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Adult Education - HGV and Bus Driver Training Skills Bootcamp Programme

Description: Pre Market Engagement event for Adult Education - HGV and Bus Driver Training Skills Bootcamp Programme

Summary: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority intends to procure adult education and skills bootcamp training for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and bus drivers. The work is training services aimed at developing the skills needed for HGV and public service vehicle (PSV) driving. Delivery is in South Yorkshire. The Authority is engaging with learning organisations that have the expertise, capability, capacity and infrastructure to provide this training. This is a single-lot programme, intended to be suitable for small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises as well as other providers.

Removal of Illegally Parked Vehicles

Description: Contract for the removal, storage of vehicles for various reasons including: Highway work obstruction Persistent parking enforcement evader Obstruction or dangerous parking Unauthorised use of disabled bays Clean Air Zone (CAZ) persistent evaders Untaxed vehicles Event and TTRO enforcement

Summary: Sheffield City Council is seeking a vehicle removal and storage service in Sheffield. Vehicles may be removed because they obstruct highway works, are dangerously or unlawfully parked, or are associated with persistent parking or Clean Air Zone enforcement evasion. The service also covers vehicles in disabled bays without authorisation, untaxed vehicles, and enforcement linked to events and temporary traffic regulation orders. The work includes recovery of cars and commercial vehicles and vehicle-fleet management. Suppliers need to provide the operational service for the council’s range of enforcement and highway-related requirements.

Agreements for Start Up Loans' Business Support Partners

Description: The Start-Up Loans Company (SUL) is part of the British Business Bank (the Bank), which is a government-owned economic development bank that makes finance markets for smaller businesses work more effectively. The Bank's mission is to drive economic growth by helping smaller businesses get the finance they need to start, scale and stay in the UK. In doing so, the Bank helps capture the economic value of innovation for the UK and create jobs and prosperity for people across the country. The Bank designs, delivers, and manages a range of products through over 200 Delivery Partners, helping to increase both the supply and diversity of finance available to smaller businesses. Through our Banking business, the Bank increases the availability of debt finance for businesses right across the UK (read more...)

Summary: The Start-Up Loans Company is seeking business support partners to broker government-backed personal start-up loans and guide aspiring and early-stage business owners through pre-application and application support. The service supports people starting or growing a business who may struggle to access finance elsewhere. There are 12 regional contracts covering the East Midlands, East of England, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber; a national service; and two UK-wide specialist services for military-connected applicants and young people. The national and specialist services also cover the devolved nations. The work is loan brokerage combined with practical support to applicants, rather than lending the funds. The buyer is The Start-Up Loans Company, part of British Business Bank.

STH - Annual Inspection and Verification of Critical Ventilation Systems

Description: The Authority requires the services of a specialist commissioning contractor to provide independent validation, annual inspection and verification services for critical ventilation systems across the Trust, together with LEV inspections carried out in accordance with HSG258 every 14 months. Critical Ventilation systems are essential for patient safety, particularly in operating theatres and other clinical environments. These systems must be regularly verified to ensure they meet stringent standards and continue to operate safely and effectively.

Summary: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust intends to procure specialist services to independently validate, inspect and verify its critical ventilation systems across the Trust. The work covers annual inspection and verification, as well as local exhaust ventilation (LEV) inspections in line with HSG258, carried out every 14 months. These systems serve operating theatres and other clinical environments, where safe and effective operation is essential to patient safety. The services are ventilation-system inspection and commissioning (CPV 71315410). Delivery is across the Trust in Sheffield. The procurement is intended to secure recurring technical inspection and validation services for critical healthcare ventilation, rather than the supply of ventilation equipment or installation work.

Lone Worker Safety Solution for Adult Care & Wellbeing Services

Description: A lone worker is an employee that carries out their job duties without any additional workers watching over them or working with them. SCC requires the best and most cost effective solution that can monitor employees travelling to and from destinations, provide safeguard when workers meet with clients unknown to them or during a hazardous operation that they need to perform alone on a site.

Summary: Sheffield City Council is seeking a lone-worker safety service for its Adult Care and Wellbeing Services. It needs a solution to monitor staff travelling to and from appointments, help safeguard workers meeting clients they do not know, and protect staff carrying out hazardous tasks alone on site. The requirement is for a practical, cost-effective service that supports employees working without colleagues present. The work is in health and social care services, with delivery specified in the United Kingdom. Suppliers should be able to provide a monitoring and safety solution suited to staff working in the community and in potentially hazardous situations.

Multiply 2026-2027

Description: Multiply aims to see meaningful participation that boosts people's ability to use maths in their daily life, at home and work - and enables adults to achieve formal qualifications that can open doors for them (such as into a job, progression in work, or progression to further study).

Summary: Sheffield City Council is seeking providers to deliver Multiply adult maths education and training services. The programme is intended to help adults use maths in everyday life at home and work, and gain formal qualifications that may support entry to employment, progression at work or further study. The requirement is for services, with delivery listed across the United Kingdom. This opportunity will suit organisations able to provide learning that connects practical numeracy with adults’ employment and education goals.

Furniture Removal, Storage and Disposal Services

Description: The Council is looking to re-tender for services for the removal, storage and disposal of corporate and housing furniture. This service is used to move office furniture between corporate buildings for office moves and used by the housing service to remove, store and/or dispose of furniture from Council properties when Council tenants move as part of the decant procedure.

Summary: Sheffield City Council is seeking a provider for furniture removal, storage and disposal services covering both its corporate and housing services. Work includes moving office furniture between Council buildings during office moves, and removing, storing and/or disposing of furniture from Council homes when tenants move as part of a decant. Delivery is in Sheffield. The requirement combines furniture handling and storage with transport services, including the provision of goods-transport vehicles with drivers. It is intended to replace the Council’s existing services. Small and medium-sized businesses are considered suitable for this opportunity.

Taxi Driver Knowledge Tests

Description: The provision of a secure, web-based test delivery service to support the Council's Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Drivers Licence process. The service will be used to administer online knowledge tests to applicants in a controlled and auditable way, producing consistent results and supporting fair assessments. The Council is going to market to identify a supplier that can provide a robust platform, appropriate support and maintenance, and assurance of test integrity. Test will be taken by applicants on infrastructure provided by the Council and hosted on Council premises with Council staff providing all checking and invigilation processes. The contract will be for an initial period of 12 months with the option to extended for an additional 12-month period.

Summary: Sheffield City Council is seeking a secure, web-based service to deliver knowledge tests for applicants to its Hackney Carriage and Private Hire driver licensing process. The platform must administer online tests in a controlled, auditable way, produce consistent results and support fair assessment. The requirement includes a robust test platform, support and maintenance, and assurance that tests are secure and their integrity is protected. Applicants will take the tests using infrastructure supplied by the Council, at Council premises. Council staff will carry out all applicant checks and invigilation. This is a service procurement covering test delivery software and related support, for the Council’s licensing operation in Sheffield.

WorkWell 2027

Description: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) is inviting service providers and wider stakeholders to participate in a market engagement event ahead of the recommissioning of the WorkWell service across South Yorkshire. The current WorkWell provision is due to end on 31 March 2027, with the recommissioned service expected to go live from 1 April 2027.

Summary: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority plans to recommission WorkWell, a health service delivered across South Yorkshire. The service is intended to support people with health conditions or disabilities, combining employment support, health and wellbeing services, and vocational support. Community-based provision is also relevant to the proposed service. The buyer is seeking input on the service model, intended outcomes and priorities, and welcomes experience and good practice from across the sector. Delivery may involve partnership between service providers and wider stakeholders. The work is classified as health services, but the described scope spans employment and vocational support as well as health and wellbeing provision.

WorkWell 2027

Description: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) is inviting service providers and wider stakeholders to participate in a market engagement event ahead of the recommissioning of the WorkWell service across South Yorkshire. The current WorkWell provision is due to end on 31 March 2027, with the recommissioned service expected to go live from 1 April 2027.

Summary: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority plans to recommission WorkWell, a health service delivered across South Yorkshire. The service is intended to support people with health conditions or disabilities, combining employment support, health and wellbeing services, and vocational support. Community-based provision is also relevant to the proposed service. The buyer is seeking input on the service model, intended outcomes and priorities, and welcomes experience and good practice from across the sector. Delivery may involve partnership between service providers and wider stakeholders. The work is classified as health services, but the described scope spans employment and vocational support as well as health and wellbeing provision.