Official UK procurement notice
Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Service Delivery Model
Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE32)
Published estimate£12,766,937≈ £2.6m / year · £15,320,324 inc. VAT · 1 value update30.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 1 May 2026awarded 1 Jul 2026
Award (standstill) to Taking Care Personal Alarms Limited
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Jul 2031 · up to 31 Jul 2033 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSheffield City Council (SCC) is commissioning a Strategic Delivery Partner to support the transformation of its Technology Enabled Care (TEC) service from a traditional telecare offer into a modern, digital, outcomes based and preventative service embedded across Adult Social Care. This is a strategic partnership contract, not solely a monitoring or equipment service. SCC is seeking an experienced TEC partner that can:
- Lead system wide transformation and culture change
- Embed a “TEC First” approach across Adult Health & Social Care pathways
- Support innovation, digitisation and interoperability
- Upskill SCC employees to enable the transfer of key responsibilities in year 3.
- Deliver measurable outcomes and financial savings
- Work collaboratively with the Council’s in house City Wide Care Alarms (CWCA) service
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£12,766,937
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
- Economic & financial standing
Please see the tender documentation for details.
- Technical & professional ability
Please see the tender documentation for details.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality: 64%
- Presentation: 6%
- Price: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value
- Presentation
Conditions of participation2
- Economic & financial standing
Please see the tender documentation for details.
- Technical & professional ability
Please see the tender documentation for details.
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Dec 2025, 12:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Jul 2026, 10:27 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
100109198- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-027036- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f6a7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
- Submission deadline
- 1 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
16 Dec 2025 → 1 Aug 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published314 days ago16 Dec 2025, 12:30 GMT
- Market engagement286 days ago13 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Next notice expected217 days ago23 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published216 days ago24 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification questions by189 days ago20 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline178 days ago1 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by122 days ago26 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent118 days ago1 Jul 2026
- Latest notice published117 days ago1 Jul 2026, 10:27 BST
- Standstill ends105 days ago13 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts87 days ago1 Aug 2026
Notice history
9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Dec 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Dec 2025, 12:30 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published24 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £12,766,93724 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMTwas £3,500,000
- Status changed to active24 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Procurement method changed24 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Deadline published: 1 May 2026, 12:00 BST24 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Contract award notice published1 Jul 2026, 10:27 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete1 Jul 2026, 10:27 BST
- Contract signature expected24 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £8,924,4001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 51 from SMEs
Named bidders 5published on the award notice
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taking Care Personal Alarms Limited1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2031 · up to 31 Jul 2033Extensions: optional 24 month extension period | £8,924,400 | 1 Jul 2026standstill to 13 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonTaking Care Personal Alarms Limited · South West England
- did not winCAREIUM UK LIMITED · North West England
- did not winGBR DIGITAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS LTD · Greater London
- did not winMedequip Connect · Greater London
- did not winTunstall Healthcare (UK) Limited · Yorkshire and the Humber
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
5 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- CAREIUM UK LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- GBR DIGITAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS LTDBidder / tenderer
- Medequip ConnectBidder / tenderer
- Taking Care Personal Alarms LimitedAwarded supplier
- Tunstall Healthcare (UK) LimitedBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender