Official UK procurement notice
Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC)
Authority: Peabody Trust (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Published estimate£1,300,000≈ £433k / year · £1,300,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 18 Feb 2026awarded 26 May 2026
Awarded to PPP Taking Care Limited
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2036 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPeabody Trust wishes to engage an Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) to provide Emergency Alarm Monitoring Services 24 hours per day 7 days per week to support vulnerable residents.
CPV: Alarm-monitoring services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,300,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 50%
- Pricing Schedule: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Pricing Schedule
- Technical
- Social Value
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2026, 11:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Mar 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-004480- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060919Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
- Submission deadline
- 18 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
19 Jan 2026 → 6 Aug 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published274 days ago19 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Clarification questions by244 days ago18 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission deadline244 days ago18 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by208 days ago25 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts203 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent148 days ago26 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends137 days ago5 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published75 days ago6 Aug 2026, 11:42 BST
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jan 2026- Tender notice published19 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published19 Jan 2026, 19:05 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published26 May 2026, 17:49 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 May 2026, 17:49 BST
- Buyer details updated26 May 2026, 17:49 BST
- Contract signature expected20 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published6 Aug 2026, 11:42 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-01: 1 release · 19 Jan 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £450,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 77 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Aug 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PPP Taking Care Limited1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2029 · up to 30 Mar 2036Extensions: +2+1+1+1+1+1 years | £450,000 inc. VAT | 26 May 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · PPP Taking Care Limited
- Signed
- 6 Aug 2026
- Value
- £450,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 6 Aug 2026 – 5 Aug 2029 · up to 5 Aug 2036 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Contract may be extended beyond the initial term by a further period of 2 years and then subsequent extensions of 1 year up to a maximum contract term of 10 years.
- Options
- (1) When sites are removed or added across the Peabody Group. (2) New and evolving relevant technologies which could improve the Services. (3) New or potential improvements to the Services including the quality responsiveness, procedures, performance. (4) New or potential improvements to the interfaces or integration of the Services. (5) Changes in ways of working that would enable the Services to be delivered to bring greater benefits to Peabody residents.
No agreed KPIs: Contract is below £5 million
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders | 7 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- TAKING CARE PERSONAL ALARMS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender