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Chelmsford City Council is planning to commence a procurement under the Procurement Act 2023 to appoint a development partner to acquire and develop three strategic sites totalling approximately 15.6 acres which have been allocated for high-density residential, commercial and community offering at Chelmer Waterside. The sites are anticipated to collectively accommodate at least 770 units, with potential for up to 1,000 units. It is expected that 35% of the housing provision will be affordable housing. The contract is mainly for the supply of works with some ancillary real estate services. The Council is inviting developers to arrange a 1:1 virtual preliminary market engagement discussion with the Council commencing the 14th April 2025 to hear the Council's proposals with respect to the procurement, share responses to the Council's procurement strategy and engage with potential suppliers on optimum residential content and tenure mix; successful affordable housing provision including total no. of units, location and integration; working with a designated housing association to deliver affordable housing; and place making and community building. The Council is seeking to hold discussions with developers who have acquired and constructed over 200 units on a single site within the last five years, either individually or as part of a consortium. Further details of the PME process can be found below. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/3B48AQJ9MQ To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3B48AQJ9MQ [...]

Chelmsford City Council is planning to commence a procurement under the Procurement Act 2023 to appoint a development partner to acquire and develop three strategic sites totalling approximately 15.6 acres which have been allocated for high-density residential, commercial and community offering at Chelmer Waterside. The sites are anticipated to collectively accommodate at least 770 units, with potential for up to 1,000 units. It is expected that 35% of the housing provision will be affordable housing. The contract is mainly for the supply of works with some ancillary real estate services. The Council is inviting developers to arrange a 1:1 virtual preliminary market engagement discussion with the Council commencing the 14th April 2025 to hear the Council’s proposals with respect to the procurement, share responses to the Council’s procurement strategy and engage with potential suppliers on optimum residential content and tenure mix; successful affordable housing provision including total no. of units, location and integration; working with a designated housing association to deliver affordable housing; and place making and community building. The Council is seeking to hold discussions with developers who have acquired and constructed over 200 units on a single site within the last five years, either individually or as part of a consortium. Further details of the PME process can be found below. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/3B48AQJ9MQ To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3B48AQJ9MQ [...]

Essex County Council is re-commissioning the Community Rehabilitation Service to deliver a community based intensive rehabilitation programme. This is a notice for intention to award a contract under the PSR competitive process, with approximate lifetime value of £4,500,000. This is an existing service which will be re-commissioned between 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2030. The service contributes to a number of commitments within ECC’s four-year plan, Everyone’s Essex, notably to support healthy lifestyles and level up health. The service has a significant impact on the Council’s commitment to promoting health, care and wellbeing for all the parts of our population who need our support, including vulnerable adults, children and families. Essex County Council has also been greatly influenced by the Think Family initiative and has built on this by ensuring that all its commissioned services offer and/or provide support services to whole families where they are affected by someone else’s drug and/or alcohol misuse. The service provided will form the core part of a county-wide health, adult and young people’s social care, youth offending, police, probation, prison and independent sector recovery-based response to substance misuse in Essex. [...]

Essex County Council is re-commissioning the Psychosocial Alcohol Intervention and Recovery Service (PAIRS). This is a notice for intention to award a contract under the PSR competitive process, with approximate lifetime value of £4,643,975. This is an existing service which will be re-commissioned between 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2030. The Psychosocial Alcohol Intervention and Recovery Service (PAIRS) has been delivered in Essex since 2019. The aim of the Service is to provide community based psychosocial interventions for those individuals with alcohol misuse issues, ensuring the service is safe and appropriate and in line with current local and national guidelines. The provider will work with service users to help them achieve their personal recovery goals and outcomes. The service will also provide direct support and expertise within various acute hospital sites, working jointly with the alcohol liaison nurses to engage with and support those admitted to hospital with alcohol related problems, or where alcohol has been identified as a problem once admitted. [...]

Essex County Council (ECC) want to secure 33 exclusive Children's Residential Home beds in Essex by 2027 for children and young people in care. ECC also have a long-term ambition to work differently, in collaboration with the sector. We want to work with organisations that share our purpose and values to appropriately meet the needs and deliver good outcomes for Essex young people, in Essex. ECC has planned a collaboration event on the 12th May 2025 between 10:00 and 16:00 at Colchester Football Stadium to meet with providers of children's residential care. This event is for: • Providers already working in Essex • Providers that want to work in Essex • Providers that do not have property in Essex but want to work in Essex • Social enterprise organisations (small and large) who want to work in Essex This event aims to set out a new way of working together by collaborating with you to co-design sustainable and purposeful solutions to Essex sufficiency. This event is for directors and owners of children's homes. Agenda for Collaboration and Discussion: 1. Residential Programme 2024/2025 Update 2. Understanding future demand, capacity and timelines 3. Understanding Care Cubed 4. Developing prerequisites for working together - what we need from you and what you need from us 5. Adapting procurement pathways for public benefit - addressing the challenges of public sector procurement for commissioners, providers and young people 6. Partnerships and Collaboration - exploring how we can do and can work together for improved outcomes 7. Facilitated networking time There will be space for organisations to book a 10-15-minute slot with key commissioning and procurement leads for [...]

Essex County Council's (the Council) current Highways Strategic Transformation Contract (Highways Contract) ends on the 31 March 2027. ECC is subsequently seeking a Contractor to maintain the County's highways and other associated assets in accordance with responsibilities under the Highways Act 1980, from 1 April 2027. The Contractor will undertake reactive and planned maintenance, that delivers best value with the resources available, across all of ECC's highway network and on all highway assets. This will include design and delivery of improvement schemes. The Contractor will deliver the service in line with the Client's corporate policies and strategic plans, and will support communities and the local economy through network maintenance and improvement to meet the Client's growth agenda and related plans and strategies. The Contractor will be expected to proactively embrace and implement best practice, innovations and new technologies enabling the service to continually improve. [...]

Supply of below goods to CHP: Lot 1 - Electrical Materials Lot 2 - Power Tools Lot 3 - Hand Tools/Consumables The primary objective of the Contract is to supply CHP with the required goods under each Lot, enabling us to effectively maintain our housing stock of approximately 11,700 properties across Essex and surrounding areas. Our key aims have been identified as: • Effective and efficient service for both delivery and collection • Right first time in completing orders • Maintenance of sufficient stock levels to supply our requirements • Proactive contract and account management • Electronic integration with CHP's ordering and invoicing system [...]

Essex County Council's (the Council) current Highways Strategic Transformation Contract (Highways Contract) ends on the 31 March 2027. ECC is subsequently seeking a Contractor to maintain the County's highways and other associated assets in accordance with responsibilities under the Highways Act 1980, from 1 April 2027. The Contractor will undertake reactive and planned maintenance, that delivers best value with the resources available, across all of ECC's highway network and on all highway assets. This will include design and delivery of improvement schemes. The Contractor will deliver the service in line with the Client's corporate policies and strategic plans, and will support communities and the local economy through network maintenance and improvement to meet the Client's growth agenda and related plans and strategies. The Contractor will be expected to proactively embrace and implement best practice, innovations and new technologies enabling the service to continually improve. [...]

The Blue Badge scheme in England provides parking concessions for individuals with disabilities, enabling them to park closer to their destinations and improve their quality of life. Essex County Council is seeking to reprocure a Contractor to conduct independent mobility assessments to determine Blue Badge eligibility. As per the Department for Transport's Guidance, a Local Authority should obtain certification from an appropriate expert assessor if they are unable to make a clear and robust decision on eligibility using cross checking or desk-based assessment. This ensures that badges are issued fairly and consistently to individuals who meet the eligibility criteria, thereby enhancing accessibility and mobility for those with disabilities. Please note that the current contract duration is an estimation only and subject to change in the forthcoming release of the tender documents. [...]

Essex County Council provides bus shelter infrastructure across the county of Essex. This currently includes all Essex districts except Thurrock and Southend. This year, the council will be tendering for a new provider for its Flags, Poles & Timetable frames contract. We are considering including timetable postings within this contract. The services delivered under this contract will include the installation and maintenance of flags, poles and timetable frames for circa 6,000 stops across the County. It is anticipated that this contract will start in April 2026, with sufficient mobilisation time. This market engagement aims to identify capable partners with a strong track record in delivering high-quality bus infrastructure solutions and efficient maintenance services. The Council would like to understand what solutions and services are currently on offer and available in the market, to support in determining what the requirements should be for this contract moving forward. [...]