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Published 7 Aug 2024, 10:07 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Sheltered Housing – Call Monitoring, Welfare Check call and Responder service

Official notice

Authority: Reading Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published value£300,000published on the single lot · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 25 Sept 2024
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2028 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We are seeking a three-year initial contract with an option to extend for a further two years to commission an Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) to provide:

  • 24/7 emergency alarm (warden call) monitoring service
  • Daily welfare check calls – weekends, bank holidays and office closures
  • Site responder service
  • across the portfolio within the sheltered housing service. The Sheltered Housing Service provides a variety of services to people living within RBC owned accommodation. These include: 1. General Sheltered, 2. Cedar Court Sheltered Extra Care scheme, 3. Phoebe Cusden House. Full details of the requirement can be found in Annex 1 - Specification.

CPV: Social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1We are seeking a three-year initial contract with an option to extend for a further…Renewal 3 yrsPublished value£300,000

We are seeking a three-year initial contract with an option to extend for a further two years to commission an Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) to provide:- 24/7 emergency alarm (warden call) monitoring service - Daily welfare check calls – weekends, bank holidays and office closures- Site responder service across the portfolio within the sheltered housing service. The Sheltered Housing Service provides a variety of services to people living within RBC owned accommodation. These include:1. General Sheltered, 2. Cedar Court Sheltered Extra Care scheme, 3. Phoebe Cusden House. Each site currently has an analogue Tunstall warden call alarm system which monitors door entry, fire alarm systems, lift alarms, communal call points, individual flat call points, pendants, intruder alarms, the master key safe, and other assistive technology/telecare devices such as falls monitors and flood detectors. Conversion to enable digital working is being installed via an IP connector to enable working in a digital environment, whilst we review our longer-term provision of warden call equipment.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 (3 yrs)
Delivery: South East
Extensions: Further two year extension available.Variant bids: not allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
7 Aug 2024, 10:07 BST
Last source update
7 Aug 2024, 10:07 BST
Award evaluation window
25 Sept 2024 – …
Authority reference
RBC 00001997
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-024784
Classification (CPV)
Social work services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048851 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The relevant deadlines depend on the specific nature of the remedies required and are defined in Regulations 93 & 94 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
25 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
25 Sept 2024, 13:00 BST

Timeline

7 Aug 2024 → 1 Apr 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    7 Aug 2024, 10:07 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    25 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    25 Sept 2024, 13:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Reading Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Offices, Bridge Street, RG1 2LU, South EastContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of Justice of England and WalesReview body London
  • The Cabinet OfficeReview contact point London

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.