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Clerk of Works for Cultural Quarter project

Description: East Suffolk Council is seeking to commission Clerks of Works Services for 12-month period in support of the Cultural Quarter project from January 2027. Services will support the project team, managing and checking workmanship, quality and safety of work on the project construction sites and reporting back to the Project Manager (ESC).

Summary: East Suffolk Council is commissioning clerk of works services for its Cultural Quarter construction project. The appointed provider will support the project team by managing and checking workmanship, construction quality and site safety across the project’s construction sites, then reporting findings and issues to the council’s Project Manager. This is a construction-site supervision and consultative engineering service. The work is commissioned by East Suffolk Council for the Cultural Quarter project, with delivery taking place on the project’s construction sites. The requirement is for one service covering the project rather than separate packages. It will suit a construction professional or specialist consultancy able to provide independent site oversight, inspect work as it progresses, monitor compliance with quality and safety requirements, and communicate clear reports to the project team.

Power Park Vision 2026

Description: East Suffolk Council (the Council) is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from suitably qualified and experienced consultants to undertake a comprehensive review, revision, and production of a new PowerPark Vision for 2026 and beyond.

Summary: East Suffolk Council plans to commission a consultancy team to review and refresh its existing PowerPark Vision, originally developed in 2020, and produce a new vision for 2026 and beyond. The work is a strategic consultancy service covering energy and related services, energy management, energy-efficiency advice, business analysis, advertising and design consultancy. It is intended to help shape the future direction and presentation of the PowerPark initiative. The buying organisation is East Suffolk Council, based in Woodbridge. The planned commission is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, and is structured as a single service requirement rather than separate lots.

Power Park Vision 2026

Description: East Suffolk Council (the Council) is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from suitably qualified and experienced consultants to undertake a comprehensive review, revision, and production of a new PowerPark Vision for 2026 and beyond.

Summary: East Suffolk Council plans to commission a consultancy team to review and refresh its existing PowerPark Vision, originally developed in 2020, and produce a new vision for 2026 and beyond. The work is a strategic consultancy service covering energy and related services, energy management, energy-efficiency advice, business analysis, advertising and design consultancy. It is intended to help shape the future direction and presentation of the PowerPark initiative. The buying organisation is East Suffolk Council, based in Woodbridge. The planned commission is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, and is structured as a single service requirement rather than separate lots.

Meet the Buyer Event

Description: East Suffolk Council's Procurement Team is hosting a Meet the Buyer event in Lowestoft on Thursday 10 September 2026 from 10am-12.15pm. This event is aimed at suppliers who want to get involved in bidding for council or public sector contracts but maybe don't know where to start! As well as East Suffolk Council, East Suffolk's Procurement Team provides procurement services to fellow councils South Norfolk Council, Broadland District Council and Great Yarmouth Borough Council. This event is also open to suppliers looking to do business with these councils. The event will begin with a couple of short presentations on Local Government Reorganisation and Social Value. Following the presentations, suppliers will have the opportunity to have 121 sessions with members of the Procurement Team and network with other suppliers (read more...)

Summary: East Suffolk Council is organising a Meet the Buyer event for suppliers interested in future council and public-sector work. The event is intended to help businesses understand how to get involved in public procurement and will cover local government reorganisation and social value. East Suffolk’s procurement team also supports Great Yarmouth Borough Council, South Norfolk Council and Broadland District Council, so the event is relevant to suppliers seeking work with any of these authorities. The potential subject areas are broad, including office and electrical equipment, construction, software and IT, repairs and maintenance, financial services, architecture and engineering, research and consultancy, business services, cultural and sporting services, and community and social services. Activity may take place across East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth, South Norfolk and Broadland.

CEFAS26-74 ITT for Laboratory Container Facilities for Blue Belt Programme

Description: The Blue Belt Programme is the UK Government's flagship marine conservation programme, partnering with a number of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs). Together, we work to improve protection and sustainable use practices within the waters of the UKOTs to safeguard marine biodiversity and the practices of local communities. Fisheries Science in the UKOTs Fishing is an important activity in a number of the UKOTs, ranging from commercial fishing operations through to recreational fishing for subsistence and leisure. Fisheries science, the collection and analysis of information pertaining to fish species and their fishery(ies), is fundamental to effective and responsive management of these activities and their impacts. Many countries have a nationally coordinated system of data collection from fisheries, but in small communities with limited local capacity, this is generally (read more...)

Summary: The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) is procuring two containerised laboratory facilities for the UK Government’s Blue Belt marine conservation programme. The laboratories will support fisheries science by enabling the collection of samples and data from local fishers in Montserrat and Ascension Island, at their main fish landing sites. The supplier must procure, manufacture, fit out, test and deliver converted new 20-foot ISO shipping containers, including laboratory and plant-room spaces. The facilities require laboratory-standard flooring, work benches and sinks, freezers, an ice machine, temperature control, electrical and plumbing connections, lighting, secure access, windows, storage, safety equipment and other specified fittings. Installation at the destinations will be carried out by the respective Overseas Territory governments. This is a goods procurement for modular and portable buildings.

CEFAS26-79 Macrofauna Analysis of Sediment Samples

Description: Cefas require processing of 33 macrofaunal samples by extracting and identifying all biota retained on a 1.0 mm capture mesh, in accordance with the extraction and identification protocols set out in the NMBAQC guidelines. The Falmouth dredged material disposal site is located south of Falmouth, Cornwall, just outside the entrance to Falmouth Bay. As part of a monitoring programme funded by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), sediment samples were collected from within and around the site in July 2026 during a survey aboard the RV Cefas Endeavour. A 0.1 m2 mini Hamon grab was used to collect 33 samples, comprising three replicates from each of 11 stations. Sample details are provided in Appendix 1. Shortly after collection, the samples were preserved in approximately 5% buffered formaldehyde. Each container (read more...)

Summary: The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) is procuring macrofauna analysis of 33 sediment samples collected from the Falmouth dredged material disposal site in Cornwall. The supplier must process material retained on a 1.0 mm mesh, extract and identify all biota, enumerate, identify and measure wet-weight biomass, and produce abundance and biomass data matrices. The work must follow NMBAQC processing, identification and auditing protocols, with current species names checked through the WoRMS Match Taxa tool. A reference collection and electronic taxa list must be provided to Cefas laboratories in Lowestoft. Samples are collected from a storage facility in Lowestoft and safely transported for processing.

Romany Lane Ablution Block Refurbishment

Description: Romany Lane in Kessingland, is an occupied Romany Gypsy travellers site comprising 24 pitches of various sizes. East Suffolk Council is looking for a contractor to carry out refurbishment works to upgrade 16 ablution blocks, including improvements to the existing day rooms and associated bathroom and WC facilities (electrical work, and window/door replacements are not included in this tender).

Summary: East Suffolk Council is procuring refurbishment works at Romany Lane in Kessingland, an occupied Romany Gypsy travellers site with 24 pitches. The contractor will upgrade 16 existing ablution blocks, including improvements to day rooms and associated bathroom and WC facilities. The work is building refurbishment, alteration and repair of building installations, with a CPV classification including refurbishment of run-down buildings (45262690). The requirement covers the physical refurbishment and associated building works needed to improve these facilities for site residents. Electrical work and window or door replacements are expressly excluded from this tender. Delivery is at Romany Lane, Kessingland, in East Suffolk.

Staff Canteen Catering Provision For Suffolk Constabulary

Description: Provision for Staff Canteen Catering & Operational Feeding for Suffolk Constabulary

Summary: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk is procuring staff canteen catering and operational feeding services for Suffolk Constabulary. The requirement covers two locations: Martlesham Police Headquarters in Martlesham Heath, where the supplier will provide canteen catering and operational feeding for the force, and Landmark House, where it will provide canteen catering services. This is a catering and food-service opportunity, classified as canteen and catering services. Delivery is associated with Suffolk Constabulary’s operational sites in Suffolk, including Martlesham Police Headquarters and Landmark House. The procurement is divided into separate lots for the two locations, allowing suppliers to consider the site or sites that match their operational coverage and service capability.

CEFAS26-75 ITT for provision of pelagic trawler vessel for the IESNS survey

Description: Cefas requires a pelagic trawler, suitably equipped to participate in an acoustic-trawl survey. The survey is part of the international IESNS (International Ecosystem Survey in the Nordic Sea), a collaboration between Icelandic, Faroe, Norwegian, EU and UK research institutes which has been conducted since 1997. The survey is carried out to investigate distribution and migrations of the Norwegian Spring-spawning herring, blue whiting and other pelagic fish, and to produce a biomass index for herring and a recruitment index for blue whiting. The survey will cover the southern end of the distributional range of the spring-spawning herring population. Furthermore, data on the hydrographic conditions and plankton distribution will be obtained to investigate the possible effects of the ecosystem on the distribution and abundance of target fish species. 3. Estimated (read more...)

Summary: The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) is procuring a pelagic trawler vessel for an acoustic-trawl research survey in the Nordic Sea. The work will investigate the distribution and migration of Norwegian spring-spawning herring, blue whiting and other pelagic fish, while collecting fisheries acoustic, biological, hydrographic and plankton data. The vessel will follow survey transects continuously, undertake directed mid-water trawling and support scientific sampling. The UK survey area is between latitudes 62° and 69° North and longitudes 13° West and 6° East. Scientists from Cefas will oversee operations. Embarkation and disembarkation must take place at a Scottish mainland port, such as Fraserburgh or Peterhead. This is a research vessel service.

CEFAS26-85 ITT for provision of Water and Sediment Sampling Analysis for HPC

Description: The BEEMS (British EDF Energy Estuarine and Marine Studies) programme is funded by NNB Generation Company (HPC) Limited. Through this programme, Cefas provide authoritative scientific information on the marine and transitional waters in the vicinity of potential new build nuclear power stations and require the Supplier to deliver the marine sampling, profiling, and laboratory analysis services described in Section 3 below. 3. Contract Duration The Contract implementation will start as soon as possible following contract award with the initial Contract period of 12 months, with the option to extend by up to 4 further periods of 12-months each. 4. Scope of Requirements Cefas require the supplier to acquire sediment and water samples along with water column profiles of conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) and other variables from a (read more...)

Summary: The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) is procuring marine survey and laboratory analysis services for the BEEMS programme supporting environmental monitoring around the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. The supplier must collect water and sediment samples and water-column profiles of conductivity, temperature, depth, salinity, dissolved oxygen and pH from a suitable vessel in Bridgwater Bay, adjacent to the Hinkley Point C construction site. The work covers six water-sampling stations near the cooling-water outfall and fish recovery and return outfall, plus 20 sediment stations. It includes field measurements, sample handling, storage and shipping, onboard total residual oxidant testing, and laboratory analysis of sediment for trace metals, particle size and total organic carbon. Cefas will analyse hydrazine samples itself. Sediment analysis must be by an MMO-certified laboratory.