Official UK procurement notice
Lone Worker Device · UK public procurement notice
Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThere is a need for technology to support the health and safety requirements for lone working. The lone worker proposal directly aligns with National Highways “Home, Safe and Well”, which ensures no one should be harmed travelling or working on the strategic road network. There must be the ability to monitor lone workers welfare and arrangements in place to ensure contact can be made in emergencies.
Inspectors often leave their vehicles to walk considerable distances, sometimes out of sight of the road, and navigate up and down verges to access parts of the network. Managers conduct individual risk assessments with staff to determine their suitability for working alone, ensuring there are not relevant medical issues, and staff routinely receive NH safety critical medical examinations.
Therefore National Highways is conducting Market Engagement to ascertain the market offering.
CPV: Safety equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This proposal aims to procure in the region of around 200 standalone devices,…Planned
This proposal aims to procure in the region of around 200 standalone devices, supported by a phone application, that connects to a 24/7/365 third-party support desk. The device/app will enable wearers to alert or call for assistance, provide GPS location tracking, detect non-movement and impacts, and connect to the strongest phone signal via a roaming SIM. The third-party support desk will handle emergency calls and dispatch services directly to the lone worker's location.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Jul 2024, 10:51 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jul 2024, 10:51 BST
- Authority reference
ITIP0365- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-021023- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047c2bFind a Tender
Publisher note: Suppliers can find further information and attachments to the PIN at the contracts finder link below; https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2768d1e9-8654-4d22-a6a2-d774e88c5b1a Suppliers who have not yet registered for an account on National Highways eSourcing portal may do so at the following link; https://nationalhighways.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ This is required if you intend on responding to the tender once published. Note that we ask supplier to register one account per organisation. The supplier can designate a super user for the account who will then authorise sub accounts for any other of their staff members who require access.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Jul 2024 → 6 Sept 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published10 Jul 2024, 10:51 BST
- Tender notice expected6 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.