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Telecare Alarm Receiving Centre and Customer Management System

Description: Portsmouth City Council's (PCC) Safe at Home (Telecare) Service would like to investigate the market for a combined package of Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) and customer management System for Telecare alarm monitoring. Portsmouth City Council provides an in-house Telecare Service branded as "Safe at Home" with approximately 1,000 customers. All telecare devices installed are SIM operated (digital switch over of equipment was undertaken by the service in 2022). Telecare equipment provided through the service is SIM-operated units supplied by Chiptech UK, typically the Chiptech SEVEN base units with Pearl/ Pearl Advanced pendant. A range of peripheral equipment is also installed for Safe at Home customers based on identified needs, including (but not limited to): - Smoke detectors - Carbon Monoxide detectors - Epilepsy Monitors - Door exit monitors (read more...)

Summary: Portsmouth City Council is exploring a combined Alarm Receiving Centre and customer management system for its in-house Safe at Home telecare service in Portsmouth. The service supports approximately 1,000 customers in local authority housing. The requirement covers monitoring telecare alarms, managing customer records and providing software access for around eight council officers. Installed equipment is SIM-operated, mainly Chiptech SEVEN base units with Pearl or Pearl Advanced pendants, alongside smoke, carbon monoxide, epilepsy, door-exit and bed-exit monitors. The service has also introduced GPS eLicences. Providers would support an average monthly volume of approximately 3,650 calls, with reporting on call-answering times, call numbers, call nature and actions, disconnections and periods of no activity.

Planned Roofing, Balconies/Walkways Replacement

Description: VIVID Housing is seeking to appoint two experienced roofing contractors to deliver its planned roofing programme across its housing stock portfolio. The contract will cover the delivery of planned roof replacement and refurbishment works to residential properties and associated assets across VIVID's geographical operating areas. The programme is expected to support the continued improvement of housing quality, resident satisfaction, and asset performance while ensuring compliance with all relevant legislative, regulatory, and industry standards. The proposed contract will be established as a Qualifying Long-Term Agreement (QLTA).

Summary: VIVID Housing Ltd is procuring planned roof replacement and refurbishment works across its housing stock and associated residential assets. The programme covers roofing, balconies and walkways, supporting improvements in housing quality, resident satisfaction and asset performance while meeting legislative, regulatory and industry standards. The work is divided geographically between northern and southern operating areas. The North area covers Basingstoke, Guildford, Aldershot and surrounding areas; the South area covers Portsmouth, Southampton, Winchester, Eastleigh and surrounding areas. The requirement is classified as works and includes roof works and other specialist construction activities. VIVID intends to appoint one experienced roofing contractor for each area under a Qualifying Long-Term Agreement.

Solent Skills Bootcamp Framework - Lots 24 & 25

Description: Portsmouth City Council is reopening the Skills Bootcamp Framework for the purposes of including new Lots 24 & 25 This is an opportunity to deliver Skills Bootcamp training across the Solent as part of a series of skills interventions under the Skills for Life Programme. The Council is seeking suitably qualified and experienced training providers to develop in partnership with employers, and deliver Skills Bootcamps at Level 2 to level 5 in: 24 - Construction 3 - Minimum of 60 GLH, up to a maximum of 16 weeks of delivery (expected minimum duration would be between 2-4 weeks). These Skills Bootcamps are to be delivered at a minimum of Level 2. We would like these Skills Bootcamps to focus on re-skilling and upskilling to provide new entrants into (read more...)

Summary: Portsmouth City Council is procuring education and training services for the Solent Skills Bootcamp Framework, reopening it to add Construction 3 and Construction 4. Providers will develop and deliver employer-linked Skills Bootcamps under the Skills for Life Programme across the Solent. Construction 3 covers Level 2 training for new entrants and junior construction roles, including plant operation, groundworks, utilities, plastering, plumbing, scaffolding, tiling or another evidenced shortage area. Construction 4 covers Level 3 training for construction management, supervision, construction project management, NEBOSH management in construction health and safety, or another shortage area. Delivery must support relevant CSCS certification, with Construction 3 also including Level 1 Health and Safety in a Construction Environment and CSCS Green Card support.

BLD-3163 Store 54 Independent Heating Solution - Delivery

Description: High level summary of the project includes: Undertaken roof repair as there are leaks throughout. Installation of roof insulation and suspended ceiling. Upgrade of all glazing and doors (including fire doors). Strip out of existing M&E services/plant. Installation of VRV/VRF system and ASHP. Upgrade of all lighting and ensuring complete electrical installation is ATEX/DSEAR compliant. Note, a Stage 3 design and report will be provided and we would expect a stage 4 design/report before we progress with the build stage.

Summary: KBS Maritime Ltd is procuring building and mechanical and electrical works to provide an independent heating solution at Store 54, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth. The project covers roof repairs to address leaks, roof insulation and a suspended ceiling, replacement of glazing and doors including fire doors, and removal of existing mechanical and electrical services and plant. The works also include installation of a variable refrigerant volume or variable refrigerant flow heating and cooling system, an air-source heat pump, upgraded lighting, and a complete electrical installation compliant with ATEX and DSEAR requirements. This is a works contract for delivery in Portsmouth, with Stage 3 design information supplied before a required Stage 4 design and report.

Provision of Structural Engineering Consultancy Services

Description: VIVID intends to appoint suitably qualified and experienced structural engineering consultant(s) to provide urgent and routine structural assessments across its housing portfolio as and when required.

Summary: VIVID Housing Ltd is seeking suitably qualified and experienced structural engineering consultants to provide urgent and routine structural assessments across its housing portfolio, as required. The work covers structural engineering consultancy, including building inspections, diagnosis of defects, technical reporting, recommendations for remedial solutions and support with risk management. Services will be delivered across VIVID’s housing portfolio in the United Kingdom. The requirement is for services rather than construction works, with the consultant expected to support housing-related technical decisions and resident care. The opportunity may suit structural engineering consultancies, building pathology specialists and multidisciplinary property or housing technical advisers able to respond to both urgent and planned assessment requirements.

Portsmouth City Council Core Homeless Service Consultation

Description: Portsmouth City Council (the Council) is undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to inform the future procurement strategy for a new contract for the provision of housing supported services for single adults and couples without children, based within the City of Portsmouth. The Contract agreement will last for three years, plus extensions to be determined, and is intended to be used for the provision of housing related support to eligible homeless adults, funded by Portsmouth City Council. To ensure effective engagement with organisations, and in the interests of transparency and fair and equal treatment set out within the Procurement Act 23, the Council has instigated this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) process via issue of a PME Notice on the Central Government Find a Tender Service / Central (read more...)

Summary: Portsmouth City Council is consulting the market on a future housing-related support service for single adults and couples without children who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, based in the City of Portsmouth. The service is intended to provide emergency accommodation and support that helps people maximise their physical, intellectual, emotional and social potential, make decisions about their lives and live more independently. The proposed scope has three elements: accommodation-based intensive support for at least 35 people; accommodation-based support for at least 25 people who need daytime support; and short-term dispersed floating tenancy support in the community for people with varying support needs. The work covers housing services, social work with and without accommodation, and wider community and social services.

Headspace Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer

Description: The Environmental and Industrial Hazards (EIH) Laboratory, at the Institute of Naval Medicine (INM), is responsible for the analysis of potable water samples for all Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels in accordance with BRd 820 - Potable Water Management. It is also used for the same analysis for Naval land establishments in accordance with the Water Supply Water Quality Regulations 2016 and for Army and Royal Air Force customers in accordance with STANAG 2136, JWP 4.01 and GAI 3006. This testing is a legal Health and Safety requirement for the MoD. The Environmental and Industrial Hazards Laboratory requires the supply of a Headspace - Gas Chromatograph- Mass Spectrometer (HS-GC-MS) System to replace the current system. The system will primarily be used for the analysis (read more...)

Summary: The Ministry of Defence is procuring a headspace gas chromatograph–mass spectrometer (HS-GC-MS) system for the Environmental and Industrial Hazards Laboratory at the Institute of Naval Medicine. The equipment will replace the laboratory’s current system and analyse volatile organic compounds in potable drinking-water samples, primarily using the USEPA Method 524.2. The testing supports water-quality requirements for Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, naval land establishments, and Army and Royal Air Force customers. The requirement includes a fully inclusive service and maintenance plan for the system’s expected 10-year lifespan. The procurement is for goods, classified as spectrometers, with delivery in Czechia.

Cyclical Decorations Programme Leaseholders (QLTA)

Description: Cyclical decoration, minor repairs and communal flooring replacement across all of VIVID's leaseholder properties.

Summary: VIVID Housing Ltd is procuring works for its leaseholder properties, covering cyclical internal and external decoration, minor repairs and replacement of communal flooring. The requirement combines planned housing maintenance with communal-area improvement, so it is relevant to contractors able to deliver decorating, repair and flooring services within one programme. The primary category is works, including decoration work and repair and maintenance services (CPV 45451000 and 50000000). Delivery locations are recorded in Ireland. The buyer is VIVID Housing Ltd, based in Portsmouth. The programme is presented as a single requirement for leaseholder properties rather than separate service categories, so suppliers should assess their ability to provide the full combination of services or form a suitable delivery arrangement.

Portsmouth International Port - Repairs & Maintenance Support Staff and Ancillary Services

Description: Portsmouth International Port (the 'Port'), a directorate of Portsmouth City Council (the 'Council'), is seeking to appoint a Contractor to provide a dedicated core maintenance team and associated gas maintenance services across the Port estate. The contract is expected to have an annual value in the region of PS400,000 to PS450,000. The contract will be awarded for an initial term of three (3) years, with the option to extend for up to a further two (2) years, up to a maximum total contract term of five (5) years. The scope of the service includes the provision of a dedicated on-site maintenance team to undertake planned, minor and corrective maintenance activities across the Port estate, together with the provision of gas safety inspections, planned gas maintenance, reactive repairs and (read more...)

Summary: Portsmouth City Council plans to procure repairs and maintenance services for Portsmouth International Port, including the Portsmouth Cruise and Ferry Port, The Camber and the Border Control Post. The service will support the operation, safety and upkeep of the port estate and associated assets. It will include a dedicated on-site maintenance team, planned, minor and corrective repairs, commercial gas safety inspections, servicing and maintenance, and emergency out-of-hours call-outs. The contractor may also provide specialist trades and quoted additional works. The expected trades include carpentry, plumbing, painting and decoration, groundwork, horticulture, electrical, roofing, masonry, flooring, plastering, fencing and grounds maintenance. The contractor will work alongside the Port’s directly employed maintenance personnel in a busy operational environment.

Flooring Replacement

Description: Flooring replacement to communal areas, wet rooms and domestic properties.

Summary: VIVID Housing Ltd is procuring flooring replacement works for communal areas, wet rooms and domestic properties. The requirement covers the supply and installation of floor coverings and associated floor-covering work. Delivery is identified in Ireland, including the IE052 and IE053 areas. The work is classified as construction works rather than goods or standalone services. It is being procured by VIVID Housing Ltd, a housing organisation based in Portsmouth. The opportunity uses a single lot and is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. Suppliers specialising in flooring replacement, flexible floor coverings and installation in occupied or communal housing environments should consider whether their operating coverage includes the stated Irish delivery locations and the range of domestic and shared residential settings involved.