Notice Information
Notice Title
Aberdeenshire Council A2D migration of Telecare - Community Alarms Supply - Grouped Living Solutions - Alarm Monitoring Service
Notice Description
Telecare service provision in Scotland is transforming. As early as 2023, it will no longer be possible for citizens to purchase an analogue phone service. This will have a major impact on Aberdeenshire Council's delivery of telecare services to citizens with Community alarms and within Sheltered Housing complexes. Action needs to be taken now to prepare the service for this change. Aberdeenshire currently provides telecare services to over 6000 citizens ranging from basic alarms to more complex packages designed to meet multiple complex needs. The aim of the pre-market engagement is to better understand suppliers' digital in-home Community Alarm and telecare equipment offerings, Grouped Living solutions (Sheltered Housing) and for them to provide assurance and confidence that they can effectively deliver across the council's geographically diverse area. Suppliers' equipment should have multiple connection methods such as analogue, ethernet and GSM, where remote switching between formats can be delivered, interoperability with other manufacturers peripherals would be advantageous. Suppliers' equipment will be required to use the following digital protocols SCAIP or TS50134-9 (Cenelec) with devices being compatible and interoperable with the digital Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) technology platform which is yet to be confirmed. The supplier's equipment requires to operate within both an urban and rural setting where the quality and level of internet connectivity may vary. We are also looking at market options for the delivery of a digital monitoring and response service for our Community Alarm and Sheltered Housing users, with the ARC making decisions on who to call to respond to incidents e.g., fire service, ambulance. The response service should be available to all service users on a 24 hour a day, 365 day a year basis. Interested parties wishing to supply devices/services please make contact so we can discuss options and the costs involved.
Lot Information
Supply of Community Alarms
For Community Alarm providers please provide information regarding the following: 1. Please specify your devices connection options i.e., GSM, ethernet, analogue or a combination of these options. 2. For Community Alarms connecting by GSM, please specify if the SIM is provided with the alarm, and whether it uses 2G, 3G or 4G mobile. 3. Please specify the failover capability of your alarm device i.e., analogue to GSM, ethernet to GSM and if this is automated. 4. Please specify the battery backup time in case of a power failure. 5. Please specify your alarm's compatibility with other supplier's alarm receiving software. 6. Please specify your alarms interoperability with other supplier's peripherals such as pendants. 7. Please specify the protocols your digital equipment makes use of i.e., SCAIP, TS50134-9 (Cenelec), NowIP (for grouped living solutions). 8. Do you provide a maintenance service for your devices/solutions if so, what are the response times? 9. What is the lead time for supply of your devices? Additional information: Please email your response to keith.mcgilvray@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Alarm Monitoring ServiceFor digital monitoring and response service providers please provide information regarding the following: 1. Please specify how you deliver the service i.e., Cloud based. 2. Does your service operate on a 24/7/365 days a year basis? 3. What is your decision-making process for responding to calls and escalating calls to emergency services? 4. What is the failover/redundancy setup for your service? 5. Please specify your ARC's interoperability with other manufacturers devices. Additional information: Please email your response to keith.mcgilvray@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Group Living SolutionsFor Grouped Living solution providers please provide information regarding the following: 1. Is your solution compatible with other manufactures devices/software? 2. Does your solution support video, Wi-Fi? 3. Please specify how you would roll out an alarm and monitoring service to Sheltered Housing Complexes. Additional information: Please email your response to keith.mcgilvray@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02c926
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016820-2021
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
85 - Health and social work services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
33195200 - Central monitoring station
33196100 - Devices for the elderly
33196200 - Devices for the disabled
35125100 - Sensors
79711000 - Alarm-monitoring services
85000000 - Health and social work services
85144000 - Residential health facilities services
85323000 - Community health services
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Jul 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Mar 2022Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ABERDEENSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Keith McGilvray
- Contact Email
- keith.mcgilvray@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1467469529
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ABERDEEN
- Postcode
- AB16 5GB
- Post Town
- Aberdeen
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM5 North Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
-
- Local Authority
- Aberdeen City
- Electoral Ward
- Midstocket/Rosemount
- Westminster Constituency
- Aberdeen North
Further Information
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