This is a service contract rather than a supply or construction requirement, so relevant providers are organisations able to design and deliver specialist sleep support for children and young people, working with families and other services as required by the eventual specification.