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Land Maintenance: Martlesham Parish 2027 - 2030

Description: Tenders are invited for a land maintenance services contract, together with cleaning of bus shelters, for a 3 year contract, commencing 1st April 2027, with the possible extension of the contract for a further 2 years at the end of the 3 years following a review. Please apply to the Clerk, via email: clerk@martleshamcouncil.org.uk or telephone: 01473 612632, by noon on Tuesday 20th October 2026 for a full application pack. Tenders are to be received by noon on Tuesday 3rd November 2026, The prices are to be based on 1 year's work from April 2027 to March 2028 for a 3 year contract which will increase or decrease according to the retail price index (excluding house prices). All forms should be returned to the Clerk either electronically or (read more...)

Summary: Martlesham Parish Council is seeking a contractor for land maintenance and cleaning bus shelters in Martlesham, Suffolk. The work is a grounds maintenance service, including maintenance of green areas and sports fields. The requirement is intended to keep local land and facilities maintained, alongside the cleaning of bus shelters. The council is the buyer. The opportunity is described as a three-year service contract, with prices covering a year’s work from April 2027 to March 2028 and subsequent prices adjusted in line with the retail price index, excluding house prices.

CEFAS26-120 Statutory shellfish E.coli monitoring service for Shetland and Orkney

Description: Purpose of this engagement: Cefas is undertaking market engagement to inform a future procurement for delivery of statutory microbiological monitoring services on behalf of Food Standards Scotland (FSS). This notice is not a call for competition or a commitment to procure. Its purpose is to help potential suppliers understand the anticipated requirement, test the deliverability of the proposed service model and provide an opportunity to raise technical, logistical, commercial and implementation questions before any formal procurement is launched. Background: FSS operates an official control programme to monitor faecal contamination in live bivalve molluscs and support the classification of shellfish harvesting areas, for which Cefas coordinates aspects of programme delivery. The anticipated contract will principally cover existing classified production areas and new areas seeking classification in Shetland and Orkney. (read more...)

Summary: The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) is preparing an integrated service for Food Standards Scotland’s statutory monitoring of E. coli contamination in live shellfish. The supplier will coordinate transport and sample management from shellfish harvesting areas in Shetland and Orkney, then analyse samples and report results. Collection itself will be arranged separately, so the supplier must coordinate closely with sampling contractors and approved industry collectors. The work covers existing classified production areas and new areas seeking classification; its geographical scope could extend to other parts of Scotland. The service supports official controls and classification of shellfish harvesting areas. Analysis must use one of the approved UK National Reference Laboratory methods for E. coli enumeration in bivalve molluscan shellfish.

CEFAS26-130 Cefas Research Vessel

Description: 1. The purpose of this notice is to inform the market that the market engagement described in Prior Information Notice (PIN) 2024/S 000-028748 relating to the procurement of a replacement Cefas research vessel has concluded, and that the procurement approach contemplated in connection with that notice will not be progressed. 2. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), acting through its executive agency, the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) issued PIN 2024/S 000-028748 in September 2024 in relation to the procurement of 'Cefas Research Vessel Infrastructure to Support Future Delivery at Sea'. Since that time, the Government has published further policy and guidance on the protection of national security through public procurement. 3. In June 2026, the Cabinet Office published Procurement Policy Note (read more...)

Summary: The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, intends to procure a replacement research vessel to support its work at sea. This is a shipbuilding requirement: the vessel must provide research-vessel infrastructure for future delivery of Cefas’s activities at sea. The procurement is intended to secure a vessel that can be designed, built and supported using sovereign UK shipbuilding capability, reflecting the stated national security purpose. Delivery is described as within the United Kingdom. The earlier market engagement for the replacement vessel has concluded, and the approach contemplated in that earlier engagement will not be taken forward.

Strategic Flood Risk Assessments Level 1 and 2

Description: East Suffolk Council, West Suffolk Council, Babergh District Council, Mid Suffolk District Council and Ipswich Borough Council are seeking to commission a combined Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA). This combined SFRA will cover all of Suffolk. The purpose of the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment is to inform the preparation of new Local Plans. All of the above Councils are each commencing a review of their local plans and will be working to similar timetables. The spatial strategy in each Local Plan should be informed by robust and up to date evidence about flood risk. In particular, the flood risk evidence should inform the location of new development allocations, taking into account the need for significantly increased housing provision. It will also inform decision making about planning applications, particularly (read more...)

Summary: East Suffolk Council is procuring services for a combined Strategic Flood Risk Assessment covering all of Suffolk. The work is commissioned jointly with West Suffolk Council, Babergh District Council, Mid Suffolk District Council and Ipswich Borough Council. It comprises Level 1 and Level 2 assessment work, providing robust, current evidence about flood risk for the councils’ Local Plan reviews. The findings will inform spatial strategies, the location of new development and housing allocations, and decisions on planning applications, particularly larger developments. This is an environmental engineering and flood-risk consultancy requirement, with associated flood-prevention and river-regulation subject matter. Delivery is across Suffolk, for the five participating local authorities.

CEFAS26-88 ISO9001 & ISO45001 Certification

Description: This procurement project is for the appointment of an accredited external audit and certification provider to deliver independent certification, assurance, surveillance, and recertification services for Cefas' Health and Safety Management System (ISO 45001) and Quality Management System (ISO 9001). The contract will support ongoing compliance with internationally recognised management system standards and provide the required external audits and certifications.

Summary: The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) intends to appoint an accredited external audit and certification provider. The services will cover independent certification, assurance, surveillance and recertification for Cefas’s ISO 9001 Quality Management System and ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System. The work will support continuing compliance with internationally recognised standards and provide the external audits and certifications required. Cefas operates scientific, laboratory, field-based and corporate activities, with management systems intended to ensure services are delivered consistently, safely and effectively. Delivery is across Cefas’s activities in the United Kingdom. The procurement is for services, including certification and auditing, and is currently structured as one planned lot. Cefas is not seeking to create an integrated management system.

Water Cycle Study Stage 1 and 2

Description: East Suffolk District Council, West Suffolk Council, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Council and Ipswich Borough Council are seeking to commission a combined Water Cycle Study. A Water Cycle Study is required to understand the water infrastructure requirements necessary to support growth options in the Local Plans and any implications for the water environment. The Stage 1 study will assess current and future water supply and waste-water capacity, with flood risk management, and drainage issues providing additional useful context. This will assess the broad planned growth in the region up to 2045, with some consideration of further growth up to 2050. Further analysis through Stage 2 will focus on the impact from specific sites/allocations.

Summary: East Suffolk Council is buying a combined Water Cycle Study for East Suffolk, West Suffolk, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils, and Ipswich Borough Council. The work is water and environmental infrastructure consultancy, covering water supply, wastewater capacity, flood-risk management and drainage. Stage 1 will assess current and future infrastructure requirements linked to growth in the councils’ Local Plans, considering planned growth across the area to 2045 and some further growth to 2050. Stage 2 will examine the effects of specific development sites and allocations. The services will support local planning and help identify the water infrastructure and water-environment implications of future growth across the councils’ areas in Suffolk. The procurement is classified under infrastructure works consultancy, water-supply and wastewater consultancy, and natural-risk protection services.

CEFAS26-109 RFQ for Sediment Coring Survey Services aboard RV Cefas Endeavour

Description: Cefas requires the provision of specialist marine geotechnical services to support two vibracoring surveys within the Irish Sea Firth of Clyde or North Sea. The Supplier is required to achieve sediment cores each with a target penetration of up to 3 m from pre-planned stations for the delivery of our environmental sampling programme. The Supplier is required to provide a 3 metre vibrocorer, complete with spares, coring consumables (coring liners etc) core splitting and core cutting equipment, and suitable individuals to undertake operations of the vibrocorer on a 24 hrs period (2 x 12 hrs shifts back-to-back) alongside deck crew. The Supplier's personnel will be accommodated onboard the RV Cefas Endeavour for the duration of the survey. Cefas will provide suitable onboard cabin accommodation, bedding and welfare facilities, (read more...)

Summary: The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) is procuring specialist marine geotechnical survey services aboard the research vessel RV Cefas Endeavour. The work supports two environmental sampling surveys in the Irish Sea, Firth of Clyde or North Sea, obtaining sediment cores from planned sampling stations at penetrations of up to 3 metres. The requirement includes supplying and operating a 3-metre vibrocorer, control system, constant-tension winch, core barrels, workshop container, spares and ancillary equipment. Services cover installation, offshore coring, core removal, visual inspection, splitting and handover to Cefas personnel, followed by equipment maintenance and demobilisation. Equipment and personnel must mobilise and demobilise through either Lowestoft or a port on the south-west coast, as confirmed by Cefas.

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.