Official UK procurement notice
One Call Lifeline Units · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Stockton on Tees Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLifeline units are installed into vulnerable clients' homes and are used to place a call in an emergency via a pendant or sensor. Failure to purchase new digital lifeline units would mean OneCall would be unable to replace the current analogue units installed into these clients' homes meaning that when the analogue phone lines are decommissioned in 2027 the units will no longer work.
OneCall have tested several providers of digital lifeline units, investigating, signal strength across the Borough, failed calls into the alarm receiving centre and ease of installation together with cost with Careium being the preferred choice. At present Careium are not on the NEPO framework.
Without the direct award contract OneCall would have to purchase digital lifeline units at a higher cost.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Jun 2026, 09:16 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Jun 2026, 09:16 BST
- Authority reference
OPEN5- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-051174- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a9d2Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published1 Jun 2026, 09:16 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Careium UK Limited | £122,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
One Call Lifeline Units · Careium UK Limited
- Signed
- 30 Apr 2026
- Value
- £122,000
- Period
- 1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2027 · up to 30 Jun 2028 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1 x 12-month extension (01/07/2027 - 30/06/2028)
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CAREIUM UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender