Notice Information
Notice Title
Housing Asset Management
Notice Description
Housing management system based upon proactive daily contact Irwell Valley Homes intends to enter into contract, eight working days following transmission of this notice with Alertacall Ltd for the provision of Housing Proactive a housing management system based around proactive daily contact with tenants which will be used to assist with the management of dwellings in which there are tenants with higher housing management needs being the only such system approved as UK Housing Benefit eligible and being the only such system with its particularly feature-set and in accordance with our interpretation of Schedule 5, Paragraph 1 / 2 Procurement Act 2023. The contract period will be 156 weeks with unilateral right to extend for one further period not exceeding 52 weeks.
Procurement Information
The contract is being directly awarded under Section 41, relying on the justification set out in Schedule 5, Paragraph 1/2 (Technical reasons/Exclusive rights). This is justified because Alertacall Ltd is the exclusive provider of the "Housing Proactive" system, which holds a unique and essential feature-set (proactive daily contact, higher management needs assistance) and is the only system approved as UK Housing Benefit eligible, meaning no reasonable substitute exists or alternative provider is available due to these technical/exclusive requirements.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d57b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069055-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
-
- CPV Codes
75200000 - Provision of services to the community
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £425,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Oct 20251 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Oct 20251 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 10 Nov 2025 - 9 Nov 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- IRWELL VALLEY HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- supplychain@irwellvalley.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SALFORD
- Postcode
- M5 3LZ
- Post Town
- Manchester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD3 Greater Manchester
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD34 Greater Manchester South West
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Salford
- Electoral Ward
- Quays
- Westminster Constituency
- Salford
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069055-2025
28th October 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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