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Chelmsford College Website tender

Description: The College is looking for a company to build a new website in ASP.net to replace our current website. It should appeal to all of our user groups: students, parents, local businesses, etc. We are looking for a mobile first design that will capture the interest of prospective students. We would also ask that all designs are able to meet the accessibility standards set out by the WCAG

Summary: Chelmsford College is seeking a supplier to design and build a replacement website in ASP.NET. It should use a mobile-first design and appeal to students, parents and local businesses, with particular emphasis on attracting prospective students. The work includes designing and developing the site and meeting WCAG accessibility standards. The requirement is for website design and development services, delivered for the College in England. The College has explored the use of Umbraco and asked about hosting, payment portals and links to its existing systems during its market engagement; these are considerations raised by the College rather than confirmed technical requirements in the tender description.

Waste Service Mobile Plant

Description: Essex is a large county with almost 1.5 million residents generating approximately 700,000 tonnes of local authority collected waste per annum. As the statutory Waste Disposal Authority for Essex, Essex County Council (the Authority) is responsible for providing a range of infrastructure and arrangements for the management of waste. The Authority operate 21 Recycling Centres for Household Waste (RCHW) and 5 Waste Transfer Stations (WTS), and work closely with the 12 borough, city and district councils who are the Waste Collection Authorities (WCA) within the county of Essex. Brief Overview of the Requirement: The Authority requires a number of machines to operate their WTSs and RCHWs. This tender is to procure hire, including repair and maintenance, of the following machines lotted as follows: Lot 1: 4 Loading Shovels (read more...)

Summary: Essex County Council is seeking hired mobile plant, including repair and maintenance, to move waste at its waste transfer stations and household recycling centres across Essex. The three lots cover four 20-tonne loading shovels and three 20-tonne materials handlers for waste transfer stations, plus 12 16-tonne materials handlers for household recycling centres. The council is responsible for waste disposal across the county and operates 21 household recycling centres and five transfer stations, working with Essex’s borough, city and district councils on waste collection. This requirement combines machinery hire with ongoing repair and maintenance, supporting the operation of these waste facilities.

Waste Service Mobile Plant

Description: Essex is a large county with almost 1.5 million residents generating approximately 700,000 tonnes of local authority collected waste per annum. As the statutory Waste Disposal Authority for Essex, Essex County Council (the Authority) is responsible for providing a range of infrastructure and arrangements for the management of waste. The Authority operate 21 Recycling Centres for Household Waste (RCHW) and 5 Waste Transfer Stations (WTS), and work closely with the 12 borough, city and district councils who are the Waste Collection Authorities (WCA) within the county of Essex. Brief Overview of the Requirement: The Authority requires a number of machines to operate their WTSs and RCHWs. This tender is to procure hire, including repair and maintenance, of the following machines lotted as follows: Lot 1: 4 Loading Shovels (read more...)

Summary: Essex County Council is seeking hired mobile plant, including repair and maintenance, to move waste at its waste transfer stations and household recycling centres across Essex. The three lots cover four 20-tonne loading shovels and three 20-tonne materials handlers for waste transfer stations, plus 12 16-tonne materials handlers for household recycling centres. The council is responsible for waste disposal across the county and operates 21 household recycling centres and five transfer stations, working with Essex’s borough, city and district councils on waste collection. This requirement combines machinery hire with ongoing repair and maintenance, supporting the operation of these waste facilities.

F043PA - Wellbeing and Policy Support Services for Schools Market Engagement

Description: ssex County Council is seeking an established, off-the-shelf digital solution that can be mobilised at pace across all Essex schools, enabling individual schools to develop and publish their own Inclusion Strategy aligned to the DFE inclusion priorities and Essex pillars of inclusion. Please see below microsoft forms to complete https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/TLMPmJ0YYa

Summary: Essex County Council is considering an established, off-the-shelf digital solution to help schools develop and publish their own inclusion strategies. The strategies must align with Department for Education inclusion priorities and Essex’s pillars of inclusion. The service is intended for deployment across schools throughout Essex, rather than for a single school. This is a digital education support service, not a request for bespoke software development or a direct delivery of school-based teaching. The council is seeking a solution that schools can use to create and publish their strategies, with support for a rapid, coordinated rollout across the county. The procurement is being planned by Essex County Council, based in Chelmsford.

Quantum Multi Academy Trust - Gas Flex Tender

Description: The physical supply of Gas to all Authority sites via a flexible arrangement along with associated invoicing and query management services.

Summary: Quantum Multi Academy Trust is buying the physical supply of mains gas to all of its sites, together with associated invoicing and query-management services. The Trust is the buyer, and the requirement covers its sites in the United Kingdom. Suppliers need to provide gas as well as manage the supporting account and billing queries; this is a combined supply and service requirement rather than gas supply alone.

A028PA Direct Payment Support Services

Description: Essex County Council ("the Council") is inviting providers to participate in a market engagement exercise to inform the Councils commissioning considerations regarding the provision of direct payment support services supporting adults and children with their self-directed support offer through the delivery of direct payments. Essex County Council are committed to increase the number of people who wish to access a social care direct payment that enables individuals to remain independent through developing their own packages of care and support. Direct payments are intended to give people greater choice, control and flexibility to arrange and manage their care and support needs, through the receipt of regular funds from the Council. However, we recognise that for some people, choosing a direct payment may not be an option without support managing (read more...)

Summary: Essex County Council is planning direct payment support services for adults and children using self-directed social care. The service is intended to help people arrange and manage their own care, with support including personal assistant recruitment, information and advice, specialist employment guidance, a personal assistant hub, account management, payroll and payments. The Council aims to increase people’s choice, control and independence through direct payments, and to build confidence and understanding of how they work. Delivery is intended across Essex. The Council is consulting providers to understand what services they can offer and how the service should be designed; the scope may change after this engagement and governance approval.

Short Breaks, Community Clubs and Activities (SBCCA)

Description: Short Breaks Community Clubs and Activities (SBCCA) offer parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disability (SEND) a break from their additional caring responsibilities, while ensuring children and young people have the opportunities develop, learn, socialise and interact with their peers.

Summary: Essex County Council intends to procure Short Breaks Community Clubs and Activities for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The service is designed to give parents and carers a break from additional caring responsibilities, while providing children and young people with opportunities to develop, learn, socialise and interact with peers. This is a community and social support service, covering Essex. The council is planning provision to follow the current contracts, and is inviting both existing providers and other interested organisations to take part in provider engagement. The work is intended to meet the needs and preferences families have shared through engagement, including visits to current services, SEND roadshows, support groups and online sessions.

Housing Site Identification, Landowner Engagement and Consultancy Services.

Description: Chelmsford City Council is seeking tenders from suitably qualified and experienced consultants to identify privately owned sites within the Chelmsford City administrative area suitable for residential development and capable of being secured for future housing delivery.

Summary: Chelmsford City Council is seeking consultancy services to identify privately owned land within the Chelmsford City administrative area that is suitable for residential development and could be secured for future housing delivery. The work includes engaging with landowners as part of the site-identification exercise. This is a property and land consultancy requirement, classified under real estate agency services. The work concerns potential housing sites in the Chelmsford area; the council is the buyer.

Social Media Screening Services

Description: Essex County Council (ECC) is seeking information from suppliers of social media screening services as part of an early market engagement exercise. ECC's HR Shared Services team provides employment vetting services to over 900 schools across Essex, as well as a range of local authority and other public sector organisations. We are reviewing the market to better understand current service offerings, pricing models, capacity, technology, reporting capabilities and supplier experience. The information gathered will help inform our future service requirements and any potential procurement activity. Please note, this exercise does not form part of a formal procurement process and participation will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement activity.

Summary: Essex County Council is exploring social media screening services for its HR Shared Services team, which provides employment vetting to more than 900 schools across Essex and to local authorities and other public-sector organisations. The service is intended to support screening of candidates’ online presence, including searches across social media platforms and internet search engines, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Suppliers are being asked about coverage of platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit and Threads, as well as screening methods and reporting. The service would support employment vetting across Essex; the engagement also seeks examples of delivery to comparable public-sector customers.

Chelmsford College Website tender

Description: The College is looking for a company to build a new website in ASP.net to replace our current website. It should appeal to all of our user groups: students, parents, local businesses, etc. We are looking for a mobile first design that will capture the interest of prospective students. We would also ask that all designs are able to meet the accessibility standards set out by the WCAG

Summary: Chelmsford College is seeking a supplier to design and build a replacement website in ASP.NET. It should use a mobile-first design and appeal to students, parents and local businesses, with particular emphasis on attracting prospective students. The work includes designing and developing the site and meeting WCAG accessibility standards. The requirement is for website design and development services, delivered for the College in England. The College has explored the use of Umbraco and asked about hosting, payment portals and links to its existing systems during its market engagement; these are considerations raised by the College rather than confirmed technical requirements in the tender description.