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Peaks & Plains - Asset Management System Replacement

Description: Procurement Description 1. Scope of Works and Services Required Peaks & Plains Housing Trust is seeking a modern, cloud-hosted Asset Management System (AMS) to replace its incumbent platform (Keystone), which has reached technical obsolescence. This procurement covers the supply of software-as-a-service (SaaS) core licenses, implementation services, data migration, technical integrations, and ongoing software support and maintenance over a contract term of 10 years. The implementation will be delivered in a phased approach: * Phase 1 (Core Implementation & Go-Live): Supply and deployment of the core asset platform, including the asset register and hierarchy, property characteristics, component attributes and lifecycles, a fully operational stock condition surveying service with a native mobile offline application (iOS/Android), 30-year investment planning, Net Present Value (NPV) option appraisal, an energy and retrofit module, capital (read more...)

Summary: Cheshire Peaks and Plains Housing Trust intends to replace its obsolete Keystone platform with a cloud-hosted asset management system. The purchase covers software licences, implementation, migration of historic data, integrations, and ongoing support. The initial system is to provide an asset register and hierarchy, property and component records, mobile offline stock-condition surveying, 30-year investment planning, option appraisal, energy and retrofit functions, completed-works processing, reporting and APIs. It will support about 5,200 homes across social and affordable rent, shared ownership, leasehold and freehold, alongside communal areas, garages, car parks, community buildings, commercial units and land. The Trust expects roughly 1,000 stock-condition surveys, 1,500 property-condition inspections and 1,000 diagnostic inspections each year. Delivery is for the Trust’s asset portfolio; the buyer is based in Macclesfield.

SEND Mediation and Disagreement Resolution Service (MDRS)

Description: The MDRS contract is specifically linked to decisions about education, health, and care needs assessments and education, health, and care plans (EHCP), while disagreement resolution services can be used to try to resolve other issues in relation to your child's special educational needs (SEN). The Children and Families Act 2014 and the related Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0-25 years (SEND code of practice) (DfE, 2015) place an emphasis on the avoidance of disagreements through a person-centred approach to decision-making and open communication between professionals and parents and young people. It is an alternative to a Tribunal hearing and is much quicker and less formal. Mediation enables people to communicate better with each other, and it can help re-build relationships that have broken down. Parents (read more...)

Summary: Cheshire East Council is seeking a provider for a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Mediation and Disagreement Resolution Service. The service will support parents, children and young people to resolve disputes about education, health and care needs assessments and education, health and care plans, as well as other issues relating to special educational needs. Mediation is intended as an alternative to a tribunal hearing, helping parties communicate and rebuild relationships. Parents and young people must consider mediation before registering an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability); mediation can also address health and social care elements of an education, health and care plan. The service will be delivered in Cheshire East, within the North West of England.

ICO FOI Concilliation Service - Pre Market Engagement

Description: The Information Commission (IC) is undertaking discovery for a future FOI Conciliation Service (FCS). We are inviting suppliers to this pre market engagement to share market insight on the feasibility, delivery approach and indicative timescales for a service capable of supporting the end-to-end handling and conciliation of Freedom of Information (FOI) complaints. Prior to commencing formal procurement, we are engaging the market to: *Refine and validate our understanding of the broader opportunity, to demonstrate best practice in the application of new technology whilst maintaining public trust. *Shape our requirements, drawing on sector best practices and supplier expertise to deliver a solution. *Gain insight into indicative delivery timelines, and the organisational conditions we would need to enable for success. *Leverage supplier experience in delivering technology solutions for similar organisations. (read more...)

Summary: The Information Commissioner’s Office is exploring a future Freedom of Information (FOI) Conciliation Service to handle FOI complaints end to end, including conciliation. The intended service would use technology to support complaint handling while maintaining public trust. The work is classified as services and relates to software, systems, programming and consultancy, system support and computer-related management services. The buyer is the Information Commissioner’s Office, based in Wilmslow. The stated delivery country is the United Kingdom. The current activity is preliminary market engagement to inform the service requirements and a later tender specification, rather than a request for suppliers to submit bids for the service itself.

All Age Carers Hub

Description: Cheshire East Council is recommissioning its support offer for carers across the borough. The service will support adult carers who provide unpaid care and support to family members, friends and neighbours living within Cheshire East. Under the Care Act 2014, the Local Authority has a statutory responsibility to identify, assess need and support carers. The Council recognises the vital contribution unpaid carers make to sustaining families, communities, health services and social care and is committed to ensuring carers are recognised, valued and supported as equal partners in care. The final scope of the procurement will be confirmed following market engagement and completion of the service design process. It is anticipated the contract will include: provision of accessible information, advice and guidance; early identification and engagement; flexible preventative support; (read more...)

Summary: Cheshire East Council plans to recommission borough-wide support for unpaid adult carers looking after family members, friends or neighbours who live in Cheshire East. The service is intended to provide accessible information, advice and guidance; identify and engage carers early; and offer flexible, preventative support. Anticipated activities include wellbeing and resilience support, training and skills development, peer and community networks, digital approaches and co-production so carers can influence service design. It is also intended to provide targeted help to carers facing additional barriers or inequalities, and build partnerships across voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, social care and health services. This is a health and social care service (CPV 85000000), delivered across Cheshire East.

Enhanced Work Experience Programme

Description: This is an opportunity for a provider to bid to provide an Enhanced Work Experience Programme for cared for children and care leavers aged 16-20, particularly those who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) or at risk of becoming NEET.

Summary: Cheshire East Council is seeking a provider for an enhanced work experience programme for cared-for children and care leavers aged 16–20, with particular focus on young people who are not in education, employment or training, or at risk of becoming so. The service is classified as job-search support and is intended to help these young people access practical work experience. Delivery is in Cheshire East, England. The procurement is for a single service lot. The Council is the buying organisation and is seeking a provider able to work with this defined group of young people and deliver a tailored employment-focused programme.

Enhanced Work Experience Programme

Description: This is an opportunity for a provider to bid to provide an Enhanced Work Experience Programme for cared for children and care leavers aged 16-20, particularly those who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) or at risk of becoming NEET.

Summary: Cheshire East Council is seeking a provider for an enhanced work experience programme for cared-for children and care leavers aged 16–20, with particular focus on young people who are not in education, employment or training, or at risk of becoming so. The service is classified as job-search support and is intended to help these young people access practical work experience. Delivery is in Cheshire East, England. The procurement is for a single service lot. The Council is the buying organisation and is seeking a provider able to work with this defined group of young people and deliver a tailored employment-focused programme.

Dermatology Service

Description: To provide a consultant led service for patients of East Cheshire Dermatology service

Summary: Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust procured a consultant-led dermatology service for patients using the East Cheshire Dermatology service. The work covers outpatient clinics and a fully managed service, including both healthcare delivery and administrative support. Services are intended for patients in Cheshire East. The Trust is based at Leighton Hospital in Crewe; the service delivery location is described as locations within Cheshire East. This is a healthcare service rather than a supply of equipment or a construction project. The requirement addresses the Trust’s immediate clinical needs for dermatology patients, with the provider identified through the Trust’s internal governance process.

Care at Home

Description: Care and support services delivered in people's homes across the borough. This is currently known as Care at Home or Domiciliary Care. These statutory services enable people who need care to remain living safely and independently in their own homes.

Summary: Cheshire East Council intends to procure Care at Home services: personal care and support delivered in people’s homes across the borough, helping people who need care to live safely and independently. The service is currently known as Care at Home or domiciliary care and is a statutory adult social care service. Delivery is across Cheshire East, including rural and geographically dispersed communities and areas where access to care is challenging. The council is shaping a future neighbourhood-based model intended to improve outcomes and support people to remain in their own homes. The procurement is planned as a single service lot within an open framework arrangement. Providers may need to deliver care across local communities and coordinate service delivery around neighbourhoods, rather than operate only from a central location.

Domestic Build Works (Disability Adaptations)

Description: Cheshire East Council intends to procure a framework to fulfil its Domestic Build Works requirements for disability adaptations. This will assist Cheshire East Council in the completion of works in order to support vulnerable residents to help them to live safely and independently. It is envisaged that our requirements will be split into four lots: * Lot 1 Building Alterations (South Cheshire, covering Crewe, Nantwich, Alsager, Sandbach, Middlewich, Audlem and surrounding villages and hamlets) * Lot 2 Building Alterations (East Cheshire, covering Congleton, Macclesfield, Holmes Chapel, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Poynton, Disley and surround villages and hamlets) * Lot 3 External Works (South Cheshire, covering Crewe, Nantwich, Alsager, Sandbach, Middlewich, Audlem and surrounding villages and hamlets) * Lot 4 External Works (East Cheshire, covering Congleton, Macclesfield, Holmes Chapel, Knutsford, Wilmslow, (read more...)

Summary: Cheshire East Council is procuring a framework for domestic building work to adapt homes for residents with disabilities, helping vulnerable people live safely and independently. The work is divided into four lots: building alterations in South Cheshire and East Cheshire, and external works in each area. Alterations can include site preparation, foundations, walls, roofs, windows and doors, floors, internal walls and ceilings, electrics, plumbing, drainage, heating, kitchens and bathrooms. External work includes groundworks, fencing, external handrails and external doors. Delivery covers Crewe, Nantwich, Alsager, Sandbach, Middlewich, Audlem and nearby villages in South Cheshire; and Congleton, Macclesfield, Holmes Chapel, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Poynton, Disley and nearby villages in East Cheshire.

Hearing Support Services

Description: Cheshire East Council is seeking a provider to deliver a hearing support service for D/deaf people living in Cheshire East. This includes information and advice, support with communication (BSL) and face to face hearing support assessments and provision of equipment in the home.

Summary: Cheshire East Council is buying a hearing support service for d/Deaf people and people with hearing impairment who live in Cheshire East. The service covers information and advice, communication support including British Sign Language, face-to-face hearing support assessments, and providing equipment in people’s homes. It is intended for people of all ages, including those with dual sensory loss (deafblind); for people with severe dual sensory loss, the provider is expected to deliver the hearing-related support element. This is a community and social support service, rather than a supply-only equipment contract. Delivery is across Cheshire East.