Tenders of Essex County Council

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Uttlesford District Council Invites Consultancies To Submit A Proposal To Work With The Council On A 'verification Study' To Test The Degree To Which The Emerging And Final Version Of The Local Plan Policies And Spatial Strategy Achieves Its Stated Vision And Objectives, In Particular The Climate Change Agenda, Carbon Emissions Reduction And Mitigation Targets. The Council Has Commissioned Several Studies Of Direct Relevance In Order Provide A Sound Evidence Base On Which To Build The Spatial Strategy And Local Plan Policies. Studies Include The Sustainability Appraisal, Biodiversity, Water Cycle Management, Renewable Energy And Decarbonisation As Well As The Infrastructure Delivery Plan (idp), Transportation And Viability Appraisal. Consultants Will Work With These Recommendations As Well As The Council's Local Plan Team In Order To Test The Robustness Of The Emerging Draft Of The Plan Including Its Spatial Strategy And Site Allocations. Consultants Will Act As An Impartial And Critical Friend, Drawing On Their Experience Of Other Local Plans, Garden Communities And Proposed New Settlement Master Plans And Planning Policies As Well As Climate Change Strategies And Action Plans To Benchmark And To Strengthen Our Approach. All Consultants Are Working To The Council's Corporate Objective To Address Climate Change And This Commission Should Evaluate The Extent To Which This Is Being Achieved. The Criterion Of Deliverability Of The Local Plan Proposals Is Critical, Along With The Council's Strategy Of Working With Promoters To Ensure Achievability Of The Predicted Growth Over The Local Plan Period To 2040. Consultants Should Identify Opportunities And Make Recommendations To Address Any Deficiencies Or Areas For Strengthening Through The Local Plan Process, Reflected In The Policies, Design Guidance And Options/proposed Sites In The Spatial Strategy. They May Be Required To Defend This Verification Review At The Examination In Public As Additional Evidence To Support The Local Plan.

The Overarching Objective Of The Framework Is To Enable Essex County Council, Suffolk County Council And Thurrock Council To Have A Compliant Mechanism To Purchase Adoption And Sgo Support Services Via A Variety Of Specialist Therapeutic Services To Support The Individual Family's Needs Identified Via Assessment By The Sgo And Adoption Team. Thus, Improving The Stability And Resilience Of Adoptive And Special Guardianship Order Families. The Framework Will Have The Following Lots Of Support Services Which Are In Line With The Support Criteria For The Adoption Support Fund (asf): Lot 1 Training Lot 2 Therapeutic Intervention Lot 3 Specialist Assessments Lot 4 Short Breaks

This Notice Seeks To Provide An Update To The Market Regarding Essex County Council's (ecc's) Direction Of Travel For Its Future Networking And Voice Solutions. In July 2020, Following Publication Of Prior Information Notice Ref: 2020/s 121-298041, Ecc Undertook Early Market Engagement With A Broad Range Of Networking And Communications Suppliers To Explore Innovation, Horizon Scanning And Service Delivery Models Across The Market. In March 2021, Following Publication Of Prior Information Notice Reference: 2021/s 000-001471, Ecc Undertook Further Market Engagement With Five Networking Suppliers Through Workshop Sessions To Explore In More Depth: Network Technologies; Technology Products; Circuit Provision And; Deployment. The Learning From These Sessions Has Highlighted To Ecc The Importance Of Trialling Network Technologies At An Early Stage And, Therefore, Ecc Has Identified Three Vendors' Sd-wan Technologies It Wishes To Pilot: Cisco, Palo Alto And Silver Peak. Identification Of These Solutions For Pilot Is Based On Best-fit Considerations And Existing Technology Investments, As Identified Through Market Engagement. Pilots Will Be Delivered In Partnership With Ecc's Current Managed Service Provider, Ducl (daisy Updata Communications Limited) Early In 2022. Ecc Anticipates That The Sd-wan Pilots Will Lead To Identification Of A Preferred Product, Which Ecc Would Then Implement As Part Of A Network Transformation Project Either Through Its Managed Service Contract With The Existing Provider Or Following A Competitive Tender Exercise. Regarding Voice, Ecc Recently Commissioned Discovery Work To Inform Its Contact Centre Requirements. Final Outputs Are Due End Of January 2022, Following Which Ecc Anticipates That It Will Engage With The Market. Ecc Continues To Undertake In-house Discovery Work In Respect Its Future Mobile Requirements. Also, Ecc Has Recently Transitioned Its Unified Comms Solution From Skype For Business To Microsoft Teams, Through Its Incumbent Supplier.

Essex County Council Operates One Of The Largest Music Hubs In The Uk Through A Grant From The Arts Council England (ace) And Has Undergone Significant Transformational Change To Further Enhance Customer Focus, Service And Delivery In Line With The Arts Council England 10-year Strategy. Ecc Is Looking For A Music Education Digital Resource Specialist To Provide A Comprehensive Package Of Musical Programmes And Resources Which Are Accessible To Thousands Of Classroom Teachers, Music Tutors And Young People. In Addition, Both Online And Face-to-face Training, Delivering Up To 2 Training Sessions A Week Is Essential To Maximise Uptake And Engagement. The Target Audiences For This Training Would Be Set Through Working Closely In Partnership Between The Music Hub And The Successful Bidder. The Successful Bidder Will Become A Music Hub Partner Whose Offer Will Strongly Compliment The Wider Work Of The Music Hub And Help Deliver The Core And Extension Roles Which All Music Hubs Are Funded To Offer. The Digital Learning Packages Will Need To Be Administered And Promoted By The Successful Bidder. An Ongoing, High-quality Face-to-face And Online Training Package For Generalist And Specialist Teachers And Tutors Is Essential. Essex Music Education Hub Are Looking To Procure The Provision Of An Online Curriculum Support Tool With An Experienced And Innovative Digital Learning Partner To Replace Its Existing Contract. Ecc Is Keen To Continue With This Methodology Of Delivering This Service To Our Schools. Your Tender Submission Must Be Submitted To The Authority Electronically By Publishing Through This Itt Rfx Req1000250 - Co0105 Essex Music Services E-learning At Https://www.proactisplaza.com:- Not Later Than 12:00 (noon) Hours On 28/06/2021 It Is The Authority's Policy To Reject Any Tenders Received After The Above Deadline.