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SSE will require suppliers under the framework to provide the full range of services for Aerial Vehicle inspection, survey & photography services across both 'onshore' and 'offshore' locations. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Inspection, Survey & Photography Services SSE is a purpose-led company involved principally in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity; and also in the supply of energy and related services to customers. SSE has a number of Business Units that include SSEN Transmission, SSEN Distribution, SSE Renewables, SSE Thermal, SSE Airtricity and SSE Corporate. This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is being issued by SSE Services PLC, which covers all of SSE's Group companies in the UK and Ireland. SSEN Transmission Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission (SSEN Transmission) are responsible for the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland, maintaining and investing in the high voltage electricity transmission network. SSEN Transmission's network consists of underground and subsea cables, overhead lines on wooden poles or steel towers, and electricity substations. SSEN Distribution Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Distribution (SSEN Distribution) are the electricity Distribution Network Operator (DNO) responsible for delivering power to over 3.9 million homes and businesses across central southern England and the north of Scotland. SSE Renewables SSE Renewables is a leading developer and operator of renewable energy generation, headquartered in the UK and Ireland, with a growing presence internationally. SSE Renewables focus on onshore and offshore wind, hydro, solar and battery storage. SSE Thermal SSE Thermal is responsible for the flexible generation subsidiary of SSE plc, focusing on flexible energy generation and storage assets [...]

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency sponsored by Defra. As the only accredited paying agency in England, the RPA makes payments to farmers, traders and land owners. The RPA also make payments on behalf of Natural England, and manages over 40 schemes to help ensure England has a healthy rural economy and strong rural communities. Satellite data is business critical for RPA to provide risk assurance in the delivery of the Farming and Countryside Programme (FCP) schemes which use the RPA's Rural Land Register (RLR). The current compliance monitoring processes for FCP schemes are manual, resource-intensive, inefficient and have high fraud and error rates. They rely on field visits, paperwork, and subjective assessments, leading to delayed evaluations, increased administrative burdens, and only capture a small percentage of the entire population. To overcome these challenges, RPA requires an advanced technological solution capable of streamlining national monitoring processes. The purpose of this notice is for the RPA to make known that a Further Competition is being conducted under the CCS Space-Enabled and Geospatial Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) (reference RM6235) for a geospatial analytics and remote monitoring service. Suppliers can access this by visiting https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html and locating ITT reference itt_80667. Interested suppliers who are not on the DPS who may wish to participate should visit https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6235 for further details. [...]

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency sponsored by Defra. As the only accredited paying agency in England, the RPA makes payments to farmers, traders and land owners. The RPA also make payments on behalf of Natural England, and manages over 40 schemes to help ensure England has a healthy rural economy and strong rural communities. Satellite data is business critical for RPA to provide risk assurance in the delivery of the Farming and Countryside Programme (FCP) schemes which use the RPA's Rural Land Register (RLR). The current compliance monitoring processes for FCP schemes are manual, resource-intensive, inefficient and have high fraud and error rates. They rely on field visits, paperwork, and subjective assessments, leading to delayed evaluations, increased administrative burdens, and only capture a small percentage of the entire population. To overcome these challenges, RPA requires an advanced technological solution capable of streamlining national monitoring processes. The purpose of this notice is for the RPA to make known that a Further Competition is being conducted under the CCS Space-Enabled and Geospatial Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) (reference RM6235) for a geospatial analytics and remote monitoring service. Suppliers can access this by visiting https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html and locating ITT reference itt_80667. Interested suppliers who are not on the DPS who may wish to participate should visit https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6235 for further details. [...]

Carer’s breaks pilot: The aim of this pilot is to provide carer’s breaks to Reading residents who provide unpaid care/ informal care.A carer is anyone who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction and cannot cope without their support.NHS commissioning » Who is considered a carer?The pilot will work with carers who are 18+. This project is funded by The Accelerating Reform Fund, the purpose of which is to support innovation in adult social care and is provided by the Department of Health and Social Care. We are hoping to offer a service that:• provides respite care for the cared for person• and/ or optional recreational activity for the carers. If you offer at least one of the following services, we would like to talk to you as part of our market research . Be sure to respond by 7 February 2024. As this is when the PIN will expire. [...]

Provision of support and maintenance for Thames Water's SAP ECC platform. [...]

This notice is placed to set out NHS England South East's (the Commissioner's) intention to follow the Most Suitable Provider Process. NHS England South East is seeking a suitable provider who has the capability and capacity to deliver Complex Termination Of Pregnancy Services for patients with medical complexity and/or significant co-morbidities, in line with the specified requirements, in the capacity of the Regional Network Lead Provider. The aims of the service are to: - • Ensure that people needing NHS care for safe termination are always able to access specialised termination services up to 23 weeks 6 days of gestation (regardless of the legal ground) • Provide rapid access to local, safe, effective and satisfactory terminations for individuals excluded from treatment in routine termination services due to the complications posed to safe termination as a result of the patient's medical needs or significant co-morbidities • Ensure that people with significant co-morbidities have access to NHS Centres at early gestation and in line with national gestation group (weeks) profiles where safe care requires NHS input • Maximise safety by providing local access to high quality expertise in specialised termination services up to 23 weeks 6 days of gestation with access to multidisciplinary teams and acute peri-abortion care when needed • Ensure that the quality of the care provided is nationally monitored and subject to a process of continued improvement (through a national dashboard) • Participate in national data collection to improve understanding of service needs across the country to allow optimisation of outcomes and resources - improve understanding of optimal methods [...]

AWE Plc wishes to establish a Sustainment Delivery Partnership framework in support of the Plutonium Technology Centre (PTC) - a key facility within its Future Infrastructure Portfolio. The SDPs would work as part of an integrated team to plan, design and deliver the sustainment programme in the PTC based on a high-performance culture and best practice. We have undertaken market engagement prior to this contract notice to gather information from the market on the proposed SDPs. Based on discussions and analysis, we have determined the following SDPs: Programme Partner (x1), Optioneering Partner (x1), Design & Delivery Partners (x2) & Enhanced Asset Operation Partner (x1). [...]

This project includes, but is not limited to the following packages of work: A new chemical storage and dosing system to aid Phosphorus removal A new pre-aeration primary tank supernatant and RAS mixing and distribution chamber A new activated sludge aeration lane that matches existing with two new 35 m diameter final settlement tanks and RAS system A new Tertiary Solids Removal treatment stage A new standby power facility A new centrate storage tank and pump system to return centrate for treatment A new Picket Fence Thickener to operate in parallel to two existing units A new liquor return pump station to return site liquors for treatment [...]

The provision of a resource management tool to be used by the SUMS Group for effective planning of its internal resource. [...]

This notice is placed to set out NHS England South East's (the Commissioner's) intention to follow the Most Suitable Provider Process. NHS England South East is seeking suitable providers who have the capability and capacity to deliver the Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS) service, in line with the specified requirements. The procurement is divided into 3 lots. Each lot will work collaboratively within the South East to provide specialised maternity care in specialised PAS centres delivered as part of a regional network arrangement inclusive of local maternity services. The 3 lots cover the areas incorporating the relevant Integrated Care Board (ICB) boundaries within the South East as follows: • Lot 1: Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) • Lot 2: Wessex (W) Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Dorset and Salisbury • Lot 3: Thames Valley (TV) Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, Frimley and Milton Keynes It is acknowledged that there may be a requirement to take patients from outside of a lot area for treatment. As the service establishes itself the lot boundaries may be reviewed. Any such review will be carried out with the relevant provider/s of the service within the affected lot. The aims of the service are to: To accurately diagnose Abnormally Invasive Placenta (AIP) and determine the clinical risk it poses. To maximise safety for the mother by providing high quality specialist multidisciplinary care for the delivery of women at high risk of AIP. This involves: • Preventing avoidable deaths in a population at very high risk of mortality • Minimising ITU admission and length of stay [...]