Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Reading Borough Council
Civic Offices, Bridge Street
RG1 2LU
UK
E-mail: pchub@reading.gov.uk
NUTS: UKJ11
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.reading.gov.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/readingbc/aspx/Tenders/Current
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Sheltered Housing – Call Monitoring, Welfare Check call and Responder service
Reference number: RBC 00001997
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85310000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short 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.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85310000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ11
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
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.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
300 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/04/2025
End:
31/03/2028
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Further two year extension available.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
25/09/2024
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
25/09/2024
Local time: 13:00
Place:
Reading Borough Council via In-Tend portal
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice of England and Wales
London
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://courttribunalfinder.service.gov.uk/courts/rolls-building
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
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.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
The Cabinet Office
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/08/2024