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RBWM Events Management Procurement - Market Engagement Webinar

Description: The Authority would like to underline that this is the second preliminary market engagement notice for this requirement. We have previously invited suppliers to respond to our survey (for which we received a very healthy number of responses) but now the Authority would like to build on this engagement by way of a webinar. This will also be an opportunity would you to ask questions. Se the participation section for registration information. See below the summary from the previous notice: The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) is seeking to engage with experienced event management suppliers in advance of a future procurement for the delivery of a diverse programme of high-profile ceremonial, civic and nationally significant events over an anticipated eight-year period. The appointed supplier will be (read more...)

Summary: Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is preparing a service contract for strategic event management, operational planning and delivery support for high-profile ceremonial, civic and nationally significant events in Windsor town centre and similarly complex environments. The anticipated programme includes royal and state visits, royal weddings and funerals, national and civic ceremonies, and large public celebrations and commemorations. Services will cover event planning and plan maintenance, infrastructure such as temporary structures, security installations, media compounds and public viewing areas, crowd management, communications, media operations and accreditation. Delivery will require coordination with police, emergency services, security organisations, the Royal Household, the Crown Estate, government, transport operators and national and international media. The procurement is for event services, with activity taking place in the United Kingdom.

Alternative Provision Arrangement

Description: Bracknell Forest Council is considering establishing an education arrangement for the delivery of Alternative Education Provision (AP) to children & young people unable to attend school due to illness, exclusion or other reasons. This may include children & young people with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) or Education Health Care Plans (EHCPs). The Council is currently considering the most appropriate commissioning model and has not yet determined the final structure. This may include the establishment of a framework agreement. This pre-market engagement will help determine the most appropriate commissioning model. If a framework agreement is established, then this will be made up of up to 6 lots.

Summary: Bracknell Forest Borough Council is considering commissioning alternative education provision for children and young people who cannot attend school because of illness, exclusion or other reasons. The service may include provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, including those with Education, Health and Care Plans. This is an education and training services requirement. Delivery is intended in the United Kingdom, with the council based in Bracknell. The council is still deciding the most suitable commissioning model and final structure. Its current thinking includes a framework agreement divided into up to six lots, although this has not been finalised. The arrangement is intended to establish longer-term commissioning arrangements for alternative provision rather than a single, defined service package.

Sensory Needs - Social Support Services

Description: This service is intended to support any Bracknell Forest resident aged 18 or over with a visual impairment, including deafblind. The purpose of the service is to provide person-centred information, advice and guidance (IAG) to enable people to continue to lead independent, fulfilling lives. This is not a clinical service and does not undertake statutory sensory impairment support.

Summary: Bracknell Forest Borough Council is procuring social support services for residents of Bracknell Forest aged 18 or over who have a visual impairment, including deafblind people. The service will provide person-centred information, advice and guidance to help people maintain independent and fulfilling lives. It is a non-clinical service and does not provide statutory sensory impairment support. The requirement is categorised as social work and related services (CPV 85300000). Delivery is for the local resident population in Bracknell Forest. Suppliers should therefore be able to provide accessible, tailored support for adults with visual or combined visual and hearing impairments, rather than clinical assessment or treatment.

RBWM Events Management Procurement

Description: The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) is seeking to engage with experienced event management suppliers in advance of a future procurement for the delivery of a diverse programme of high-profile ceremonial, civic and nationally significant events over an anticipated eight-year period. The appointed supplier will be required to provide and maintain a strategic event management, operational planning and delivery support for a range of events and provide including, but not limited to: * Royal Visits * State Visits * Royal Weddings * Royal Funerals * National and Civic Ceremonies * Large-scale public celebrations and commemorations These events are likely to attract significant national and international attention, substantial media interest, and large public audiences, regularly involving complex security, operational and stakeholder requirements. Supplier Requirements Summary (pending a (read more...)

Summary: Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is preparing a service contract for strategic event management, operational planning and delivery support for high-profile ceremonial, civic and nationally significant events in Windsor town centre and similarly complex environments. The anticipated programme includes royal and state visits, royal weddings and funerals, national and civic ceremonies, and large public celebrations and commemorations. Services will cover event planning and plan maintenance, infrastructure such as temporary structures, security installations, media compounds and public viewing areas, crowd management, communications, media operations and accreditation. Delivery will require coordination with police, emergency services, security organisations, the Royal Household, the Crown Estate, government, transport operators and national and international media. The procurement is for event services, with activity taking place in the United Kingdom.

Care Technology Responder Service

Description: Slough Borough Council, referred to in this Specification as the Council, requires a high quality, safe, responsive, locally accessible and outcomes focused Responder Service. The Service shall provide a timely physical response to residents who use Technology Enabled Care, telecare alarms, digital alarms, falls detectors, environmental sensors, connected care devices and other Council authorised care technology. The Service shall operate as part of the wider Slough care technology pathway and shall not operate in isolation from the Council, adult social care, the existing call handling and monitoring provider, installation and maintenance provider, health partners, voluntary and community sector partners, carers, families and local communities.

Summary: Slough Borough Council is procuring a care technology responder service for residents using technology-enabled care. The service will provide timely physical responses to telecare alarms, digital alarms, falls detectors, environmental sensors, connected care devices and other Council-authorised care technology. It is intended to form part of Slough’s wider care technology pathway, working alongside the Council, adult social care, the existing call-handling and monitoring provider, installation and maintenance provider, health partners, voluntary and community sector organisations, carers, families and local communities. This is a community, social and home-support service, including community health provision. The requirement is for a high-quality, safe, responsive, locally accessible and outcomes-focused operation, with delivery centred on residents and communities in Slough.

Adult Domiciliary(home based) Care Services

Description: RBWM wishes to maintain the best possible care for service users by procuring the domiciliary care packages in the most effective way, delivering the best value from the public funds available. The Authority wishes to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of domiciliary care services for adults. The duration of DPS is 5 years with the option to extend for further 2 years. The purpose of this procurement is to seek and appoint providers to the DPS, who have the relevant skills and experience, for the delivery of personal care and support (domiciliary care) to adults in their homes. This DPS will be established under the light touch regime enabling RBWM to set the required criteria and way of operating DPS to meet requirements of (read more...)

Summary: The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council is procuring adult domiciliary care services through a Dynamic Purchasing System. Providers will deliver personal care and support to adults in their own homes, for residents in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead who have been assessed as needing domiciliary support. Services may be required seven days a week and individual care packages will be demand-led. The arrangement is intended to secure effective, good-value care funded by the Council. This is a social care services opportunity under the light-touch regime. The Council will appoint suitable providers to the system before awarding individual care packages, with the detailed service requirements set out in the specification and pre-qualification documentation.

Services to Schools Traded Services Management System

Description: Bracknell Forest Council requires an online system to manage traded services to schools. This system enables the council to administer, track and invoice all traded services to maintained schools and academies

Summary: Bracknell Forest Borough Council is buying an online traded-services management system for schools. The system will enable the council to administer, track and invoice services provided to maintained schools and academies. This is a software and information-systems service, including related IT services such as software development, support, internet services and consulting. Delivery is required in the United Kingdom. The requirement is for a council-facing platform that supports the administration of services and associated billing across schools and academies. Suppliers specialising in education-sector software, traded-services platforms, service management systems, invoicing solutions or related implementation and support services may find the scope relevant. The council is the buyer and contracting authority for the requirement.

Supported Housing Strategy

Description: The supplier must deliver a Supported Housing Needs Assessment and a Supported Housing Strategy that: a) Fully complies with statutory guidance under the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023 b) Provides a clear, evidence-based understanding of current and future supported housing needs c) Covers all relevant forms of supported housing, including supported exempt accommodation d) Informs commissioning, planning, regulatory oversight and partnership working e) Aligns with wider housing, homelessness, adult social care, health and community safety strategies f) A clear action to support delivery of the strategy g) To ensure the strategy is co-produced with partners- internal and external, and stakeholders.

Summary: Bracknell Forest Borough Council is seeking a consultancy to complete a Supported Housing Needs Assessment and produce a Supported Housing Strategy. The work covers all relevant supported housing, including supported exempt accommodation, and must provide an evidence-based view of current and future needs. The strategy is intended to inform commissioning, planning, regulatory oversight and partnership working, while aligning with housing, homelessness, adult social care, health and community safety strategies. The supplier must also set out clear actions to support delivery. The approach must involve co-production with internal and external partners and other stakeholders. This is a public-sector services requirement for research and development consultancy, delivered for the council in Bracknell Forest.

Medicine Dispensing Lockers - Provision & Support

Description: The purpose of this tender process is to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Supplier to deliver a secure, reliable and compliant locker system that enables patients to collect pre labelled medicines outside standard clinic opening hours, whilst maintaining patient safety, confidentiality, information governance and regulatory compliance.

Summary: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a supplier for a medicine dispensing locker system and its ongoing support. The service must provide secure, reliable and compliant lockers allowing patients to collect pre-labelled medicines outside standard clinic opening hours. The system must maintain patient safety, confidentiality, information governance and regulatory compliance. This is a healthcare pharmacy service, including dispensing equipment. Delivery is associated with the Trust’s Berkshire service area, with the buying organisation based in Bracknell. The requirement is for a single service covering the locker system provision and support, rather than separate purchases of equipment and support. Suppliers operating in healthcare technology, pharmacy services, automated dispensing equipment or secure patient collection solutions may therefore find the scope relevant.

Short Breaks for Children and Young People with Disabilities

Description: The Short Breaks service offers targeted support for children and young people with disabilities (age 5-18) whose needs cannot be met in mainstream settings and who need more specialist help due to their disability. The service will be delivered in Bracknell during weekends and school holidays.

Summary: Bracknell Forest Borough Council is procuring targeted Short Breaks services for children and young people aged 5 to 18 with disabilities. The service is for children whose needs cannot be met in mainstream settings and who require more specialist support because of their disability. Provision will take place in Bracknell during weekends and school holidays. The procurement covers two service areas: support for primary-aged children in Years 1 to 6, and support for secondary-aged children in Years 7 to 13. The service falls within disabled children’s and young people’s daycare services. It is intended to provide high-quality activities and support across these age groups, including children and young people with more complex needs.