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CO0152 Driver Improvement Training Services

Description: Essex County Council (ECC) is seeking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of driver improvement courses. The National Driver Offender Re-Training Scheme (NDORS) and other SERP (Safer Essex Roads Partnership) driving interventions require suitable qualified instructors/trainers to facilitate the delivery of education and training courses. These courses are a blend of theory and practical delivered at venues and online throughout the Essex Police force area (this comprises the administrative areas of ECC, Thurrock Council and Southend-on-Sea Borough Council).

Summary: Essex County Council is seeking to implement a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to provide driver improvement training services, named "CO0152 Driver Improvement Training Services." The contract pertains to the services sector, specifically training services under CPV code 80500000. The procurement process is in the tender update stage, with key details last amended on 22nd July 2026. Training will be delivered both online and at various venues throughout the Essex Police force area, including the administrative areas of Thurrock Council and Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. The tender process follows a restricted procedure, with a tender submission deadline set for 30th September 2024 at 13:00, and is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA).

CO0096 Temporary and Permanent Worker Supply Chain

Description: The purpose of this tender is to install a direct supply chain for temporary and permanent hires, where the contractual arrangement will be held between ECC and the agency supplier. Approved agency suppliers will be required to use our partner Matrix (SCM) for time and billing. Permanent hires will be invoiced directly by ECC. The supply chain will be created using a dynamic purchasing system, all roles published via Recruit will constitute the mini-competitions

Summary: This procurement process, initiated by Essex County Council, seeks to establish a direct supply chain for temporary and permanent hires under the title "CO0096 Temporary and Permanent Worker Supply Chain." The contract focuses on providing personnel services, including temporary staff, within the services industry category. The procurement is located in the UK region coded as UKH3, specifically centred around Chelmsford. Notably, the procurement stage has reached the tender update phase with the most recent update on 22nd July 2026. It employs a dynamic purchasing system and requires electronic submissions. The exhaustive details of this restricted procedure can be accessed at www.open-uk.org.

Coproduction Services in Essex

Description: Essex County Council (the Authority) is seeking to procure a co-production and engagement service to support Adult Social Care (ASC). The contract will bring together existing co-production services into a single, unified model, providing a coordinated approach to co-production and engagement across Essex. The service will operate within the context of the Authority's statutory duties under the Care Act 2014, and its strategic commitment to person-centred, inclusive service design. Objectives The primary objective of the contract is to deliver an integrated co-production model that: * Maintains and strengthens engagement with adults, carers, and people with lived experience * Provides structured mechanisms, including locality networks, a lived experience forum, and engagement activities * Captures and utilises insight to inform policy, commissioning, and service improvement * Expands participation and improves (read more...)

Summary: Essex County Council is undertaking an active procurement process to secure a co-production and engagement service in support of Adult Social Care (ASC) in Essex. This contract consolidates existing services into a unified model to enhance engagement with adults, carers, and people with lived experiences. The process is managed through an open procedure, with a submission deadline on 18 August 2026 and covers services classified under social services, community health services, and social research services categories. The contract, with a value of GBP 966,000 excluding VAT, commences on 1 December 2026 and ends on 31 March 2029, with potential extensions up to March 2031. Essex County Council has emphasised maintaining transparency by handling all queries through the Open procurement system.

Food Waste Treatment Services contract

Description: Essex County Council (ECC) is planning to issue a tender as early as 2026 for a contract(s) relating to the anaerobic digestion treatment and disposal of food waste collected from households in the Essex area. The required treatment services must start on 1 April 2028. ECC manages approximately 40,000 tonnes per annum of separately collected household food waste. The contracting authority is Essex County Council and any Successor Body meaning one or more entities which assumes any of the Council's functions (as applicable) as a result of Local Government Reform (LGR). Such successor body or bodies may be, without limitation, a local authority, a combined authority, a combined county authority, a strategic authority or any other status determined pursuant to the Devolution and LGR Legislation. The estimated value (read more...)

Summary: Essex County Council is currently in the planning stage for a significant public procurement opportunity titled 'Food Waste Treatment Services Contract'. The process involves the anaerobic digestion treatment and disposal of food waste collected from households throughout the Essex area. With an estimated gross value of £8.4 million, the contract is set to commence on 1 April 2028, with a potential extension period extending to 2035. The procurement falls under the services category, specifically relating to refuse and waste-related services, and is above the threshold, making it an engaging opportunity for various regions across the UK, including UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, and UKK. The planned procurement involves consideration of dividing the service requirement into lots, accommodating both smaller and larger capacity bidders, and the Essex County Council anticipates issuing the tender documents as early as 2026.

Food Waste Treatment Services contract

Description: Essex County Council (ECC) is planning to issue a tender as early as 2026 for a contract(s) relating to the anaerobic digestion treatment and disposal of food waste collected from households in the Essex area. The required treatment services must start on 1 April 2028. ECC manages approximately 40,000 tonnes per annum of separately collected household food waste. The contracting authority is Essex County Council and any Successor Body meaning one or more entities which assumes any of the Council's functions (as applicable) as a result of Local Government Reform (LGR). Such successor body or bodies may be, without limitation, a local authority, a combined authority, a combined county authority, a strategic authority or any other status determined pursuant to the Devolution and LGR Legislation. The estimated value (read more...)

Summary: Essex County Council is currently in the planning stage for a significant public procurement opportunity titled 'Food Waste Treatment Services Contract'. The process involves the anaerobic digestion treatment and disposal of food waste collected from households throughout the Essex area. With an estimated gross value of £8.4 million, the contract is set to commence on 1 April 2028, with a potential extension period extending to 2035. The procurement falls under the services category, specifically relating to refuse and waste-related services, and is above the threshold, making it an engaging opportunity for various regions across the UK, including UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, and UKK. The planned procurement involves consideration of dividing the service requirement into lots, accommodating both smaller and larger capacity bidders, and the Essex County Council anticipates issuing the tender documents as early as 2026.

Temporary Worker Support Services

Description: ECC requires a partner to provide a temporary worker support service that owns the contractual engagement, weekly payroll, timesheet processing, and billing for all temporary workers sourced directly by ECC's HR Shared Services Team, as well as those supplied through ECC's third party agency supply chain, for ECC and our existing and new local authority partners. In addition, while ECC will continue to manage all recruitment and attraction activity, the partner should also provide optional access to their wider supply chain (such as a neutral vendor network), to act as a contingency or fallback solution should additional sourcing support or alternative fulfilment routes be required.

Summary: Essex County Council is seeking a partner to provide temporary worker support services, including contractual engagement, payroll, timesheet processing, and billing, for its HR Shared Services Team. The contract also includes an optional contingency solution through an external supply chain if needed. This open procedure tender, valued at a gross amount of £57,600,000, falls under the services category, specifically payroll management and personnel services, and is targeted at sub-central government entities. The procurement process is currently in the tender stage, with the enquiry period ending on 31st July 2026, and the tender submission deadline set for 11th August 2026. The contract is expected to commence on 23rd November 2026 in the UKH3 region and has a potential renewal option of up to two years.

Housing Support and Tenancy Sustainment Service

Description: Uttlesford District Council are seeking to commission a Housing Support Service that will work towards preventing homelessness by supporting predominantly single individuals to retain their existing accommodation and to access and sustain accommodation including privately rented accommodation across the Uttlesford district. The Council is undertaking a below-threshold, single-stage open procurement process under the light-touch regime to support this commission. It is anticipated that the contract will be in place by 1 October 2026. Full details of the requirement are set out in the specification Contract term - Uttlesford District Council proposes to enter into a contract with the successful Tenderer for an initial term of two years. The contract will include the option to extend for up to one additional 12 month period, giving a maximum potential term (read more...)

Summary: Uttlesford District Council, in collaboration with Chelmsford City Council, is inviting tenders for the "Housing Support and Tenancy Sustainment Service". This procurement falls within the health and social work services industry category, with services to be predominantly delivered in the Uttlesford district in the UK. The current procurement stage is the tender phase, under a single-stage open procedure, and aims to have the contract in place by 1 October 2026. The tender period ends on 14 August 2026, with an enquiry period deadline of 31 July 2026. The initial contract term is set for two years, with the possibility of a 12-month extension, allowing for a maximum term of three years.

Case Notes Transcription & Summarisation Tool

Description: Essex County Council (ECC) is seeking to explore how artificial intelligence can support Adult Social Care practice by transcribing and summarising practitioner and resident conversations. The work forms part of ECC's wider Pioneering AI programme, established to identify safe, ethical, and effective use of AI across the organisation. ECC has previously undertaken a proof of concept for this requirement that responded to significant pressures within Adult Social Care, including rising demand, workforce shortages, increasing case complexity, and a high administrative burden associated with recording case notes, which reduces time available for direct work with residents. Wider Roll Out Project: A pilot has been undertaken as part of ECC's AI Transcription and Summarisation Proof of Concept to test the use of AI tools in supporting Adult Social Care practice (read more...)

Summary: Essex County Council, a public authority in the UK, is in the planning stage of a procurement process for its Adult Social Care practice. The council aims to adopt a "Case Notes Transcription & Summarisation Tool" as part of its wider Pioneering AI programme. The procurement falls under the services category, specifically targeting IT software, voice recognition, and information technology services, and is scheduled to commence in June 2027, with a completion date in June 2029. Currently, the council has scheduled a market engagement survey, with responses due by 28th July 2026, to inform their procurement strategy and to gauge market capabilities regarding AI tools assisting in transcribing and summarising social care case notes. The engagement is part of a planned, strategic roll-out of AI capabilities, with the procurement aim to enhance efficiency and case note quality across social care services.

Materials Marketing

Description: This contract will be for the management of the disposal of approximately 70,000 tonnes of waste and recyclate collected at RCHWs across Essex. The Authority is exploring options for procuring the service for disposal of these materials and seeking feedback from the market on how to do this.

Summary: The procurement process titled "Materials Marketing" is being initiated by Essex County Council, a sub-central government public authority located in Chelmsford, United Kingdom. This process, currently in the planning stage, involves the management and disposal of approximately 70,000 tonnes of waste collected at recycling centres across Essex. The procurement falls under the services category, specifically refuse and waste-related services, and has an estimated gross value of £4,800,000. Key activities include market engagement sessions scheduled until 14th August 2026. The procurement is set to advance with a planned contract period from 1st April 2028 to 31st March 2032, with further notices expected by 1st November 2026.

Mental Health Supported Accommodation Pathway

Description: Essex County Council ("the Council") is inviting prospective providers to participate in a market engagement exercise to inform the Council's commissioning considerations regarding the provision the Mental Health Supported Accommodation Pathway. Please find below a summary of the provision below. This accommodation is provided when it is necessary to meet people's assessed needs under the Mental Health Act and is provided as a way of helping people return to independence in the community. The Pathway is designed to support flow and capacity for step down from hospital, avoid preventable admissions, improve health and social care outcomes for individuals, provide holistic support and reduce and/or eliminate out of area placements. The model is underpinned by a move-on concept linked to community provision, including commissioned services ensuring people can continue (read more...)

Summary: Essex County Council is currently in the planning stage of procuring services for the "Mental Health Supported Accommodation Pathway," aimed at improving support and independence for individuals under the Mental Health Act. This procurement process is part of the Council's efforts to address issues such as hospital step-down, preventable admissions, and out-of-area placements by providing holistic social care services. The Council, categorised as a sub-central government public authority, is located in Chelmsford, United Kingdom, focusing on the UKH3 region for service delivery. Interested parties must respond to the preliminary market engagement questionnaire by noon on 17th July 2026, which is part of the preliminary efforts in shaping the tender structure and gathering market insights.