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Coastal Learning Partnership is currently out to tender for the provision of a full daily catering service. The services at the Trust schools are a mix of in-house production and a delivered-in service provision. The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of a full school food catering service for the pupils and staff at the Trust schools. This will consist of a full lunch service for each school day at all sites. Across the Trust there are currently over 5,500 pupils on roll for the academic year 2025/26]. Of this figure, 1866 pupils are entitled to UIFSM and a further 1448 to Free School Meals. TUPE is expected to apply, details of which can be found in the tender documentation. Some members of the catering team (2 members of staff) are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme and all details are in the tender documentation. The Trust is keen to further increase uptake and continue the good work already in place for catering. It wishes to do so by working closely with the successful contractor in developing and continuously improving the service and partnership during the period of the contract and by introducing innovative and creative ideas as submitted in the tender process and ongoing. The Trust is aware that there are always opportunities to improve and modernise. They are interested in ensuring that the caterers provide the best possible service, introducing new menu ideas and initiatives so that pupils are all eating and utilising the service regularly. [...]

Health Science University a tendering for the one off supply of seminar room furniture for their London campus To access this competition: Registered: Login to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity CA16470. Not registered: Visit https://suppliers.multiquote.com then register and quote CA16470 as the reason for registration. Any queries please contact MultiQuote on 0151 482 9230. [...]

BCP Council are commissioning Supported Accommodation Services for Children in Care aged 16 - 18 years, for whom the authority has a statutory responsibility for, in line with Ofsted requirements and regulations for the sector. Supported Accommodation Services enable children to prepare for independent living, utilising support (rather than care) to aid children to achieve positive outcomes. In accordance with the sufficiency duty placed upon local authorities, wherever it is safe and appropriate to do so, BCP Council intend to support children to remain living in their local area; to maintain in contact with, and access to, their family and friends, education services, health and wellbeing services and local communities. The anticipated start date of the contract is January 2026. The contract will be 5 years with the option to extend for a further 3 years (5+2+1). Therefore, if all extensions were to be taken, the full length of the contract would be 8 years. [...]

The Council requires an electronic point of sale system to operate across various commercial sites. The purpose of this engagement is to gather industry expertise, innovative solutions, and feedback that will inform the development of our requirements. Please note: This exercise is a preliminary market engagement activity and not a call for competition or a tender. We are seeking information and insight from the market to help inform our approach; no pricing or formal offers are being requested at this stage. [...]

The Council requires an electronic point of sale system to operate across various commercial sites. The purpose of this engagement is to gather industry expertise, innovative solutions, and feedback that will inform the development of our requirements. Please note: This exercise is a preliminary market engagement activity and not a call for competition or a tender. We are seeking information and insight from the market to help inform our approach; no pricing or formal offers are being requested at this stage. [...]

Bournemouth University (“BU” or the “University”) has a requirement to replace its existing SMS solution which has reached end of life. SMS messages are used as part of a multi-channel communication approach to engage with students. Approximately 35,000 messages are sent each year. Scenarios where SMS communication is used include the following: • Automated messages to notify of timetable changes and cancellations • Applicant interview details • Appointment notifications and reminders • Wellbeing and engagement contact • Sports centre information and promotions • Urgent alerts to university first-aiders The replacement SMS service may include, but is not limited to, the features listed below: Core Functionality • Ability to convert email into SMS messages. • Extract subject/body and trim to SMS character limits. • Deliver to UK and international mobile phone numbers. • Ability to create custom message templates. • Replies matched to the originating outbound message and delivered to sender. • Ability to prioritise messages and specifically send high-priority alerts. Message Routing and Delivery • Retry failed messages and report failures. • Ability to schedule or delay delivery based on recipient time zone. • Ability to schedule messages on an ad-hoc or recurring basis. Logging and Reporting • Maintain logs of all messages sent and received. • Ability to view message stats, delivery success rates and errors. Compliance and Security • Potential to encrypt messages. • Provide means for recipients to opt out of SMS communications. • Ability to define retention periods for message history. Integration • Potential ability to integrate with other systems (e.g. case management, CRM). Administration and Support • Seamless access (preferably via Single Sign On) to system for message sending, receiving, managing users and viewing logs/reports. • Notification of failed messages and gateway issues. • Option to establish message quotas with notification when close to quota threshold. • Defined service-level agreement for support. [...]

BCP Council (the grantor) is inviting tenders from suppliers (concessionaires) for the opportunity to operate and maintain a water sports concession at Poole Park, Parkstone Road, Poole BH15 1TU. The site comprises of Kiosk, Boathouse, and Lake. The successful concessionaire will be granted the right to operate as the seller of water sports activities and associated retail services within Council-owned premises. The anticipated start date of the contract is 01 April 2026. The contract will be for 10 years with no extensions. [...]

Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole Council (BCP Council) are hosting an online market engagement event on Tuesday 30th September, from 15:30-17:00, to promote our commissioning intentions for a new Short Breaks Framework. This market engagement event is open to all providers who have an interest in the delivery of short breaks services for disabled children and young people (aged 0-25) and their families. Short Breaks are designed to provide enjoyable and inclusive opportunities for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), whilst also offering families and carers regular and reliable respite. Services will include (but are not limited to): • Holiday and after-school activities • Weekend and evening youth provision • Opportunities for children and young people with complex needs • Mentoring, befriending and community-based support • Overnight and residential short breaks The event will offer providers the opportunity to learn more about BCP Council's vision to provide short breaks services for disabled children and young people looked after across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, overview of BCP Council's latest data and find out about the procurement process. The tender opportunity is expected to be published on Supplying the Southwest in December 2025. To register for the market engagement event, please send an email to Nigel.Harvey-Whitten@bcpcouncil.gov.uk by Friday 26th September 2025, midday with your First and Last Name and organisation name. Participation or non-participation in this market engagement event shall not prejudice organisations participating in any future procurement process nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any organisation at an advantage in any forthcoming procurement process [...]

BCP Council requires scaffolding services to be provided at various projects and locations throughout the BCP Council area. The work will be tendered in two Lots. Suppliers can choose to bid for one or both Lots. The scope of this framework includes but is not limited to: • Lot 1 Commercial and Site Housing including flats (existing & new), including but not limited to: o Commercial scaffolds o Corporate buildings / offices o Leisure buildings o School buildings o Historic buildings o Museums and cultural buildings o Bridge structures o Seafront structures • Lot 2 Housing and domestic including flats o Domestic scaffolds Scaffolds must be designed, erected, altered and dismantled only by competent people and the work should be carried out under the direction of a competent supervisor. https://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/scaffoldinginfo.htm The Framework is accessible to all parts of BCP Council, or any other organisation wholly owned by BCP Council including but not limited to companies and/or charities or its duly authorised officers. Due to uncertainties surrounding future budgets, the Council provides no guarantees as to the volume or value of works under the framework and any quantities referred to are provided for indicative and/or evaluation purposes only. Additional information: Suppliers interested in this opportunity can access the full procurement documentation by visiting BCP Council's Tendering system www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk Suppliers should search for the opportunity through Supplying the South West. There are further details of the opportunity on the advert published on www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk and instructions on how suppliers can access the procurement documentation for completion. Responses to the opportunity must be submitted electronically through www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk before the deadline shown on the system. If you are unable to access the advert [...]

Pre Market engagement for a forthcoming tender for the installation of solar PV and associated technology full system solutions at BCP-owned sites. This is likely to include between five and seven properties/locations. A Pre Market Engagement questionnaire is available from BCP procurement portal https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/. Potential suppliers, especially local SMEs, are encouraged to complete the questionnaire. Participation or non-participation in this market engagement event shall not prejudice organisations participating in any future procurement process nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any organisation at an advantage in any forthcoming procurement process. [...]