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Regional Clean Energy Skills Coordination and Action Planning

Description: Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington (ECW), working alongside the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the North West Net Zero Hub (NWNZH) is seeking to appoint an individual consultant or small group of consultants to oversee the implementation of the Clean Energy Skills Regional Action Plan (CESRAP), and in partnership with relevant neighbouring regions. The CESRAP brings together evidence from extensive stakeholder consultation, employer engagement, provider input, and regional modelling to identify where demand for clean energy skills is growing most quickly and where the provision is already strong. It identifies an urgent need to intervene in the skills ecosystem so that local people, employers, and their supply chains can develop the skills needed to benefit from the transition to clean energy to meet a significant (read more...)

Summary: Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington is buying consultancy services to oversee implementation of the Clean Energy Skills Regional Action Plan. The work covers putting the plan into practice, working with neighbouring regions, supporting regional collaboration and adapting delivery as policy, investment and labour-market conditions change. The plan addresses growing demand for clean-energy skills, drawing on stakeholder consultation, employer engagement, provider input and regional modelling. It recommends skills interventions for local people, employers and supply chains, supporting delivery of the Government’s Clean Energy Jobs Plan. The work is funded by the North West Net Zero Hub and is to be delivered in Winsford. This is a clean-energy skills, workforce planning and regional economic consultancy requirement, classified as research services and research consultancy services.

Cheshire and Warrington Outline Water Plan

Description: The newly established Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority (CWCA) has recently stated its intention to commission an Independent Economic Review (IER) for the subregion - setting out the evidence for the opportunities for and constraints on local growth. In support of this, it is vital to better understand where water infrastructure may require upgrades to support local ambition, and how we can better work together to ensure that flooding and drought are not impediments to growth whilst ensuring that wider ecosystem services and farming resilience are better supported. Simultaneously, the Water White Paper published in January 2026 committed Government to act on the Independent Water Commission recommendation, setting up Regional Systems Planning in England. DEFRA have set out an intention to pilot this through Regional System Planners (RSPs), (read more...)

Summary: Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington is commissioning consultancy services to develop the Cheshire and Warrington Outline Water Plan. The work will create a strategic, place-based evidence base covering water infrastructure needs, including upgrades needed to support local economic growth, and the risks posed by flooding and drought. It will consider ecosystem services, farming resilience and alignment between local spatial, economic and infrastructure planning, national and regional water planning, and the emerging North West Regional Systems Planner. The plan is intended to support the authority’s Independent Economic Review and engagement with regional water-planning arrangements. Delivery is focused on Cheshire and Warrington, within the North West of England. The procurement is for research and related consultancy services, classified under CPV 73000000, for a public undertaking.

Cheshire and Warrington Outline Water Plan

Description: The newly established Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority (CWCA) has recently stated its intention to commission an Independent Economic Review (IER) for the subregion - setting out the evidence for the opportunities for and constraints on local growth. In support of this, it is vital to better understand where water infrastructure may require upgrades to support local ambition, and how we can better work together to ensure that flooding and drought are not impediments to growth whilst ensuring that wider ecosystem services and farming resilience are better supported. Simultaneously, the Water White Paper published in January 2026 committed Government to act on the Independent Water Commission recommendation, setting up Regional Systems Planning in England. DEFRA have set out an intention to pilot this through Regional System Planners (RSPs), (read more...)

Summary: Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington is commissioning consultancy services to develop the Cheshire and Warrington Outline Water Plan. The work will create a strategic, place-based evidence base for water infrastructure, positioned between national and regional water planning and local spatial, economic and infrastructure planning. It will support the area’s Independent Economic Review and engagement with the emerging North West Regional Systems Planner. The study is intended to identify water infrastructure upgrades needed for growth, improve cooperation on flooding and drought, and support ecosystem services and farming resilience. This is a research and research consultancy assignment, delivered for the Cheshire and Warrington subregion, with the procurement associated with Winsford. It will suit consultancies working across water planning, infrastructure, economic development, environmental resilience and place-based strategy.

Adult Primary Care Continence

Description: This contract has been awarded to Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust under Direct Award Process A of the Provider Selection Regime. The specialist urogynaecology physiotherapy service forms an integrated element of the wider Primary Care Continence Service delivered to the Cheshire West population and is clinically interdependent with the existing continence pathway operating across the West Cheshire Health Collaborative. The service requires direct integration with the established multidisciplinary continence team, shared clinical pathways, referral and triage arrangements, clinical governance processes and collaborative working arrangements that are already in place between the Provider and Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The service is not a standalone physiotherapy service that can be separated from the wider continence pathway without creating fragmentation of care, duplication of processes and (read more...)

Summary: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has commissioned an adult primary care continence service for the Cheshire West population. The requirement is for specialist urogynaecology physiotherapy integrated into the wider continence pathway and West Cheshire Health Collaborative. It includes multidisciplinary working, shared clinical pathways, referral and triage arrangements, clinical governance and coordination with existing services. This is an NHS healthcare service rather than a standalone physiotherapy contract: separating the specialist element would disrupt patient management and duplicate processes. Delivery is centred on Chester and the wider Cheshire West population. The selected provider is Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which is already embedded in the pathway and works with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Allotment Fencing

Description: Hartford Parish Council seeks quotations for the supply and installation of 1.2-metre-high bow-top fencing to secure the perimeter of an allotment site, including two access gates. The works must provide a durable, safe, and visually appropriate boundary suitable for a community allotment environment.

Summary: Hartford Parish Council is procuring works to secure the perimeter of a community allotment site in Hartford, near Northwich. The requirement is to supply and install 1.2-metre-high bow-top fencing, including two access gates. The completed boundary must be durable, safe and visually appropriate for an allotment environment. This is a fencing installation project, classified under CPV 45342000 for the erection of fencing. The buyer is Hartford Parish Council, which is responsible for the allotment requirement. The opportunity may suit contractors that undertake small public-sector fencing, boundary and access-gate projects, particularly those able to manage both supply and installation on a community site. The work is categorised as construction works rather than goods supply alone, so bidders should be prepared to deliver a complete installed solution.

Managed lettings services for The Sir John Brunner Foundation

Description: The Sir John Brunner Foundation Multi-Academy Trust (Cheshire) is undertaking pre-market engagement in relation to a proposed procurement for the management of community lettings and facilities hire across part of its estate. The initial scope is expected to include Middlewich High School and Sir John Deane's Sixth Form College, with the possibility of future extension to other Trust sites, subject to suitability, value for money and operational requirements. The Trust's wider estate includes The County High School, Leftwich and (from November) primary academies in the Northwich area. The Trust is seeking to understand the market for managed lettings services and to inform the development of its final specification, procurement route and commercial model. The proposed requirement is expected to involve the management, marketing, booking, administration and operational delivery (read more...)

Summary: The Sir John Brunner Foundation is exploring managed lettings services for community use of school and college facilities outside core educational hours. The initial sites are Middlewich High School and Sir John Deane’s Sixth Form College, with possible extension to other Trust sites in the Northwich and Cheshire area. The service could cover marketing, bookings, customer management, income collection, staffing, supervision, safeguarding, compliance, reporting and day-to-day operational delivery. Potential facilities include sports halls, outdoor pitches, 3G or astro facilities, playing fields, performance and assembly spaces, classrooms, specialist teaching areas, changing rooms, car parks and ancillary spaces. The aims are to increase out-of-hours use, widen access for clubs and community groups, reduce administrative pressure on academy staff, protect facilities for education and increase income through better utilisation. This is a services procurement, including facilities management and sports facility operation.

Cheshire and Warrington Growth Hub Business Support Services

Description: This ITT sets out the information which is required in order to assess the suitability of bidders in terms of their capacity to deliver flexible, responsive business support, quality assurance processes, relationship management, service levels and innovative solutions to meet the requirements of ECW for Cheshire and Warrington Growth Hub Support Services Across Cheshire and Warrington, businesses have had access to a wide range of support offers. However, this provision is often time limited, programme specific, or fragmented across organisations, which can make navigation difficult for SMEs. Businesses frequently report uncertainty about who does what, leading to disengagement after initial enquiry. The available services have been curtailed recently due to funding reductions. ECW is commissioning a service to address this gap on an interim basis via an embedded (read more...)

Summary: Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington is procuring business and management consultancy services for the Cheshire and Warrington Growth Hub. The requirement is an interim, embedded business support service that complements national, regional and local provision and adds resource to the National Business Growth Service. It will provide practical, hands-on advice to businesses, follow-up support and business-readiness assistance, with clear referral routes, feedback loops and navigation across the business support system. The service is intended to make support easier for SMEs to access and help them take action and progress. Delivery is across Cheshire and Warrington in the North West of England. The service should also establish a scalable model that can adapt to future devolved arrangements and maintain continuity during transition to a combined-authority-led service.

Cheshire and Warrington Outline Water Plan

Description: The newly established Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority (CWCA) has recently stated its intention to commission an Independent Economic Review (IER) for the subregion - setting out the evidence for the opportunities for and constraints on local growth. In support of this, it is vital to better understand where water infrastructure may require upgrades to support local ambition, and how we can better work together to ensure that flooding and drought are not impediments to growth whilst ensuring that wider ecosystem services and farming resilience are better supported. Simultaneously, the Water White Paper published in January 2026 committed Government to act on the Independent Water Commission recommendation, setting up Regional Systems Planning in England. DEFRA have set out an intention to pilot this through Regional System Planners (RSPs), (read more...)

Summary: Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington is commissioning consultancy services to develop the Cheshire and Warrington Outline Water Plan. The work will create a strategic, place-based evidence base covering water infrastructure needs, including upgrades needed to support local economic growth, and the risks posed by flooding and drought. It will consider ecosystem services, farming resilience and alignment between local spatial, economic and infrastructure planning, national and regional water planning, and the emerging North West Regional Systems Planner. The plan is intended to support the authority’s Independent Economic Review and engagement with regional water-planning arrangements. Delivery is focused on Cheshire and Warrington, within the North West of England. The procurement is for research and related consultancy services, classified under CPV 73000000, for a public undertaking.

Cheshire and Warrington Outline Water Plan

Description: The newly established Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority (CWCA) has recently stated its intention to commission an Independent Economic Review (IER) for the subregion - setting out the evidence for the opportunities for and constraints on local growth. In support of this, it is vital to better understand where water infrastructure may require upgrades to support local ambition, and how we can better work together to ensure that flooding and drought are not impediments to growth whilst ensuring that wider ecosystem services and farming resilience are better supported. Simultaneously, the Water White Paper published in January 2026 committed Government to act on the Independent Water Commission recommendation, setting up Regional Systems Planning in England. DEFRA have set out an intention to pilot this through Regional System Planners (RSPs), (read more...)

Summary: Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington is commissioning consultancy services to develop the Cheshire and Warrington Outline Water Plan. The work will create a strategic, place-based evidence base for water infrastructure, positioned between national and regional water planning and local spatial, economic and infrastructure planning. It will support the area’s Independent Economic Review and engagement with the emerging North West Regional Systems Planner. The study is intended to identify water infrastructure upgrades needed for growth, improve cooperation on flooding and drought, and support ecosystem services and farming resilience. This is a research and research consultancy assignment, delivered for the Cheshire and Warrington subregion, with the procurement associated with Winsford. It will suit consultancies working across water planning, infrastructure, economic development, environmental resilience and place-based strategy.

Outline Water Plan

Description: The newly established Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority (CWCA) has recently stated its intention to commission an Independent Economic Review (IER) for the subregion - setting out the evidence for the opportunities for and constraints on local growth. In support of this, it is vital to better understand where water infrastructure may require upgrades to support local ambition, and how we can better work together to ensure that flooding and drought are not impediments to growth whilst ensuring that wider ecosystem services and farming resilience are better supported. Simultaneously, the Water White Paper published in January 2026 committed Government to act on the Independent Water Commission recommendation, setting up Regional Systems Planning in England. DEFRA have set out an intention to pilot this through Regional System Planners (RSPs), (read more...)

Summary: Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington is commissioning consultancy services to develop the Cheshire and Warrington Outline Water Plan. The work will create a strategic, place-based evidence base for water infrastructure, positioned between national and regional water planning and local spatial, economic and infrastructure planning. It will support the area’s Independent Economic Review and engagement with the emerging North West Regional Systems Planner. The study is intended to identify water infrastructure upgrades needed for growth, improve cooperation on flooding and drought, and support ecosystem services and farming resilience. This is a research and research consultancy assignment, delivered for the Cheshire and Warrington subregion, with the procurement associated with Winsford. It will suit consultancies working across water planning, infrastructure, economic development, environmental resilience and place-based strategy.