Award

Ask AI about this notice

Summarise, research or assess it with AI

View Markdown

Share this notice

Send this contract to a colleague

Suspected Suicide Surveillance System (Public Health)

Blackpool Borough Council

This public procurement record has 1 release in its history.

Award

18 Aug 2026 at 10:38

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Blackpool Borough Council procured a suspected suicide surveillance system for use with multi-agency partners. The system supports real-time recording, surveillance and reporting of suspected suicides, helping partners understand incidents, derive lessons, take action to reduce suicides, provide bereavement support, and inform prevention and postvention activity. The requirement is educational software, specifically a suicide surveillance platform supplied by Quality Education Solutions Limited. Delivery is for Blackpool, within the council’s public health activities. The system is intended to support collaboration between the council and partner agencies, so relevant providers should be able to deliver a shared platform that enables information to be recorded, reviewed and reported across organisations.

The procurement is complete and was awarded on 29 July 2026 to Quality Education Solutions Limited. The contract is active and covers one requirement. It was a below-threshold direct award without competition, with the council stating that it could not identify alternative providers through online searches or communication with other local authorities. The contract runs from 29 July 2026 to 30 June 2036 and was signed on 29 July 2026. Its value is £69,905 excluding VAT and £83,940 including VAT. The procurement description gives an annual system cost of £6,995. The award and contract concern the complete suspected suicide surveillance system requirement, evaluated through the council’s direct-award rationale rather than a competitive tender.

This award demonstrates demand from Blackpool Borough Council for specialist software supporting public health surveillance of suspected suicides. Competitors seeking comparable future work would need a proven system for real-time incident recording, surveillance and reporting, with functionality that enables several agencies to collaborate securely around sensitive public health information. Credible suppliers would also need to show that their platform can turn recorded information into lessons and intelligence that support suicide prevention, postvention planning and bereavement support. Experience working with councils, public health teams and multi-agency partners would be relevant, as would the capacity to provide a reliable long-term software service, maintain the system and support users across participating organisations.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Information

Notice Title

Suspected Suicide Surveillance System (Public Health)

Notice Description

The Suspected Suicide Surveillance System is to be provided to the Council to be used along with multi-agency partners to support the real-time recording, surveillance and reporting of suspected suicides. The Quality Education Solutions (QES) provide a Suicide Surveillance system that enables multi-agency collaboration to understand, derive lessons from, and take action to reduce suicides, offer bereavement support and inform prevention and postvention activity. It has not been possible to find any alternative providers either through online search or communication with other LAs. The annual cost of the system is PS6,995.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e64a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078417-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48190000 - Educational software package

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£69,905 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
29 Jul 20264 weeks ago
Contract Period
29 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2036 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Blackpool Borough Council
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
BLACKPOOL
Postcode
FY1 1NB
Postcode Area
Blackpool
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD4 Lancashire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD42 Blackpool
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Blackpool
Electoral Ward
Talbot
Westminster Constituency
Blackpool South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

QUALITY EDUCATION SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Further Information

Notice Documents

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)

View full OCDS Record for this contracting process

JSON Markdown

The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.

Loading OCDS record...