Contracts awarded by the government and its agencies, valued at over £12,000. This includes
contracts from government departments, local councils, and other public bodies.
Since 2019, GMACS (the Greater Manchester Apprenticeship and Careers Service) has been helping young people in Greater Manchester access information about their future careers, skills and work. As a key Mayoral manifesto commitment, GMCA is now looking to safeguard the future of GMACS by re-procuring the Careers Platform.
GMACS comprises both a front-end website, accessible to all for free, and a careers platform back end, which is available to schools at no cost but requires students have a login. This procurement exercise is for the careers platform back end, currently provided by CASCAID (Xello). This service is currently in use by around 120 schools across GM, and therefore GMCA is looking to provide continuation of that service as well as providing contractual security to continue expanding the service to as many young people in GM as possible.
The GMACS Careers Platform is an important part of the Mayor and GMCA's digital offer to young people. This includes Curriculum For Life, Our Pass, and the Mayor's ambition around a Greater Manchester Baccalaureate (MBacc) and a technical education city region. The expectation of the proposal submitted would need to be aware of, and responsive to, GMCA's ongoing needs in this area, as well as the wider context in which GMCA are continuing to develop services for residents, as set out in the Greater Manchester Strategy.
Waste management service for the collection and disposal of: general waste, dry mixed recyclable waste, glass, food, commercial industrial waste, WEEE waste and any other associated waste requirement.
Project aim: The aim of the Bed Poverty Project is to provide beds as well as bedding accessories to children whose families are unable to provide beds for them due to financial constraint.
Children between the ages of 4 years old and 16 years old that meet the eligibility criteria will be the focus of this project as they need a comfortable sleep/rest to aid them in their education.
For those households with more than one child sharing a bed, the project will ensure that all of the children in the household are considered through the scheme at the same time.
The project will be delivered using a professional referral system to ensure due diligence is done by the professionals who are aware of the circumstances of the family and that we are reaching those who would benefit from scheme. An online referral form will be in place for the professionals to complete with the relevant information supporting their request to receive the items on offer from this scheme. Once this information is received by KCC, it will be processed by the project team. If the eligibility criteria are met, an order will be placed on their behalf for their chosen items (as set out on the online referral form). The beneficiary, as well as the referrer, will be notified if the application has been successful or unsuccessful. If the beneficiary's application has been successful, the beneficiary and referrer will be notified of the delivery date according to the service level agreement (SLA). The Furnishing Service will be notified of all relevant information they need to make the delivery as set out in the DPIA. After the delivery has taken place, a follow up with the referrer and/or the beneficiary will be arranged to evaluate the impact of the items received.
There may be some households that are not able to safely remove any existing items that are not usable/no longer required and to prevent fly tipping, the project will have an option to have these items removed and disposed of in a secure and ethical way.
The project is being piloted in the first phase and, following a successful pilot, a second phase could be initiated implementing relevant lessons learnt, subject to funding availability.
Lancashire Constabulary is inviting bidders to tend for a Heating and ventilation contract.
The contract will be divided into two separate categories (referred to as lots):
Lot 1 - Servicing and maintenance of heating systems
Lot 2 - Servicing and maintenance of Ventilation systems
Lot 1 - Will be for Heating systems will cover the planned/programme for the servicing, maintenance work and repairs of all the heating and water systems on each site to ensure operational liability.
This will either be on a routine or call-out basis. The successful supplier will be required to provide a Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm for service and a 24 hour 365 days per annum call out facility for urgent repairs.
Lot 2 - Will be for Air conditioning and ventilation systems on each site to ensure operational reliability. This will either be on a routine or call-out basis. The successful supplier will be required to provide a Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm for service and a 24 hour 365 days per annum call out facility for urgent repairs.
The Constabulary is looking for a maximum of one Bidder for each lot but is inviting bidders to either apply for one or both lots.