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Weekly round-up of news, statistics, and information relating to public procurement within the UK and Republic of Ireland.
This week’s headlines, offering you leads for tendering opportunities and updates about the public sector marketplace.
Previous plans for the Festival Gardens development proposed 1,500 homes, but Liverpool City Council may lower this target after review. The council hopes to have a new developer secured to the project by Autumn.
A new footbridge over the River Wye will make it easier for cyclists and walkers to cross between England and Wales. The new traffic-free bridge has been approved by councillors and will have a modern design. The construction of the bridge will take about two years, and should start in 2023.
Developers are invited to bid for a 30-acre site in Cardiff Bay with outline planning consent for a mixed-use development. The project could include 1,000 homes, hotel, office, retail and leisure spaces, and a light rail link to the city centre. The scheme could take 10 years to complete, and initial expressions of interest have a deadline of 26 May 2023.
Swansea Council has announced a £26m project to install solar panels on 1,200 council homes over the next four years. The project will help generate and store electricity for power and light, which residents can use whenever they need it. The council said this will reduce energy costs and carbon emissions.
Scotland’s Highland Council aims to build 3,300 affordable homes in the next five years, with plans submitted to the Scottish Government for approval.
Here we share the tenders and prior information notices that caught our attention this week.
Authority: NHS National Services Scotland
Published: 4 May 2023
Estimated go-live: 1 February 2024
Description: NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) is considering procurement of a payroll product to be built within the wider NHS Scotland technology environment. The solution will provide end to end functionality for the core processes operated by professionals in payroll roles and will cater for self-service payroll processes for all NHSScotland employees.
Authority: Transport for London
Published: 4 May 2023
Deadline: 26 May 2023
Description: Transport for London (TfL) is seeking expressions of interest to run advertising concession type arrangements on both its rail network (including London Underground) and its bus shelters, from 1st April 2025.
Authority: NI Water and its subsidiaries
Published: 4 May 2023
Deadline: 31 January 2024
Description: Northern Ireland Water and its subsidiaries will be procuring a Contract for its Network Maintenance Programme with capacity to deliver improvement, repair and maintenance works across their water and wastewater network for the PC21 and PC27 Price Control periods. NI Water has in place a contract for these services until 2025. Procurement for the new Contract is anticipated to commence in early 2024.
Authority: Cardiff Council
Published: 4 May 2023
Deadline: 5 June 2023
Description: Following expiry of the previous lease, Cardiff Council wish to offer to market a new type of management agreement for the Secret Garden Café, Bute Park. Cardiff Council will be inviting bids from prospective operators over the summer.
Authority: Procurement for Housing
Published: 4 May 2023
Deadline: 5 June 2023
Description: Procurement for Housing (PfH) is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Accommodation and Decant Managed solutions. PfH wish to appoint a panel of experienced suppliers to a single lot to carry out services to PfH Members in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and the wider public sector (“Contracting Authorities”) permitted to use the framework. The successful suppliers will be required to provide a full range of inclusive Accommodation and Decant services. This will include the core provision of a 24 hours a day 365 days a year accommodation vetting, search and booking service, in addition to the hire and or purchase of relevant associated provisions.
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This week we saw 936 new tendering opportunities, and 79 prior information notices, published across the UK and ROI.
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