--- title: "Preliminary Market Engagement - Assistive Technology Hub" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-050162" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-050162" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-050162.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-050162.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "CITY OF DONCASTER COUNCIL" published: "2025-04-11" --- # Preliminary Market Engagement - Assistive Technology Hub Buyer: CITY OF DONCASTER COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050162 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-050162) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-050162.json) ## Summary The City of Doncaster Council is planning to develop an Assistive Technology Hub and is currently in the planning stage of the procurement process. This market engagement event is scheduled to take place at CAST in Doncaster City Centre on 10th June 2025. The event aims to gather input from providers to refine their requirements and understand the market offerings. Businesses interested in participating should register by emailing lucy.mcinally@doncaster.gov.uk before the deadline on 16th May 2025 at 17:00. The procurement focuses on health and social work services within the local authority region of Doncaster, United Kingdom. This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in assistive technology, particularly those providing innovative solutions such as electric sensors, patient-monitoring systems, medical aids, and devices for the elderly and disabled. Companies that can offer cutting-edge technology to enhance the lives of local residents are encouraged to engage. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are especially well-suited to compete in this process, which seeks to broaden the standard telecare approach and support the community's health and independence. ## Notice Please note this is a Market Engagement Event, not a Tender Opportunity. City of Doncaster Council are looking to develop an Assistive Technology Hub in the Community. We are running an engagement event at CAST in Doncaster City Centre on Tuesday 10th June 2025; this event will be attended by Strategic and Operational Leads across Adult Social Care:- - The event will take place in the Dance Space, on Floor 1 at CAST. - The address is as follows:- Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BU- please note, this is next door to the Doncaster Civic Centre. - There is a cafe within the venue. Our vision is: - - To enable people in the Doncaster community to live their best lives as independently as possible. - To support the best outcomes for local people to live happy and healthy lives and aim to support to reduce people needing to be admitted to hospital, which can increase their needs and prevent being able to return to independence. - We will draw on experts by experience with lived experience of drawing on our services to shape the types of Assistive Technology which would have the best impact on local people. - This proposal is part of our Local Account priority which is to improve our Assistive Technology offer. proposal. Please see link to our Local Account: Your Care and Support Doncaster 2025. Our priorities have been coproduced with people with lived experience of drawing on care and support. - We would like to hear from providers that can provide wide ranging and cutting-edge assistive technology that can support people across the community with a variety of needs. - We are currently developing an Assistive Technology Local Account (Vision statement with priorities), and this will feed into the future specification with our long-term ambitions. - The ask in the new offer not just for standard telecare packages such as lifeline units, pendants, bed sensors etc. - We want to see things that will make a real difference to enhance people's lives. We want to support a less prescriptive approach and moving beyond the standard telecare approach broaden our offer as a service. ### Planning Information The event will support: - - Using this engagement to help us design a specification to refinement our requirements for the AT Hub. Please note, this is not an invitation to tender. - Answering questions from providers. - Understanding the market offer to inform the specification we are currently preparing. - Sharing our emerging plans and vision for Assistive Technology. Next steps: - Please register by emailing lucy.mcinally@doncaster.gov.uk please register no later than Friday 16th May 17:00pm. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014578-2025 | | 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, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 11 Apr 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 10 Jun 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 11 Jun 2025 - 11 Jun 2025 | | 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 | CITY OF DONCASTER COUNCIL | | Locality | DONCASTER | | Post town | Doncaster | | Postcode | DN1 3BU | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE35 Doncaster | | Local authority | Doncaster | | Electoral ward | Town | | Westminster constituency | Doncaster Central | | Delivery location | TLE31 Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages - 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 30237475 - Electric sensors - 33195000 - Patient-monitoring system - 33196000 - Medical aids - 33196100 - Devices for the elderly - 33196200 - Devices for the disabled - 79711000 - Alarm-monitoring services - 85000000 - Health and social work services - 85311200 - Welfare services for the handicapped - 85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions - 85322000 - Community action programme - 85323000 - Community health services ## Release History - 11 Apr 2025 at 11:43 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014578-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014578-2025 11th April 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/ - 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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