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CA18401 - Window Cleaning Service

Description: Bedford College is seeking a single, reliable provider to deliver a high-quality window cleaning service across all campuses in Bedfordshire, Central Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. The appointed contractor must demonstrate best value, transparent costing, and the ability to maintain consistently excellent standards throughout the contract term. Full details of the building specifications and cleaning frequency requirements are included within the tender pack. This contract is offered on 1-year extensions up to maximum of four years To access this competition: Registered: Login to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity CA18401. Not registered: Visit https://suppliers.multiquote.com then register and quote CA18401 as the reason for registration. Any queries please contact MultiQuote on 020 3920 8054.

Summary: Bedford College is procuring a single provider for window-cleaning services across all its campuses in Bedfordshire, Central Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. The requirement covers routine cleaning of college buildings, with the required building specifications and cleaning frequencies set out in the tender pack. This is a facilities-cleaning services contract, classified under CPV 90911300. The appointed supplier will be responsible for delivering a consistently high-quality service across the college estate, rather than separate providers for individual sites or areas. Businesses specialising in commercial window cleaning, particularly those able to coordinate delivery across multiple campuses and maintain consistent standards, are the most relevant potential suppliers. The opportunity is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Framework to Provide Supply Agency Staff Services

Description: This is the reopening of Framework to Provide Supply Agency Staff Services - ocds-h6vhtk-05abb2 HEART Academies Trust, supported by Value Match Services, intends to undertake the first reopening of the Framework to Provide Supply Agency Staff Services. The open framework was established to provide eligible education-sector contracting authorities with access to suppliers of temporary, fixed-term and permanent teaching and non-teaching staff across the United Kingdom. The reopening will cover: Lot 1 - Direct Provision Lot 2 - Master Vendor Lot 3 - Neutral Vendor The reopening will provide an opportunity for new suppliers, previously unsuccessful suppliers and existing framework suppliers seeking to expand or revise their offering to apply for appointment to the relevant lot or lots. The tender notice and associated procurement documents are expected to be (read more...)

Summary: HEART Academies Trust intends to reopen a framework for recruitment and supply agency staffing services across the United Kingdom, supporting eligible education-sector contracting authorities. The framework will cover teaching staff, education support staff and other non-teaching personnel for temporary assignments, fixed-term employment and permanent roles. Three service models are planned. Direct Provision suppliers will deliver recruitment services themselves. A Master Vendor will provide a managed service, sourcing and administering workers while managing the full supply chain. A Neutral Vendor will manage an approved supply chain without directly supplying its own workers, except that affiliated businesses may provide up to 20% of workers. The work is a nationwide recruitment and managed staffing service for the education sector.

Framework to Provide Supply Agency Staff Services.

Description: HEART Academies Trust, supported by Value Match Services, intends to undertake preliminary market engagement in connection with the first reopening of the Framework to Provide Supply Agency Staff Services - ocds-h6vhtk-05abb2 The framework provides eligible education-sector contracting authorities with access to temporary, fixed-term and permanent teaching and non-teaching staff. It comprises the following lots: Lot 1 - Direct Provision Lot 2 - Master Vendor Lot 3 - Neutral Vendor The engagement will provide suppliers with an overview of the framework, the reopening process, the anticipated procurement timetable and the requirements for participating. Suppliers will also have an opportunity to raise questions and provide feedback ahead of publication of the tender notice. Engagement sessions Three one-hour online sessions will be held via Microsoft Teams: 8 October 2026, 10.00 am-11.00 (read more...)

Summary: HEART Academies Trust intends to reopen a framework for recruitment and supply agency staffing services across the United Kingdom, supporting eligible education-sector contracting authorities. The framework will cover teaching staff, education support staff and other non-teaching personnel for temporary assignments, fixed-term employment and permanent roles. Three service models are planned. Direct Provision suppliers will deliver recruitment services themselves. A Master Vendor will provide a managed service, sourcing and administering workers while managing the full supply chain. A Neutral Vendor will manage an approved supply chain without directly supplying its own workers, except that affiliated businesses may provide up to 20% of workers. The work is a nationwide recruitment and managed staffing service for the education sector.

Framework to Provide Supply Agency Staff Services.

Description: HEART Academies Trust, supported by Value Match Services, intends to undertake preliminary market engagement in connection with the first reopening of the Framework to Provide Supply Agency Staff Services. The framework provides eligible education-sector contracting authorities with access to temporary, fixed-term and permanent teaching and non-teaching staff. It comprises the following lots: Lot 1 - Direct Provision Lot 2 - Master Vendor Lot 3 - Neutral Vendor The engagement will provide suppliers with an overview of the framework, the reopening process, the anticipated procurement timetable and the requirements for participating. Suppliers will also have an opportunity to raise questions and provide feedback ahead of publication of the tender notice. Engagement sessions Three one-hour online sessions will be held via Microsoft Teams: 8 October 2026, 10.00 am-11.00 am 20 (read more...)

Summary: HEART Academies Trust intends to reopen a framework for recruitment and supply agency staffing services across the United Kingdom, supporting eligible education-sector contracting authorities. The framework will cover teaching staff, education support staff and other non-teaching personnel for temporary assignments, fixed-term employment and permanent roles. Three service models are planned. Direct Provision suppliers will deliver recruitment services themselves. A Master Vendor will provide a managed service, sourcing and administering workers while managing the full supply chain. A Neutral Vendor will manage an approved supply chain without directly supplying its own workers, except that affiliated businesses may provide up to 20% of workers. The work is a nationwide recruitment and managed staffing service for the education sector.

Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - School and Special Transport Open Framework

Description: Bedford Borough Council has a statutory duty to provide free home to school travel for compulsory school-aged children who meet nationally prescribed eligibility criteria and for post-16 students who meet locally determined criteria. To fulfil this duty, the Council commissions transport services from external providers using a range of vehicle types to meet the diverse needs of routes and individual passengers. In addition, the School and Specialist Transport Team arranges transport for a range of Adult and Children's Social Care requirements, including contact sessions, day services, and respite provision. To support the efficient and compliant procurement of these services, the Council is establishing a new Open Framework to replace the existing Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). Bedford Borough Council is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement in relation to (read more...)

Summary: Bedford Borough Council intends to establish a School and Special Transport Open Framework for passenger transport services. It will cover free home-to-school travel for eligible compulsory school-age children, locally eligible post-16 students, and specialist transport for children, adults and other service users. Requirements may include transport for social care contact sessions, day services and respite provision, using different vehicle types to meet route and passenger needs. The framework is intended to replace the Council’s existing Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System and support future transport call-offs. The work will be delivered across Bedford Borough, in the United Kingdom. The service category is passenger road transport, including taxi, non-scheduled and special-purpose transport and passenger cars with drivers.

BF1085 Fuel Monitoring System

Description: Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Authority is inviting suitable qualified organisations to bid for a modern, fit for purpose self-managed cloud-based Fuel Monitoring System. Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Authority operate six (6) sites with bunkered diesel vehicle fuel stations, three of which contain dual tanks. The sites are located within the county of Bedfordshire: Fire Headquarters Kempston (2 tanks / 1 dispenser), Bedford Fire Station (2 tanks / 2 dispensers), Stopsley Fire Station (1 tank / 1 dispenser), Luton Fire Station (2 tanks / 2 dispensers), Leighton Buzzard Fire Station (1 tank / 1 dispenser) and Dunstable Fire Station (1 tank / 1 dispenser). The objectives are to: * Provide real-time monitoring of six bunkered fuel site and eight fuel dispensers * Enable full auditability of fuel usage * (read more...)

Summary: Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue Authority is procuring a self-managed, cloud-based fuel monitoring system for its vehicle fleet. The requirement covers electronic fuel capacity gauges and monitoring equipment at six bunkered diesel fuelling sites: Fire Headquarters Kempston, Bedford Fire Station, Stopsley Fire Station, Luton Fire Station, Leighton Buzzard Fire Station and Dunstable Fire Station. Together, these sites have eight fuel dispensers, including three sites with dual tanks. The system is intended to provide real-time monitoring, auditable fuel-use records, management information, automated fuel reordering and recording for all vehicles using bunkered fuel, while also supporting wider fleet fuel management. It must capture vehicle mileage, registration, refuelling time and quantity dispensed, provide cloud access from the Bedford headquarters workshops, and be compatible with existing high and low-level alarms where technically possible. The procurement is for goods, including fuel pumps, pump parts and vehicle refuelling services.

Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - School and Special Transport Open Framework

Description: Bedford Borough Council has a statutory duty to provide free home to school travel for compulsory school-aged children who meet nationally prescribed eligibility criteria and for post-16 students who meet locally determined criteria. To fulfil this duty, the Council commissions transport services from external providers using a range of vehicle types to meet the diverse needs of routes and individual passengers. In addition, the School and Specialist Transport Team arranges transport for a range of Adult and Children's Social Care requirements, including contact sessions, day services, and respite provision. To support the efficient and compliant procurement of these services, the Council is establishing a new Open Framework to replace the existing Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). Bedford Borough Council is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement in relation to (read more...)

Summary: Bedford Borough Council intends to establish a School and Special Transport Open Framework for passenger transport services. It will cover free home-to-school travel for eligible compulsory school-age children, locally eligible post-16 students, and specialist transport for children, adults and other service users. Requirements may include transport for social care contact sessions, day services and respite provision, using different vehicle types to meet route and passenger needs. The framework is intended to replace the Council’s existing Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System and support future transport call-offs. The work will be delivered across Bedford Borough, in the United Kingdom. The service category is passenger road transport, including taxi, non-scheduled and special-purpose transport and passenger cars with drivers.

Salary Sacrifice Vehicle Services

Description: Managed vehicle salary sacrifice solutions for employees, incorporating vehicle supply, leasing and scheme administration. Primary customer base is expected to be education sector.

Summary: Heart Academies Trust is developing a managed employee vehicle salary sacrifice service for organisations across the UK. The service is expected to cover vehicle supply, leasing and administration, with a primary customer base in the education sector, including schools, academies, multi-academy trusts, colleges and universities. It may also be available to the wider UK public sector. The scope includes motor vehicles, fleet management, repair and maintenance, financial leasing, motor insurance, and related personnel and payroll services. Delivery will take place across the United Kingdom. The arrangement is intended to support employee access to vehicles, including electric and ultra-low-emission models, through a centrally managed framework.

Corn Exchange Food and Drink for Resale

Description: Bedford Borough Council requires an experienced and competent supplier to provide and deliver food and drink stock for Bedford Corn Exchange and Markets for re-sale purposes. The appointed contractor will be responsible for the supply of a comprehensive range of quality products, ensuring continuity of stock, reliable deliveries, and value for money, whilst supporting the Council's objective of generating a gross profit

Summary: Bedford Borough Council is procuring food and drink stock for resale at Bedford Corn Exchange and Markets. The requirement covers the supply and delivery of a comprehensive range of quality products, with the appointed supplier responsible for maintaining continuity of stock and providing reliable deliveries. This is a goods contract for catering supplies, including kitchen, household and domestic items used in catering. The purpose is to support the Council’s resale activities and its objective of generating a gross profit. Delivery and supply activity is centred on Bedford Corn Exchange and Markets in Bedford. The buyer is Bedford Borough Council, a sub-central public authority. The opportunity suits wholesalers, catering suppliers, food and drink distributors and other businesses able to provide a broad resale range rather than a single specialist product.

Pre-Market Engagement - Provision of Internal Audit Services

Description: Bedford College is undertaking a pre-market engagement (PME) exercise ahead of a planned procurement for the provision of internal audit services. The purpose of this engagement is to inform potential providers of the College's requirements, gather market feedback on the proposed scope and approach, and help shape a procurement process that secures a high-quality and cost-effective service. The anticipated scope includes the delivery of a risk-based internal audit service across the College and its subsidiaries, annual audit planning, reporting to the Audit Committee, and advisory support as required. This engagement is for market consultation purposes only and is not an invitation to tender, request for quotation, or call for competition. Participation in this engagement will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement process

Summary: Bedford College is preparing to procure internal audit services for the College and its subsidiaries. The anticipated requirement is a risk-based internal audit service, including annual audit planning, reporting to the Audit Committee and advisory support when required. This is a professional financial governance and assurance service, classified under CPV 79212200 (internal audit services). Delivery is described as taking place across the United Kingdom. The engagement is intended to help the College explain its requirements, obtain feedback on the proposed scope and approach, and shape a future procurement for a high-quality, cost-effective service. Bedford College is the buying organisation and is proceeding under the Procurement Act 2023 and associated regulations.