Planning

Personal Safety Devices

NEWPORT CITY HOMES

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Planning

13 Mar 2025 at 15:16

Summary of the contracting process

Newport City Homes, located in Newport, Wales, has announced a procurement process for Personal Safety Devices under the planning stage. The procurement is for services in safety equipment, telecommunications, and training services and is intended for the regions UKL21, UKL24, and UKL16 in the United Kingdom. Interested suppliers are encouraged to express their interest by emailing procurement@newportcityhomes.com by 24th March 2025, with the market engagement event scheduled for 31st March 2025 in Pontypool, between 9:30am and 5:30pm. The contract is anticipated to start on 1st September 2025, lasting for three years with an option to extend for 12 months.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in safety equipment, telecommunications, and related training services. Companies that offer innovative solutions in personal safety devices, particularly those with strong capabilities in GPS functionality, alarm centres, and lone working device features, would be well-suited to compete. The planned competitive flexible procedure will include commercial, technical, and quality assessments, making it an attractive proposition for SMEs looking to expand their market presence in the Welsh region.

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Notice Title

Personal Safety Devices

Notice Description

Personal Safety Device - Pre market engagement Newport City Homes and Melin are engaging with the market to discuss their requirements around Personal Safety Devices. As you may be aware, we are currently working towards Melin Homes Limited (registered number: 27421R) (Melin) transferring its activities, assets and liabilities into Newport City Homes Housing Association Limited (register number: 30192R) (NCH). Any contracts procured by NCH are being procured for NCH and its current and any future subsidiaries. Future associated notices and documents for this process are likely to be under a new company name. The Buyer anticipates the contract will be in place for 3 years with the option to extend for 12 months, at the buyers discretion. We have listed below some key requirements for this contract; - The alarm receiving centre will operate to BS 5979 (Category II) record all information which the user provides when entering a potentially risky situation or environment. - The alarm receiving centre will have the ability to make sound and reliable judgements about the actions that are required in response to an alert from the user. - If signal is unreliable in a geographical location the Contractor must have the means to address this problem. Preferably, the Contractor will supply 'roaming' SIM cards to avoid this occurrence. - The lone working device/mobile phone-based solution will enable the user to discretely alert the alarm receiving centre when they need immediate support. - The lone working device will have a GPS function. The purpose of this is to ensure that in the event of a serious incident, the user can be located as quickly as possible. - There will be a requirement for lone working devices/mobile phone-based solution to have a 'man-down' function. We anticipate the procurement process to include, commercial, Technical and quality questions and demonstrations, therefore we anticipate utilizing a competitive flexible procedure. Anticipated number of devices 500

Planning Information

Interested suppliers are required to submit their interest by the deadline of Monday 24th March at 5pm, PLEASE NOTE; This is the date to express interest by which allows the Buyer to organize the event effectively, The event will be held on Monday 31st March. Interest must be submitted via email to Procurement@newportcityhomes.com and a timeslot will be allocated. Interested suppliers must make us aware of any reasonable adjustments in their expression of interest email. The event is intended to be an informal discussion around our requirements and an opportunity for Suppliers to discuss their Company offering in a bit of detail whilst also asking the Buyer some questions. Sessions will include a discussion with the technical team and a discussion with the procurement leads. All interested Suppliers will be given the same opportunity and time to speak with each area. The event will be held at Ty'r Efail. Lower Mill Field, Pontypool, Torfaen, NP4 0XJ, between 9:30am and 5:30pm.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ece5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009269-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

32500000 - Telecommunications equipment and supplies

35113000 - Safety equipment

80500000 - Training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Mar 202511 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
21 Apr 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Aug 2025 - 1 Sep 2028 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NEWPORT CITY HOMES
Contact Name
Sarah Bull
Contact Email
procurement@newportcityhomes.com
Contact Phone
+447719997206

Buyer Location

Locality
NEWPORT
Postcode
NP20 2DW
Post Town
Newport
Country
Wales

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL5 South East Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL54 Monmouthshire and Newport
Delivery Location
TLL16 Gwent Valleys, TLL21 Monmouthshire and Newport, TLL24 Powys

Local Authority
Newport
Electoral Ward
Pillgwenlly
Westminster Constituency
Newport East

Further Information

Notice Documents

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