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Optometry in Special Educations Settings (SES) across the South West - Market Engagement

Description: This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of an opportunity to deliver Optometry services in Special Education Settings (SES) within the South West region, covering Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (IOS), Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) and Gloucestershire Integrated Care Boards (ICBs). Please note that ICBs are developing into 'clusters' ahead of statutory mergers taking formal effect, likely from April 2027. The cluster arrangements in development include: * Devon and Cornwall (IOS) * BNSSG and Gloucestershire. These changes will not have any material impact on the commissioning intentions or contract award. At this time, the Commissioner(s) would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering the services and invites interested parties to express an interest by (read more...)

Summary: NHS Devon, NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, and NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Boards are seeking optometry services for children and young people in special educational settings across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire. The service covers residential and day settings and must provide person-centred, needs-led care with reasonable adjustments. Requirements include in-school sight testing, corrective lenses and dispensing, onward referral where further checks or treatment are needed, access for parents or carers during testing and frame selection, and eye health and vision reports. Providers must work around school schedules and engage with school staff, families, commissioners, local eye health networks and optical committees. The procurement is managed on behalf of the commissioners by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit.

Optometry in Special Educations Settings (SES) across the South West - Market Engagement

Description: This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of an opportunity to deliver Optometry services in Special Education Settings (SES) within the South West region, covering Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (IOS), Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) and Gloucestershire Integrated Care Boards (ICBs). Please note that ICBs are developing into 'clusters' ahead of statutory mergers taking formal effect, likely from April 2027. The cluster arrangements in development include: * Devon and Cornwall (IOS) * BNSSG and Gloucestershire. These changes will not have any material impact on the commissioning intentions or contract award. At this time, the Commissioner(s) would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering the services and invites interested parties to express an interest by (read more...)

Summary: NHS Devon, NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, and NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Boards are seeking optometry services for children and young people in special educational settings across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire. The service covers residential and day settings and must provide person-centred, needs-led care with reasonable adjustments. Requirements include in-school sight testing, corrective lenses and dispensing, onward referral where further checks or treatment are needed, access for parents or carers during testing and frame selection, and eye health and vision reports. Providers must work around school schedules and engage with school staff, families, commissioners, local eye health networks and optical committees. The procurement is managed on behalf of the commissioners by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit.

MD26098 - Plan Mid Devon Green Infrastructure Strategy

Description: 1. Aims and objectives of the tender exercise To appoint a suitably qualified consultant through a fair, transparent and proportionate competitive process to prepare the Plan Mid Devon Green Infrastructure Strategy. The commission will provide a robust and proportionate Local Plan evidence base that establishes the existing green infrastructure baseline; assesses the likely individual and cumulative impacts of planned growth; identifies mitigation, enhancement and investment priorities; and translates the findings into practical policy, site-allocation, infrastructure-delivery and development-management recommendations. The procurement also seeks value for money, timely delivery, transparent methodology and assumptions, high-quality editable GIS/data outputs, knowledge transfer to Council officers, and outputs that remain usable following Local Government Reorganisation. 2. Description of the requirement and background to the procurement Mid Devon District Council is preparing Plan Mid Devon, (read more...)

Summary: Mid Devon District Council is procuring specialist consultancy services to prepare the Plan Mid Devon Green Infrastructure Strategy. The work will create a robust evidence base for the new 2026–2046 Local Plan, covering the existing green infrastructure baseline, planned growth impacts, ecological networks, biodiversity, access to nature, active travel, landscape, water and flood-risk functions. Outputs include baseline mapping, growth and site assessment, a draft and final strategy, delivery and infrastructure schedules, planning-policy and site-allocation recommendations, and editable GIS and mapping data with metadata. The commission also includes knowledge transfer and proportionate stakeholder engagement where required. It supports planning decisions across Mid Devon, with findings and datasets needed at parish, settlement and district level for future successor authorities. The service is classified as urban planning services.

MD26097 - Plan Mid Devon Open Space, Allotment Play Area Study

Description: 1. Aims and objectives of the tender exercise To appoint a suitably qualified consultant through a fair, transparent and proportionate competitive process to prepare an updated Open Space, Play Area and Allotments Study for Plan Mid Devon. The commission will establish an up-to-date audit and baseline; identify quantitative, qualitative and accessibility deficiencies or surpluses; derive locally justified standards; assess growth options and site allocations; and provide practical policy, developer-contribution, infrastructure-delivery and long-term stewardship recommendations. The procurement also seeks value for money, timely delivery, robust and repeatable methodology, editable GIS and audit data, knowledge transfer, coordination with related evidence studies and outputs that remain usable following Local Government Reorganisation. 2. Description of the requirement and background to the procurement Mid Devon District Council is preparing Plan Mid Devon for (read more...)

Summary: Mid Devon District Council is commissioning specialist consultancy services for an updated Open Space, Play Area and Allotments Study supporting Plan Mid Devon. The work will audit existing open-space, play and allotment provision; assess quality, quantity, accessibility, demand and deficiencies; develop locally justified standards; and assess growth options and site allocations. It will produce area profiles, policy and developer-contribution recommendations, infrastructure-delivery advice, action planning, publication-ready reports, editable GIS files and audit data. The study must support healthy, inclusive communities and coordinate with related evidence on green infrastructure, playing pitches and built facilities without duplicating it. Work covers Tiverton, Cullompton, Crediton, sustainable rural settlements, parish areas and the wider Mid Devon district. This is a professional planning consultancy service, classified under CPV 71410000, urban planning services.

MD26097 - Plan Mid Devon Open Space, Allotment Play Area Study

Description: 1. Aims and objectives of the tender exercise To appoint a suitably qualified consultant through a fair, transparent and proportionate competitive process to prepare an updated Open Space, Play Area and Allotments Study for Plan Mid Devon. The commission will establish an up-to-date audit and baseline; identify quantitative, qualitative and accessibility deficiencies or surpluses; derive locally justified standards; assess growth options and site allocations; and provide practical policy, developer-contribution, infrastructure-delivery and long-term stewardship recommendations. The procurement also seeks value for money, timely delivery, robust and repeatable methodology, editable GIS and audit data, knowledge transfer, coordination with related evidence studies and outputs that remain usable following Local Government Reorganisation. 2. Description of the requirement and background to the procurement Mid Devon District Council is preparing Plan Mid Devon for (read more...)

Summary: Mid Devon District Council is commissioning specialist consultancy services to update the Open Space, Play Area and Allotments Study supporting Plan Mid Devon. The work covers a current audit and baseline of open spaces, play areas and allotments; GIS mapping; accessibility and network analysis; proportionate site visits; quality and value assessment; allotment demand; locally justified standards; and assessment of growth options and site allocations. The consultant must produce area profiles, developer-contribution and infrastructure-delivery recommendations, policy advice, action planning, publication-ready reports, and editable GIS and audit data. The evidence will support healthy, inclusive communities and substantial housing growth across Tiverton, Cullompton, Crediton and sustainable rural settlements. Delivery is across Mid Devon, including district, settlement and parish-level analysis. This is a professional planning and urban evidence service, classified under CPV 71410000.

Water Hygiene Safety & Maintenance Services

Description: The University of Exeter requires the monitoring, testing, inspection and maintenance of water systems for the control of legionella bacteria across the estate in accordance with the recommendations of the current legionella risk assessments. The parameters and performance requirements for this will be detailed in the legionella risk assessments and will be in accordance with HSG 274 Part 2 where applicable.

Summary: The University of Exeter is seeking water hygiene safety and maintenance services across its estate. The work covers monitoring, testing, inspection and maintenance of water systems to control legionella bacteria, following the requirements of current legionella risk assessments. Suppliers will need to deliver the parameters and performance requirements set by those assessments and comply with HSG 274 Part 2 where applicable. This is a specialist water hygiene and legionella control service, with related mechanical engineering and technical inspection and testing activities. The buyer is the University of Exeter, a public authority. The requirement is for services rather than construction works or the supply of standalone goods, and is presented as a single service requirement.

SWAST-5143-F Clinical Training Manikins and Simulation Equipment Maintenance

Description: Background South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is undertaking preliminary market engagement to identify suppliers capable of providing preventative maintenance, servicing, repair, refurbishment, spare parts support and lifecycle management services for its portfolio of clinical training manikins and simulation equipment located across the South West. The Trust is seeking information from suitably experienced organisations to better understand market capability, service models and indicative pricing structures in advance of any future procurement exercise. This notice does not constitute a call for competition and no contract will be awarded as a result of this market engagement exercise. Scope of Requirement The Trust currently operates a significant estate of clinical training manikins and simulation equipment, primarily manufactured by Laerdal Medical and Limbs & Things. The approximate equipment portfolio includes: Equipment (read more...)

Summary: South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is planning services to maintain and manage its clinical training manikins and simulation equipment. The anticipated scope covers preventative maintenance, planned servicing, inspections, repairs, refurbishment, spare parts and consumables, collection and return, mobile engineering visits, diagnostics, reporting, asset-condition assessments, lifecycle planning, replacement recommendations, support for new purchases, asset-management integration, and calibration, testing and certification where applicable. The equipment is mainly manufactured by Laerdal Medical and Limbs & Things and includes resuscitation manikins, airway and intravenous training equipment, birthing simulators and pneumothorax trainers. Work would take place across training locations in Gloucestershire, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bath, Swindon, Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon, Dorset and Cornwall.

Textile Waste Recycling Contract

Description: As a Waste Disposal Authority (WDA) DCC is responsible for the disposal of waste that the District Councils of Devon collect, known as Local Authority Collected Waste (LACW). DCC works in partnership with all 8 District Councils in Devon as well as the unitary authority of Torbay. The partnership, known as DASWC (The Devon Authorities Strategic Waste Committee), consists of representatives at both officer and councillor level from all Devon District Councils and Torbay Council. The role of the committee is to promote recycling across the county, and to fund small projects by the pooling of funding. It also co-ordinates joint county wide contracts for paper, glass and textiles and thereby allowing each authority to achieve a better deal through economy of scale. The current contract for the (read more...)

Summary: Devon County Council is procuring textile waste recycling services for Local Authority Collected Waste. The contractor will process textile waste collected by Devon’s eight district councils and Torbay Council, supporting the county-wide recycling partnership coordinated through the Devon Authorities Strategic Waste Committee. The requirement covers the processing and recycling of collected textiles rather than general waste disposal. The work is delivered across Devon and Torbay. The council is seeking a service that enables the authorities to manage textile waste collectively and secure value from material that can be sold after processing. The procurement is classified as a refuse recycling service, including textile waste, and falls within the services category. It is intended to replace the existing textile waste processing arrangement when that contract expires.

SWAST-5129-E Fuel Storage Infrastructure Replacement and Associated Services Framework

Description: The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWAST) is seeking to establish a multi-supplier closed Framework Agreement for the provision of fuel storage infrastructure replacement and associated services across the Trust estate. Up to four (4) suppliers will be appointed to the Framework for a period of four (4) years. The scope of the Framework includes, but is not limited to, the design, supply, delivery, installation, commissioning, decommissioning, removal and disposal of fuel storage infrastructure, associated civil engineering works, fuel management system integration, environmental protection measures and all ancillary works necessary to deliver compliant fuel storage installations. As part of this procurement, SWAST intends to award an initial call-off contract for the replacement of the existing fuel storage installation at Swindon Ambulance Station. Future requirements may be (read more...)

Summary: South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is procuring a multi-supplier framework for replacing fuel storage infrastructure across its estate. The work covers design, supply, delivery, installation, commissioning, decommissioning, removal and disposal of fuel storage systems, together with associated civil engineering, fuel management system integration, environmental protection and other ancillary works needed for compliant installations. The initial requirement is replacement of the existing fuel storage installation at Swindon Ambulance Station. Work may take place at other Trust sites under future call-off contracts. This is a works opportunity, including mechanical installation activity, and the framework is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community or social enterprises.

SWAST-5141-FM Liskeard Ambulance Station Building Improvement and Minor Works

Description: The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWAST) is issuing this Invitation to Tender (ITT) to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Supplier to undertake refurbishment and improvement works at Liskeard Ambulance Station, Cornwall. The scope of the works includes internal and external refurbishment, drainage repairs and reinstatement, garage door replacement, fire compartmentalise works, electrical rewiring, replacement of distribution boards and fire alarm systems, resurfacing of roads and parking areas, construction of a new medicine Room and Hot Desk Office, installation of medical store racking, and associated mechanical, electrical and building works required to deliver a fully operational and compliant facility. This procurement is being conducted as an above-threshold Open Procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. The Contract is anticipated to commence following contract award (read more...)

Summary: South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is procuring construction and minor building works to refurbish and improve Liskeard Ambulance Station in Cornwall. The work covers internal and external refurbishment, drainage repairs and reinstatement, replacement of a garage door, fire compartmentation, electrical rewiring, new distribution boards and fire alarm systems. It also includes resurfacing roads and parking areas, building a medicine room and hot-desk office, installing medical-store racking, and completing associated mechanical, electrical and building works. The required outcome is a fully operational and compliant ambulance facility. This is a construction works opportunity, classified under CPV 45000000, for a single package covering the complete improvement programme.