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Sheltered Housing Alarm Monitoring Service

Portsmouth City Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Portsmouth City Council via its Social landlord identity - Portsmouth Homes, holds within its Local Authority Housing stock, approximately 1200 properties which provide Sheltered Accommodation to some of the city's most vulnerable residents, this stock is dispersed across multiple locations within the PO1 - PO9 postcode area. The purpose of Sheltered Housing provided by Portsmouth Homes, is to provide Accommodation and support where needed, allowing our residents to remain independent and safe in their homes for as long as possible. As part of this service provision, all residents receiving the Sheltered Housing service have the means to raise assistance via a hard wired (i.e not dispersed alarm) warden call system when needed - this assistance is primarily provided by Portsmouth City Council staff, with an Alarm Receiving Centre monitoring calls during a set period of time, or in the event that Portsmouth Homes staff cannot be reached, raising a response as per an agreed response protocol, and ensuring accurate and timely notification to Portsmouth Homes, of demand received. The nature of Sheltered Housing and Supported Housing in general, is evolving. It is important that any provision of an Alarm Receiving Centre/Monitoring Service has the ability and scope to provide a flexible service to meet the needs of our residents. Following completion of this Preliminary Market Engagement process, the Council is targeting to commence a formal procurement process following the Open Procedure via issue of a Tender Notice on 6th April 2026 with contract award to the successful bidder in June 2026.

Classification

  • CPV33195000 — Patient-monitoring system
  • CPV35121700 — Alarm systems
  • CPV79510000 — Telephone-answering services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-06614f
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
6 Apr 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Starts
22 Jun 2026, 00:00
Ends
21 Jun 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
21 Jun 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
33195000
Description
Patient-monitoring system
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
35121700
Description
Alarm systems
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
79510000
Description
Telephone-answering services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ31
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Portsmouth City Council's (the Council) Sheltered Housing Service would like to investigate the market for the provision of a 24/7, 365 days a week Alarm Monitoring service to provide robust and effective monitoring of its Sheltered Housing accommodations. We recognise the experience and innovation that suppliers can bring to these services. As such the Council would welcome your organisation's market information, which will be used to enable the service to draw up a high-quality specification that meets the needs of local authority housing and its residents. A questionnaire has been published on the InTend portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/aspx/home). We welcome any feedback from interested parties. Providers are encouraged to complete as many of the questions within the questionnaire as possible. Please return the PME questionnaire via the InTend portal by 19 March 2026. Portsmouth City Council reserve the right to hold further discussions with suppliers that can demonstrate relevant experience and capability
Due
19 Mar 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
019108-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
3 Mar 2026, 15:34
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Portsmouth City Council
Id
GB-PPON-PCNL-5714-PRZV

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PCNL-5714-PRZV

Address

Street Address
Civic Offices, Guildhall Square
Locality
Portsmouth
Postal Code
PO1 2AL
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ31

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Portsmouth · UKJ31 · PO1 2AL · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ31 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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