--- title: "Personal Safety Devices" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04ece5" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04ece5" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04ece5.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04ece5.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NEWPORT CITY HOMES" published: "2025-03-13" --- # Personal Safety Devices Buyer: NEWPORT CITY HOMES Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04ece5 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04ece5) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04ece5.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009269-2025 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 13 Mar 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 21 Apr 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Aug 2025 - 1 Sep 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NEWPORT CITY HOMES | | Locality | NEWPORT | | Post town | Newport | | Postcode | NP20 2DW | | Country | Wales | | ITL 1 | TLL Wales | | ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales | | ITL 3 | TLL54 Monmouthshire and Newport | | Local authority | Newport | | Electoral ward | Pillgwenlly | | Westminster constituency | Newport East | | Delivery location | TLL16 Gwent Valleys, TLL21 Monmouthshire and Newport, TLL24 Powys | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment - 35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 32500000 - Telecommunications equipment and supplies - 35113000 - Safety equipment - 80500000 - Training services ## Release History - 13 Mar 2025 at 15:16 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009269-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009269-2025 13th March 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - http://www.newportcityhomes.com - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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