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Telecare Alarm Receiving Centre and Customer Management System

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

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Opportunity overview

Portsmouth City Council's (PCC) Safe at Home (Telecare) Service would like to investigate the market for a combined package of Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) and customer management System for Telecare alarm monitoring. Portsmouth City Council provides an in-house Telecare Service branded as "Safe at Home" with approximately 1,000 customers. All telecare devices installed are SIM operated (digital switch over of equipment was undertaken by the service in 2022). Telecare equipment provided through the service is SIM-operated units supplied by Chiptech UK, typically the Chiptech SEVEN base units with Pearl/ Pearl Advanced pendant. A range of peripheral equipment is also installed for Safe at Home customers based on identified needs, including (but not limited to): - Smoke detectors - Carbon Monoxide detectors - Epilepsy Monitors - Door exit monitors - Bed exit monitors The safe at home service has also recently introduced GPS e Licences for approximately 8 officers would be required for the monitoring software for in-house staff to access and update customer records. Reporting would be required for performance monitoring (not an exhaustive list): - Call answering times - Number of calls - Nature of call and action taken (e.g. no speech, ambulance or responder deployed, false alarm) - Disconnections - No activity An average of 3,650 calls per month are received. The Council are open to working with the provider to identify scope to reduce the call volume. We recognise the experience and innovation that suppliers can bring to these services. As such PCC would welcome your organisation's market information, which will be used to enable PCC to draw up a high-quality specification that meets the needs of local authority housing and its residents.

Classification

  • CPV33195000 — Patient-monitoring system
  • CPV35121700 — Alarm systems
  • CPV48000000 — Software package and information 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
P00005265
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Nov 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Apr 2027, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2032, 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
48000000
Description
Software package and information systems
Entry 4
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
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 18 September 2026. Portsmouth City Council reserve the right to hold further discussions with suppliers that can demonstrate relevant experience and capability
Due
18 Sept 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
080987-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
25 Aug 2026, 16:21
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.

1 VERSION
  1. 080987-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·