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Published 28 Feb 2025, 15:21 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Warden Call Replacement Works (New Digital Installations)

Official notice

Authority: Southampton City Council (Local council)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£2,000,000≈ £1.4m / year · £2,200,000 inc. VAT9.9% above published estimate
Submissions closed 10 Apr 2025awarded 11 Jul 2025
Awarded to Openview Security Solutions Limited
Contract term 1 yr 5 moends 30 Sept 2026 · starts 5 May 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

1.3 We are seeking a supplier for replacing existing analogue emergency warden call systems within a range of (primarily) public buildings with new digital installations; all to specified standards and in a timely, consistent, cost effective and safe manner. There will also be a requirement to install new installations as required during the course of the Contract period.

The term of the contract shall be as soon as possible until September 2026 as further defined within the tender responses

CPV: Construction work · Electrical services · Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings · Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment · Mechanical and electrical engineering services · Operation of electrical installations

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 45%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (8)
  • Staff, resources and organograms: 10%
  • Programme: 15%
  • Project methodology: 10%
  • Risk Management: 7.5%
  • Minimising defects: 5%
  • Building Safety Act: 2.5%
  • Price: 45%
  • Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (8)
  • Staff, resources and organograms
  • Programme
  • Project methodology
  • Risk Management
  • Minimising defects
  • Building Safety Act
  • Price
  • Social Value
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 50 of 100: the paper moves it further than 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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
28 Feb 2025, 15:21 GMT
Last source update
11 Jul 2025, 16:31 BST
Authority reference
SCC-SMS-0569
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007550
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Construction workElectrical servicesEngineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildingsInstallation services of electrical and mechanical equipmentMechanical and electrical engineering servicesOperation of electrical installations
Delivery area
South East (UKJ32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e8b4 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
10 Apr 2025, 14:00 BST
Clarification deadline
24 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Feb 2025 → 11 Jul 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    28 Feb 2025, 15:21 GMT
  2. Clarification questions by
    24 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline
    10 Apr 2025, 14:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    5 May 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published
    11 Jul 2025, 16:31 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Feb 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    28 Feb 2025, 15:21 GMT
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    18 Mar 2025, 08:52 GMT
    UK4
  3. Contract award notice published
    11 Jul 2025, 16:31 BST
    UK6
  4. Status changed to complete
    11 Jul 2025, 16:31 BST
  5. Contract signature expected
    31 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
Published amendments (1)

The tender submission deadline has been extended to 24/04/2024 at 2pm.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,198,5811 award exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Openview Security Solutions Limited1 Aug 2025 – 30 Sept 2026£2,198,58111 Jul 2025Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one10—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Southampton City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCGN-2413-RBTX Civic Centre, Civic Centre Road, Southampton, South East, SO14 7LYContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • OPENVIEW SECURITY SOLUTIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03376202GB-PPON: PJZV-6996-LDGN Openview House, Chesham Close, Essex, London, RM7 7PJContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsSuppliers will be required to sign up free of charge to Proactis or login if you already have an account. when logged in please search RFX REQ/1000361 - WARDEN CALL REPLACEMENT WORKS Please utilise this link not the link above to gain access to proactis https://supplierlive.proac…

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender