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Over £1B
No. employees
10000-14999
Location
Oxford, United Kingdom
Buyer type
Local GovernmentLocal Authority
Oxfordshire County Council tenders & contracts
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- Awarded
Published 5 months ago
NTS 18+ UASC Accommodation Phase 3
94,633.75 GBP
Expiry date: 18/05/2024NTS 18+ UASC Accommodation Phase 3
- Awarded
Published 2 months ago
Social Care Recruitment Web Portal
135,000 GBPExpiry date: 18/05/2024Oxfordshire County Council, funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), is seeking to create an online portal for Social Care providers in the Southeast (SE) region. The main goal of this project is for the selected Supplier to develop a...
- Awarded
Published 2 years ago
Atamis Contract Management System
76,698 GBPExpiry date: 22/05/2024Contract Management and Spend Analysis software
- Awarded
Published 5 months ago
NTS 18+ UCYP Accommodation Phase 1
94,633.75 GBPExpiry date: 25/05/2024Accommodation for Phase 1 of 18+ UCYP Accommodation.
- Awarded
Published 10 months ago
Oakley Wood Closed Landfill Site - Fencing Work
68,501.21 GBPExpiry date: 29/05/2024Fencing supply and installation at Oakley Wood closed landfill site (OX10 6PW)
- Awarded
Published 9 months ago
Contract for the Provision of Vision Screening Services
76,486 GBPExpiry date: 31/05/2024The service will carry out the vision screening programme for Oxfordshire, which includes vision screening clinical examinations on eligible children in the Foundation Stage (aged 4-5) years old in state-maintained, independent, and special school setting...
- Awarded
Published 11 months ago
E-Scooter Open Tender - Oxford City - June 2023
4,500,000 GBPExpiry date: 31/05/2024Tenderers are invited to Tender for the provision of the Services anticipated to start on 1st June 2023 and run for 12 months with the option to extend for an additional 24 months. The service will form a continuation of an existing e-scooter trial acros...
- Awarded
Published 11 months ago
Aston & Cote School T/A Appointment
41,400 GBPExpiry date: 30/06/2024Oxfordshire County Council is seeking to procure multi-disciplinary Technical Advisory, and contract administration services for the delivery of an expansion to Aston & Cote Primary School. The feasibility and design works will be carried out by a Contrac...
- Awarded
Published 3 months ago
Specialist ICT Recruitment
30,000 GBPExpiry date: 30/06/2024Oxford Direct Services have awarded a contract for the provision of specialist ICT recruitment services.
- Awarded
Published 5 months ago
contract for ICT consultancy services
70,000 GBPExpiry date: 30/06/2024consultancy services to manage the implementation of the technology strategy.
- Awarded
Published a year ago
interim head of finance
100,000 GBPExpiry date: 30/06/2024ODS has sourced an interim head of finance to ensure continuity in accounting processes whilst we pursue alternative approaches to the market.
- Awarded
Published 3 years ago
Provision of Play Safety Surfacing
375,000 GBPExpiry date: 11/07/2024This requirement is for the installation of new safety surfacing / replace old worn surface to comply with ROSPA.
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Chief Officer
Leader of the Council
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C-level & Execs
Corp Director: Public Health & Community Safety
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Management
Didcot Library
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Interim Deputy Director of Children's Social Care
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HR Business Partner - Children's
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HR Business Partner -Env/Place/Customers & Culture
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Deputy Director Housing/Social Care Commissioning
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Head of Major Projects
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Service Manager - Pensions
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Deputy Chief Fire Officer
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Deputy Director Commissioning
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Deputy Leader of the Labour Group
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Director of Highways & Operations
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Head of Business Partnering & Advisory Services
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Head of Access to Learning
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Head of Legal & Deputy Monitoring Officer
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Head of Governance & Data Protection Officer
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HR Advisory Team Lead
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HR Business Partner - Schools & Education
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Head of Public Health Programmes
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Director of Transport & Infrastructure
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GIS Solutions Manager
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Director of Community Safety & Chief Fire Officer
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Service Manager - Fostering
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Deputy Director for Public Health
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Service Manager - Strategic Commissioning
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Head of IT
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Interim Deputy Director for Education
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Programme Director Partnerships & Delivery
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Head of Healthy Place Shaping
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Head of SEND
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Director IT, Innovation, Digital & Transformation
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Head of Insight & Corporate Programmes
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HR Business Partner - Resources, CSI and Law & Gov
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Head of Financial Strategy
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