Published date: 10 June 2021

Last edited date: 10 June 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 12 July 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Devices for the elderly - 33196100

  • Alarm systems - 35121700

  • Call centre - 79512000

    • Alarm-monitoring services - 79711000

Location of contract

SG17 5TQ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

CBC-1223-T-CE

Published date

10 June 2021

Closing date

12 July 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 September 2021

Contract end date

31 August 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Central Bedfordshire Council is a social landlord, and a provider of services to support vulnerable people to live independently in their own homes.

The services that we wish to procure are divided into two lots. Prospective providers are invited to tender for one or both lots.

Lot 1 - Community Alarm Monitoring and Response, and Call Handling
Lot 2 -The provision of community alarm equipment and other assistive technology

Help and Support - The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide you through the Tender process. Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all tenderers to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all. If there is anything you are not sure of or need clarification on, please send a correspondence using the 'In-tend' portal tendering system.
Last date for receiving questions on Intend system is 2nd July 2021.

Return of Tender - Completed Tenders and attachments should be submitted electronically, by the due date via our "In-tend" electronic tendering system. Tenders must be uploaded via the "My Return" section of the system. Tenders submitted through the correspondence facility will not be considered.

Your Tender must be submitted via the In-tend system by no later than 12:00 noon on Monday 12th July Tenders received after that time will be excluded.

It is anticipated that this contract will start 1st September 2021 and be for a term of 3 years (plus the option to extend by up to 1 further year, subject to satisfactory performance and service requirements).

More information

Links

Additional text

To express an interest, please log in or register on our electronic tendering system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/centralbedfordshire in order to view the necessary tendering documents and respond accordingly.
Please note that once you have registered on In-tend a separate action (expressing an Interest) is required to access the documents, you must click on the actual Tender you wish to access. We accept no liability if you have not expressed an interest in the tender.


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Claire Edmunds

Address

Priory House
Monks Walk
Shefford
SG17 5TQ
United Kingdom

Telephone

03003004853

Email

claire.edmunds@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk