The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (LBBD) is procuring a Contract for the Design, Manufacture, and Installation of Signage for Urban Parks across the borough. This project supports the Council’s commitment to enhancing public spaces and improving wayfinding, interpretation, and branding across 24 urban parks.

This five-year programme will deliver high-quality, vandal-resistant signage that reflects the borough’s identity and engages local communities. The successful contractor(s) will be responsible for both graphic design panels and metal signage, with the opportunity to secure one or both contracts.

The scope includes:

• Map Panels (full-colour, graphic design)
• Heritage and Biodiversity Lecterns
• Site Badging and Entrance Signs
• Waymarking and Public Warning Signs

The signage must be:

• Durable and vandal-resistant
• Weatherproof and easy to maintain
• Clear, engaging, and accessible
• Consistent with a new urban parks branding palette and silhouette logo

The procurement includes a market engagement. The Council invites suitably qualified service providers to attend an in-person market engagement event where it will present the expectations of the provision and engage with current and potential suppliers.

Market Engagement Event

13th October 2025 at 10:30am
Eastbrookend Discovery Centre, Eastbrookend Country Park

This exercise is not part of any pre-qualification or selection process. It is intended as a communication and information-gathering exercise to help potential providers understand the Council’s intentions and begin preparing for the competitive tendering process.

The Council is not liable for any costs incurred by parties participating in this exercise or any subsequent procurement.

To attend, please confirm by emailing edna.amolo@lbbd.gov.uk by 1pm on Friday 10th October 2025. Include the job titles/roles of attendees and their contact details to help us plan effectively and communicate any updates.

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (LBBD) will be procuring a Contract for Furniture, Fixtures and Fittings for Early Years Educations Settings and Temporary Residential Accommodation. This service is provided as part of the Authority’s legal and statutory obligation to provide the necessary equipment and services to support its vulnerable residents of varying age groups as prescribed by these legislations: 

• Children Act 1989 & 2004
• Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000
• Statutory Guidance on Securing Sufficient Accommodation for Looked After Children 2010
• Guidance on the Provision of Accommodation for 16 & 17-year-old young people who be homeless and/or require accommodation 2010
• Housing Act 1996
• Homelessness Reduction Act 2017
• Childcare Act 2006

The provision of this Contract is to ensure that the Authority and its ancillary arms (such as arm’s length bodies and/or wholly or partly owned subsidiaries and partner organisations) provides good quality, safe, range and value for money Furniture, Fixtures and Fittings to its Early Years Educations Settings and Temporary Residential Accommodation including but not limited to the hostels and temporary voids units acquired for use as temporary accommodation as part of the Authority’s legal and statutory obligation to provide the necessary equipment and services to support all its vulnerable residents of varying age groups. 

The Authority is tendering for Furniture, Fixtures and Fittings requirements for Lots as follows:

• Lot 1 - Window Protection and Covering
• Lot 2 - Outdoor Equipment Protection and Covering
• Lot 3 - Indoor Equipment Protection and Heuristic Play
• Lot 4 - Indoor Staff and Reception Room Furniture
• Lot 5 - Residential Accommodation Furniture

The Council invites suitably qualified service providers to attend a virtual market engagement event where it will present the expectation of the provision and to have a discussion with current and potential providers of this service. The event will be held between 12 noon and 1.30pm on Thursday 4th September 2025 virtually via MS Teams.

This event will offer an opportunity to inform providers of the Council’s requirements of the service, its competitive tendering process and timetable for procurement. There will also be opportunity for providers to seek clarity on the model, ask questions and make comments where appropriate. 

Key topics for the day will be:

• An introduction to London Borough Barking & Dagenham
• Current service provision
• The new requirement
• Questions from providers
• Procurement Process
• Discussion & Questions

This exercise is not part of any pre-qualification or selection process.  It is intended as a communication and information-gathering exercise, offering an opportunity for potential providers to help understand the Council’s intentions and offer opportunities for potential future providers to network, forge partnerships and start thinking about how they will deliver the service. 

The Council is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party participating in this exercise or procurement thereafter. Any procurement of any services, supplies or works by the Council in due course will be carried out strictly in accordance with the provisions in the Procurement Regulations.

Contact

Organisations interested in attending the event should confirm their attendance by email Edna.amolo@lbbd.gov.uk latest by 5pm on Monday 1 September 2025. 

Please include the job titles/roles of attendees and their contact details, to ensure the sessions are planned effectively and enable us to make contact with attendees should there be any unforeseen circumstances.

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham its ancillary arms (such as arm’s length bodies and/or wholly or partly owned subsidiaries and partner organisations) is seeking a delivery partner (or consortium) to design and deliver a comprehensive, inclusive self-employment and micro-enterprise support programme for economically inactive residents. This programme forms a key strand of our wider Economic Inactivity Trailblazer activity.

The programme aims to support a minimum of 35 economically inactive residents from Barking & Dagenham who are currently out of work—particularly women with caring responsibilities, disabled people, and individuals furthest from the labour market to explore and move into self-employment or set up sustainable small businesses. To either register as self-employed and/or register a new business on Companies House.

Also to support the delivery of a small grants programme in conjunction with the council.

The contract will include provision for information sessions, 121 support and workshops to help residents develop the key skills and knowledge required to enable them to explore and then move into self-employment or set up a sustainable business. The Council, at its sole discretion, reserves the option to extend the Contract in such period or periods as the Council deems appropriate.

The contract will run from September 2025 (mobilisation) to March 2026 (delivery complete), with programme activity to going live by September/ Early October 2025. 

This programme is funded by the Government’s Trailblazer Funding and will be subject to strict monthly monitoring and evidence requirements in line with the requirements of the funders. 

Further information and tender documents are available on our e-tendering portal. Any questions regarding the tender should be addressed through the portal in the messaging section.

Closing date: 4pm, Friday 5 September 2025

B&D Energy plans to supply heat and electricity to approximately 7,000 residential properties, currently around 2,000 are supplied.   A billing platform provider is required to provide a comprehensive billing solution that provides accurate and timely billing services for our customers.   In addition, B&D Energy is looking to introduce a Pay as You Go (PAYG) billing solution for the supply of electricity and heat.  The preferred solution will be meet core B&D Energy requirements immediately and to evolve over time to agreed development roadmap to deliver a best-in-class billing solution for the foreseeable future

Further information and tender documents are available on our e-tendering portal. Any questions regarding the tender should be addressed through the portal in the messaging section.

Closing date: 1pm on Friday 3 October 2025