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Future Smart Metering Programme for AMP8 and Beyond

Description: IMPORTANT: Please read this section before deciding whether you wish to register for this event. This section provides you with information regarding the scope of this procurement and details some of the key requirements that a successful applicant MUST be able to deliver. Thames Water has a growing smart metering estate. Through this procurement event it is seeking to identify qualified suppliers to manage the expansion of the smart metering programme and the meter replacement programme as assets reach their end of life, this is Lot 1. The commercial objectives are outcome based, reflecting the 'as a service' nature of the proposed agreement. Lot 2 is focused on managing the legacy installed smart meter base. This agreement will scale down over time as meters reach their end of (read more...)

Summary: Thames Water Utilities Limited is procuring smart metering services across two lots in the Thames Water service area. Lot 1 covers expansion of the smart meter estate and replacement of end-of-life meters, including planning appointments and customer contact, supplying and installing meters, coordinating excavation work through third parties, operating communications networks and systems, and providing meter repair, maintenance and data services. The supplier must integrate work, workforce and customer management systems and provide appointment and job-status interfaces and data feeds. Lot 2 covers connectivity and data services for the existing legacy meter estate: operating networks, maintaining firmware and head-end systems, monitoring data flows and supporting transition. The lots require suppliers to work together on faults, warranties and an orderly handover as meters are replaced. Delivery is in the United Kingdom, including Thames Water’s UKH and UKI areas.

Future Smart Metering Programme for AMP8 and Beyond

Description: IMPORTANT: Please read this section before deciding whether you wish to register for this event. This section provides you with information regarding the scope of this procurement and details some of the key requirements that a successful applicant MUST be able to deliver. Thames Water has a growing smart metering estate. Through this procurement event it is seeking to identify qualified suppliers to manage the expansion of the smart metering programme and the meter replacement programme as assets reach their end of life, this is Lot 1. The commercial objectives are outcome based, reflecting the 'as a service' nature of the proposed agreement. Lot 2 is focused on managing the legacy installed smart meter base. This agreement will scale down over time as meters reach their end of (read more...)

Summary: Thames Water Utilities Limited is procuring smart metering services across two lots in the Thames Water service area. Lot 1 covers expansion of the smart meter estate and replacement of end-of-life meters, including planning appointments and customer contact, supplying and installing meters, coordinating excavation work through third parties, operating communications networks and systems, and providing meter repair, maintenance and data services. The supplier must integrate work, workforce and customer management systems and provide appointment and job-status interfaces and data feeds. Lot 2 covers connectivity and data services for the existing legacy meter estate: operating networks, maintaining firmware and head-end systems, monitoring data flows and supporting transition. The lots require suppliers to work together on faults, warranties and an orderly handover as meters are replaced. Delivery is in the United Kingdom, including Thames Water’s UKH and UKI areas.

Domiciliary Care Open Framework

Description: West Berkshire Council is planning to establish a multi-provider open framework for the provision of domiciliary care services to adults in their own homes across West Berkshire. The framework will cover a range of services, including long-term home care, short-term and urgent care, Discharge to Assess, reablement, respite care, live-in care, waking nights, sleeping nights and long sits.

Summary: West Berkshire Council plans to establish a multi-provider open framework for domiciliary care for adults in their own homes across West Berkshire. Services are expected to include long-term home care, short-term and urgent care, Discharge to Assess, reablement, respite care, live-in care, waking nights, sleeping nights and long sits. The wider proposed scope also includes personal care, help with daily living, specialist care and support that promotes independence in the community. This is adult social care delivered in people’s homes and local communities, rather than residential care. The Council is developing the framework with input from care providers, including on service delivery and geographical coverage. The services fall within health and social care.

Residential Services for Older People FRAMEWORK

Description: West Berkshire Council is planning to establish a multi-provider open framework for the provision of residential services for older people. The framework will provide a route for placing eligible individuals in residential and nursing care settings, including provision for people living with dementia and other age-related or complex care needs.

Summary: West Berkshire Council plans to establish a multi-provider open framework for residential care placements for older people. Services are expected to cover residential care, residential dementia care, nursing care and nursing dementia care, as well as innovative residential care and support for people with age-related or complex needs. Placements will be in care settings serving eligible individuals in West Berkshire. The final framework scope and design will be shaped by feedback from residential and nursing care providers. The council is seeking views on the structure of the framework, market capacity and future demand, workforce pressures, pricing and fee reviews, dementia and specialist provision, quality assurance, market sustainability, innovation and social value. The service category is residential care and welfare services for older people.

Reinstatement Services

Description: IMPORTANT: Please read this section before deciding whether you wish to register for this event. This section provides you with information regarding the scope of this procurement and details some of the key requirements that a successful applicant MUST be able to deliver. Thames Water is seeking to appoint qualified suppliers to deliver comprehensive reinstatement services across its clean water network asset base. Following operational interventions including reactive repairs, planned maintenance, mains renewals, and meter installations, the successful suppliers will assume responsibility for restoring all disrupted highways, footways, and private verges. The scope demands end-to-end workflow execution, spanning initial site assessment, backfilling, sub-base preparation, and final surface courses, alongside seamless integration with the utility's digital management systems. All operations must comply with the New Roads and Street Works (read more...)

Summary: Thames Water Utilities Limited is procuring end-to-end reinstatement works for its clean water network. After repairs, maintenance, mains renewals and meter installations, contractors must restore affected roads, footways and private verges to compliant condition. Work includes site assessment, removal of excavated material, backfilling and compaction, replacing concrete, paving and kerbs, laying asphalt, repainting road markings, and clearing signs, lighting and guarding. Services cover repair and maintenance, developer services, metering, capital projects, waste-network work and customer-side leakage. The three delivery areas are North London, South London, and Thames Valley and Home Counties. Suppliers provide the materials, labour and plant, as well as planning, reporting, governance and systems for managing the work. The objective is safe, compliant, efficient reinstatement with less time spent on the highway and fewer defects.

Short Breaks Services Framework

Description: West Berkshire Council is seeking to engage with providers ahead of a future procurement for a Short Breaks Services Framework for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The Council is currently reviewing its Short Breaks offer for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The Council wishes to engage with providers to discuss the developing service specification and its vision for how Short Breaks Services should be delivered in the future. Feedback received through this market engagement activity will help inform the final specification and procurement approach

Summary: West Berkshire Council is reviewing its short-break services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and plans to procure a framework for delivering these services. The intended scope includes community-based short breaks, group activities and holiday schemes, specialist support for children and young people with SEND, family support and respite, inclusive leisure and social opportunities, and targeted interventions for children with complex needs. The Council is seeking provider input on its developing service specification and future service model. This is a health and social care services procurement focused on children and young people. The procurement information does not identify where the services themselves will be delivered.

Pump Optimisation and Aeration Efficiency Analysis

Description: IMPORTANT: Please read this section before deciding whether you wish to register for this event. This section provides you with information regarding the scope of this procurement and details some of the key requirements that a successful applicant MUST be able to deliver. Thames Water intends to establish a single-lot, sole-supplier framework agreement for the provision of pump optimisation and aeration efficiency services across Thames Water operational assets. The scope of the framework includes monitoring, testing, and analysis of pumping and aeration systems and associated equipment. The objective is to identify and deliver opportunities to reduce whole-life costs, improve efficiency, and optimise performance across operational sites. The contract will include: - Fixed pricing structures with agreed review mechanisms. - Key performance indicators (KPIs) and performance monitoring requirements to (read more...)

Summary: Thames Water Utilities Limited is seeking pump optimisation and aeration efficiency analysis services for its operational assets. The work covers monitoring, testing and analysing pumping and aeration systems and associated equipment, to identify ways to reduce whole-life costs, improve efficiency and optimise performance. Delivery is expected to involve site identification and data collection, mobilisation and stakeholder engagement, studies, testing and performance monitoring, validation of business cases, and handover for engineering or capital delivery. The programme is expected to cover around 200 tests across 60 operational sites during the AMP period. Services are required across Thames Valley, London and the Home Counties. The procurement is for a single-supplier framework, with a collaborative relationship intended to support continuous improvement and innovation.

Continuous Testing (PTaaS) Service Agreement

Description: IMPORTANT: Please read this section before deciding whether you wish to register for this event. This section provides you with information regarding the scope of this procurement and details some of the key requirements that a successful applicant MUST be able to deliver. This tender is for a new direct contract for a Continuous Testing supplier to implement and provide a fully governed continuous testing framework for IT covering penetration testing, red/purple team exercises, cyber stress testing, vulnerability discovery and remediation re-testing. The preferred supplier must support red and purple team testing that will include a multi phase continuous testing model (e.g. tag and release), where red team activity transitions into purple teaming upon detection, and findings are shared in cycle while testing continues across subsequent phases. The (read more...)

Summary: Thames Water Utilities Limited is seeking a supplier for a continuous penetration testing as a service (PTaaS) agreement for its IT environment. The service covers recurring penetration tests, red- and purple-team exercises, cyber stress testing, vulnerability discovery and retesting after remediation. Testing is to follow a governed, multi-phase model: red-team activity can transition into collaborative purple-team work, with findings shared while testing continues. The supplier will work with Thames Water teams to validate security controls, detection capability and response processes, and support remediation and retesting through to closure. The work is for Thames Water in the UK, with delivery locations identified in the UK’s London and South East areas.

SSEN Website Development & Support PQQ

Description: support, maintenance, enhancement, optimisation and development services

Summary: Southern Electric Power Distribution plc is seeking website development and support services for the SSE Group. The work covers support, maintenance, enhancement, optimisation and development, including web server software development. Delivery is in the United Kingdom. This is a digital services requirement for suppliers able to maintain and improve a website while also delivering ongoing development work. The buyer is a private utility, and the arrangement is intended to serve SSE Group companies.

Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Support Services

Description: Reading Borough Council is undertaking preliminary market engagement in advance of a planned procurement of rough sleeping and homelessness support services in early 2027. The future commissioning programme will support delivery of the Council's Preventing Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2026-2031, which sets out a vision for homelessness and rough sleeping to be rare, brief and non-recurring. The strategy recognises that homelessness is driven by a range of factors, including housing affordability, health inequalities, trauma, financial hardship and social exclusion, and requires a coordinated response across housing, health, social care and community services. The Council's priorities in the strategy are to: * Intervene early to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping * Break the cycle of homelessness and rough sleeping * Make sure everyone can access safe, settled and (read more...)

Summary: Reading Borough Council plans to commission rough sleeping and homelessness support services in Reading. The programme is intended to support the council’s Preventing Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy, with a focus on preventing homelessness early, breaking cycles of homelessness and rough sleeping, and helping people access safe, settled and affordable housing. Services are being reviewed to make them prevention-focused and housing-led, and able to support people experiencing homelessness, rough sleeping and multiple disadvantage. The council recognises that these needs can be driven by housing affordability, health inequalities, trauma, financial hardship and social exclusion, and expects a coordinated response spanning housing, health, social care and community services. This is social work and related support services.