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Unity Smart Homes - City Green

Gentoo Group

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02 Oct 2026 at 09:35

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Gentoo Group procured a smart-home monitoring package for its City Green requirement: 55 Unity Smart Homes hardware sets, together with portal access, inclusive mobile data and operational data for use in Gentoo’s Unity Smart Homes environment and its associated features. The package also includes access to the Unity Companion app. The hardware is classified as moisture meters, but the requirement is broader than supplying meters alone: it combines equipment with ongoing digital access and data services. Delivery is in Sunderland, where Gentoo is based. This is a goods procurement with a connected service element, suited to suppliers able to provide compatible smart-home monitoring equipment and support its use through an online environment and mobile application.

The procurement is complete and a contract has been awarded to Alpaca Global Solutions Limited. Gentoo used a below-threshold limited competition. The contract was signed on 29 September 2026 and runs from 29 September 2026 to 25 September 2029, with one optional 12-month extension. The contract value is £49,828 including VAT. The requirement was structured as one lot. The published information identifies no separate scoring or evaluation criteria, so the basis on which bids were compared is not stated here. The award covers the Unity Smart Homes hardware and associated portal, data and app access for the City Green requirement.

For a future equivalent requirement from Gentoo, a credible competitor would need to deliver an integrated smart-home monitoring offer rather than hardware alone: sets of compatible equipment, access to the buyer’s monitoring environment and companion app, and the mobile and operational data needed to keep the service running. The selected supplier was an SME, showing that this scale of requirement was delivered by a smaller business. Suppliers should be able to support the equipment and associated digital services as a combined package and meet the ongoing service needs across the contract term. Gentoo used limited competition for this below-threshold purchase, so suppliers seeking similar work should be equipped to engage with a restricted competitive process.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Unity Smart Homes - City Green

Notice Description

City Green Smart Home live monitoring: To supply 55x UNITY Smart Homes Hardware sets. * 36-month contract duration with option to renew on rolling 12-month basis thereafter. * To supply portal access, mobile data (inclusive) and operational data to the Gentoo UNITY Smart Homes environment and all its associated features for the contract duration. * To supply access to the UNITY Companion App

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077f43
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093128-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - limited competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

CPV Codes

38932000 - Moisture meters

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£49,828 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
2 Oct 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
29 Sep 2026 - 25 Sep 2029 2-3 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
Gentoo Group
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SUNDERLAND
Postcode
SR3 3XR
Postcode Area
Sunderland
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC44 Sunderland
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Sunderland
Electoral Ward
Doxford
Westminster Constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ALPACA GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Further Information

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