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Service Design for Embedding Positive Cultures in Residential Care across Wales
Social Care Wales is commissioning two separate contracts to design and test a leadership support programme for embedding positive cultures in Welsh adult care homes, then evaluate its impact. The work follows user research already underway.
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ID 6202678 - AFBI – The Supply and Delivery of a Multibeam Echosounder 70923
Supply and delivery of a multibeam echosounder (model 70923) with warranty and staff training included. The buyer is the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, based in Northern Ireland.
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Political Monitoring Service and Public Affairs Support
The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales needs a political monitoring and public affairs service provider for three years. The role covers tracking Senedd business, identifying policy risks and opportunities, and supporting strategic engagement across Welsh politics.
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Fframwaith Ymgynghorwyr Addysg Chwaraeon Cymru / Sport Wales Education Consultant Framework
Sport Wales is establishing a framework of up to 12 education consultants to support delivery of PE, school sport and physical activity across Welsh schools. The framework will provide expertise in professional learning, school system support, and programme delivery and evaluation.
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Learning Partner - Preventing Harmful Sexual Behaviour in Schools (Pilot)
The Violence Reduction Unit needs a Learning Partner to co-design and evaluate a pilot preventing harmful sexual behaviour in schools, working across one Multi Academy Trust and 3–4 local authorities. The role covers service mapping, developing theories of change, building a community of practice, and performance monitoring.
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Behavioural Assessment Services
The NHS Litigation Authority needs professional services to conduct behavioural assessments. The notice gives no detail on scope, methodology, or the purpose of the assessments.
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CEFAS26-11 Framework for Next Generation Sequencing Services
Cefas is establishing a three-year framework for NGS services across four lots, covering targeted sequencing, whole-genome sequencing, and other genomic analyses. Suppliers can bid for any lot and up to five contracts will be awarded per lot.
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Ceredigion Cultural Heritage and Information Services Website Review and Development Project – Consultant Review
Ceredigion County Council wants a consultant to run stakeholder workshops and review the websites of its Archives, Museum, and Libraries services, then produce a costed action plan for improvements. The work includes engaging internal staff, community groups, residents and underrepresented groups to assess current digital effectiveness.
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Bury Based Supplier List (BBSL)
Bury Council is building a supplier list (BBSL) for below-threshold procurements across 32 categories. Suppliers based in Bury or with substantive business operations there can apply to join.
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Contract for ReNEW: Culture Sector Development - Skills and Capacity Development Project
Bromsgrove District Council is commissioning skills and capacity development work for the ReNEW culture sector development project. The contract covers training, consultancy, or related services to build capability in the culture sector.
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Healthcare AI Solutions
NHS Shared Business Services is establishing an open framework for AI technologies across the NHS and public sector. Approved organisations will supply AI solutions for diagnostics, clinical decision-making, and operational processes.
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NWB - Strategic Flood Risk Assessment for the North Warwickshire Local Plan
North Warwickshire Borough Council needs a strategic flood risk assessment to inform their local plan. The study will evaluate proposed site allocations and policies to ensure they avoid flood risk and support necessary infrastructure.
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NWB - Viability Assessment of the North Warwickshire Local Plan
North Warwickshire Borough Council needs a viability assessment for its Local Plan Review, examining whether cumulative policy costs and infrastructure requirements make the plan deliverable. The study will assess the financial feasibility of proposed policies and site allocations.
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Carmarthenshire's Ten Towns Programme
Carmarthenshire County Council wants a consultant to review progress of its Ten Towns Programme against 2020 economic growth plans, then update each town's plan to reflect current priorities. The work covers ten market towns across the county.
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PURCH2966 Provision of a Framework for Piloting a Co-Founder Venture Development Program for Critical Technologies Innovations
University of Glasgow is seeking a framework supplier to pilot a co-founder venture development program focused on critical technologies innovations. The framework will support early-stage venture creation and development.
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Supplier for Sport England Leading the Movement Practice‑Focused Report / Applied Thought Piece 2026
Sport England wants a research report and thought piece on place-based leadership approaches to tackling physical activity inequalities. The work should surface real-world insights from different partnership models and generate practical tools leaders can use.
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WE_1445 - Transnational Education Quality Assurance Framework, Kazakhstan
British Council Kazakhstan is recruiting a consultancy firm to help implement and embed a transnational education quality assurance framework across Kazakhstan's higher education sector. The work runs up to three years and covers institutional capacity building, training, tool development, and stakeholder alignment.
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Playing Pitch Strategy for Leeds
Leeds City Council wants a playing pitch strategy to understand current sports facility supply and demand across the city, and identify opportunities to increase physical activity. Sport England is co-funding the work through an approved consultant framework.
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Northumberland Raised Bog and Wetland Survey (Sweethope & Roman Wall)
Natural England wants a vegetation survey of raised bogs and wetlands across two site clusters in Northumberland. The work includes habitat mapping, plant identification to species level, peat analysis, and a final GIS-mapped report with condition assessment.
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Final Effluent Continuous Monitoring Data Quality Project
The Environment Agency needs analysis of trial data on final effluent continuous monitoring and a written technical report on data quality issues. Work is desktop-based and must be completed by 31 March 2027.
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IDS EICR and Remedials
The Industrial Dwellings Society needs a provider to deliver electrical installation condition reports (EICR) on a 5-year cyclical basis across their housing portfolio, including all C1 and C2 remedial works and portable appliance testing (PAT) on a programmed schedule.
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Effectiveness of interventions taken by UK slaughterhouses and cutting plants in response to unsatisfactory process hygiene criteria (PHC) results
The FSA wants a study on how UK slaughterhouses and cutting plants respond to hygiene test failures, and whether those responses work. The work involves interviewing meat processors and reviewing published evidence on intervention effectiveness.
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Pd Ag Functional Testing
UK Fusion Energy needs testing and manufacturability trials for palladium-silver membrane assemblies for hydrogen separation in their STEP fuel cycle system. Work includes annealing, brazing, and diffusion bonding trials with microstructural characterisation, hardness testing, and destructive testing of finished assemblies.
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Strategic Flood Risk Assessment
Ashford Borough Council needs a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (Level 1) prepared for the borough in line with national policy and guidance. The work involves research, analysis and a formal report to support planning and flood management decisions.
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Provision of Problem Solving Support
The College of Policing wants a consultant to help police forces develop and refine problem-solving plans to reduce knife crime in identified hotspot areas across England and Wales. The initial phase is three months from July 2026, with possible extension to 12 months total and further related work if funding allows.