Community Alarms 2026-28 Lot 1: Monitoring and Response and Call Handling Lot 2: Provision of Equipment

Central Bedfordshire CouncilcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-059f38Procurement Act 2023pending
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Estimated value

Awarded value

£500k

Awarded 20 Jan 2026

Suppliers

2

Lots

1

2 awarded

Published

20 May 2026

Description

Community Alarms 2026-28 Lot 1: Monitoring and Response and Call Handling Lot 2: Provision of Equipment Please READ/follow the information and guidance supplied below and within the Tender documents, this will help with your tender submission. Word count limits apply, any information going over will not be considered. Respond to ALL questions. Additional documents or information not required will be disregarded. Please note timeline with regards to questions and submission dates. All communication/correspondence and clarifications must be sent via the In-tend portal. Do not contact the Service area for information, please use the correspondence facility Regularly view the 'Clarification' tab for updates or responses to questions received by bidders. Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all bidders (if not P&C), this to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all. Avoid uploading your return just prior to closing deadline as you may incur IT issues and we will not accept Tender Returns via e-mail. The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide you through the Tender process. If there is anything you are not sure of or need clarification on, please contact the Procurement lead using the correspondence facility within the In-tend electronic tendering system. Opting In To inform us of your decision to participate and to be able to submit a tender you will be required to Opt In. Opting In will confirm to us of your involvement and your intention to submit a tender return. Opting Out Will confirm that you are no longer interested in submitting a tender return. You will be able to provide a reason as to your decision if you wish. This will cease any system-generated communications. You will be able to opt back in at any point. Contract start date: 16th February 2026 - Contracr End: 15th February 2028 Contract term 2 Years plus the possibility to extend by 1 Year plus 1 Year -

Scope

Reference
CBC-1783-T-TS
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
16 Feb 2026 to 15 Feb 2028
Possible extension to 16 Feb 2030

2 years (with an option to extend up to 2 years +1+1)

CPV classifications
35121700
45233292
71700000
79711000
79512000

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Simple description40% Price 50% Quality 10% Social Valueprice

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

Details of up to three contracts which demonstrate considerable and comparable public sector experience similar to our requirement for - Lot 1 of Community Alarm Monitoring, Response and Call Handing - Lot 2 of Provision of Provision of alarm equipment and other assistive technology Contracts must be current or completed within the past 3 years. For current contract examples, they must have been in place for a minimum of 12 months

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details· 2 awards

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£360k

Award date

20 Jan 2026

Contract start

01 Jun 2026

Contract end

24 May 2028

Awarded to
CU
CU