The Beal Early Childhood Center may soon become a mix of apartments and businesses. SHREWSBURY — A mix of apartments and businesses like a gym and coffee shop may be part of the Beal Early Childhood Center’s future after Shrewsbury’s new Beal School opens.  Developers presented their vision for the site during a May 11 Board of Selectmen meeting. The ...

Crown Commercial Service provides an update on G-Cloud 12, one way in which digital transformation for the public sector is enabled Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) G-Cloud framework reached a new milestone this year as it was announced that over £8.4 billion of cloud services have been purchased using the framework since it launched in 2012. The latest version of the framework ...

Edge Sports Group has athletic complexes in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and other Bay State communities and is now in talks with Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH – City Manager Karen Conard has been charged with creating a request for a proposal process for “a public/private sports complex” in Portsmouth. City Councilor Deaglan McEachern offered the motion, which the City Council passed unanimously this week, ...

BLYTH – North Huron, Central Huron, Morris-Turnberry, and Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh will share the cost of a new pumper truck, at a price tag of $604,500, plus tax. Fire Chief Marty Bedard said in an email, “We currently have $536,753 in reserves. I included an extra $100,000 in the 2021 budget to cover the shortfall.” Council authorized a request for proposals (RFP) ...

IPA chief executive Nick Smallwood Whitehall’s measures to avoid low-ball bidding will not increase the risk of price fixing, two authors of the Construction Playbook have said. As previously reported, the new guidance for government procurement includes a provision designed to prevent jobs being awarded to low-ball bidders with clients being obliged to refer any bid that is more than 10 ...

CHELMSFORD —  Plans are moving ahead for the new North Fire Station, with a request for proposals set to go out early in the new year.  Fire Chief Gary Ryan said the Permanent Building Committee voted Dec. 21 to back the request for proposals, set for publication for prospective bidders on Jan. 6.  A date for opening and review is ...

Latest released the research study on Global RFP Software Market, offers a detailed overview of the factors influencing the global business scope. RFP Software Market research report shows the latest market insights, current situation analysis with upcoming trends and breakdown of the products and services. The report provides key statistics on the market status, size, share, growth factors of the RFP Software. The study ...

BiFab has entered administration ls cannot insist companies guarantee a set amount of the supply chain work to Scottish firms. The Scottish Government has been told to put a moratorium on new offshore wind contracts until officials can resolve the situation, described as being “in the hands of these developers to give us some of the crumbs”. The call by Labour MSP ...

The British Embassy San Jose invites interested organisations to submit bids for a proposal to deliver a virtual seminar, as part of the UK’s climate change agenda. The British Embassy in San Jose invites applications for proposals from interested organisations to help design and deliver a virtual seminar (in Spanish and English) on best practice in climate change adaptation, delivered ...

AUL LAMB/HUMANISTS UK A paralysed former builder has called for an inquiry into assisted dying after losing the latest in a series of bids to challenge the law on the issue. Paul Lamb, 65, from Leeds, said he was “devastated” after the Court of Appeal refused him permission to bring a legal challenge over assisted dying. He argued the current ...

Alex Bourne’s company producing millions of Covid vials despite no prior experience in medical supplies  Matt Hancock with Alex Bourne at his former pub, the Cock Inn, in Thurlow. An acquaintance and former neighbour of Matt Hancock is supplying the government with tens of millions of vials for NHS Covid-19 tests despite having had no previous experience of producing medical supplies. Alex ...

Councils will be able to bid for project funding early next year from the Government’s new levelling up fund announced in the spending review. The Government has committed £4bn to a new cross-departmental Fund for England. This will invest in local infrastructure that has a visible impact on people and their communities and will support economic recovery. It has committed to ...

National Audit Office says lack of sufficient PPE before the pandemic led to hugely higher prices being paid Health and social care workers reported shortages of vital PPE although NHS organisations told the NAO they had been able to get the needed PPE in time. The government spent £10bn more buying personal protective equipment in “chaotic” and inflated market conditions ...

The fourth round of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, opening late 2021, will aim to double the capacity of renewable energy compared to the last round and expand the number of technologies supported. Government sets out next step towards green industrial revolution as plans for next round of renewables support scheme publishedaims to deliver up to double amount of ...

The bidding process expected to create up to seven new ‘freeports’ in England has opened after the UK government published a prospectus last week outlining the requirements for designation as a freeport. The government is hoping the freeports will act as “hubs of business and enterprise” to regenerate communities and increase economic and employment growth after Brexit. Areas designated as ...

British Embassy Bratislava announces a call for bids to deliver a conference programme for non-governmental influencers in Central Europe. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) Central European Network of embassies is seeking a partner to deliver an engaging conference programme of up to one day for a select group of non-governmental influencers across Central Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, ...

Damning Whitehall spending watchdog report ‘will do little to quell concerns about cronyism in UK government procurement’. The government has awarded contracts worth millions for the supply of personal protective equipment to small firms with no previous experience in public health. Companies with political connections were directed to a “high-priority” channel for UK government contracts – where bids were ten ...

Winner: Thrust Carbon The BTN Group’s Innovator of the Year London-based green-tech travel startup Thrust Carbon last month captured The BTN Group’s Innovator of the Year award. By simplifying the path toward sustainable travel programs, Thrust Carbon beat out fierce competition from nine other entrants. The Thrust Carbon platform includes several tools, centered around the Thrust Calculator, which crunches complex ...

Incumbent Octopus Group has decided not to take part in the technology giant’s competitive review. LONDON — Technology giant Unisys has issued an RFP for a new UK agency and European hub on a two-year contract, PRovoke has learned. As well as leading PR in the UK, the account involves co-ordinating local agencies in France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and ...

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Auction houses in Wales, Ireland, and Northern Ireland are adjusting their sales calendars to accommodate the latest set of Covid-19 restrictions. Prime minister Boris Johnson announced a three-tier coronavirus lockdown system for England while other regions have different restrictions and measures in place. A coronavirus ‘firebreak’ will run in Wales, set to end on November 9. A Welsh Government spokesperson ...

New information about the ongoing ballot printing procurement saga shows that the foreign companies won the contract bid about Shs18b higher than the local firms. According to the information obtained by Daily Monitor, the local printers quoted Shs41.7b for the six lots of ballot printing while the foreign firms quoted Shs59.5b. Six local printing companies: Picfare Industries Ltd; Graphic Systems ...

Procurement organization Fusion21 is seeking contractors interested in providing facilities management services to the public sector. Fusion21’s new workplace & facilities framework could be worth up to £1.1bn over the four-year term, the organisation says. It will provide a procurement short-cut for public sector organisations in the blue light, central government, education, health, housing and local authority sectors. It is ...

The normally cutthroat media industry has — in some ways, at least — been feeling a little less competitive for the past few months for top publishers.Thanks to shorter planning cycles, as well as brands and agencies trying to work with fewer partners, agencies have been sending their proposal requests to much shorter lists of publishers than they did during ...

The Oak Bay Marina entrance on Oct. 19, 2020. VICTORIA — Created nearly sixty years ago, the Oak Bay Marina’s lease is set to expire at the end of 2022. The municipality has put out a request for proposals (RFP) for the marina and Turkey Head Point area. The District of Oak Bay wants to reimagine the property, creating a ...

In a previous article for Property Investor Today, which you can read here, I highlighted the importance of utilising brownfield sites to help boost the UK’s property market; a topic that many property investors and industry experts agree on as unused land which holds great potential to accommodate quality homes that we so desperately need. This year’s BBC Housing Briefing estimated ...

The UK Government has outlined its plans for Freeports around the country and expressed a desire for all the nations of the UK to share in the benefits of the hubs which it expects to attract major domestic and international investment. Insider is campaigning to back the various bids for Freeport status and to provide an in-depth guide to the different locations. ...

Locations across the North East are among the sites vying for Freeport status as the UK Government looks to turbo-charge post-Brexit trade. Insider is launching a campaign to back the various bids and provide an in-depth guide to the different locations, outlining what their credentials are and what the long-terms benefits to the economy will be. Freeports, which are set ...

Negotiations on YWCA proposals on agenda Although the City Council is not scheduled to meet in open session on Monday, there will be a packed closed session meeting starting at 2 p.m which includes property negotiations on a Summitt property, negotiations with two Pasadena Fire Department unions, potential litigation and price and payment negotiations related to the YWCA and the ...

19 new investment opportunities across the UK and 10 Northern Powerhouse ‘Investment Champions’ announced to drive inward investment The UK regions were given a boost today through new measures announced by the Department for International Trade (DIT) designed to increase inward investment into the UK and help the country build back better. Minister for Investment, Gerry Grimstone, announced the second ...