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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.

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.