Official UK procurement notice
Care Technology Responder Service
Authority: Slough Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSlough Borough Council, referred to in this Specification as the Council, requires a high quality, safe, responsive, locally accessible and outcomes focused Responder Service. The Service shall provide a timely physical response to residents who use Technology Enabled Care, telecare alarms, digital alarms, falls detectors, environmental sensors, connected care devices and other Council authorised care technology. The Service shall operate as part of the wider Slough care technology pathway and shall not operate in isolation from the Council, adult social care, the existing call handling and monitoring provider, installation and maintenance provider, health partners, voluntary and community sector partners, carers, families and local communities.
CPV: Community health services · Home-help services · Other community, social and personal services · Provision of services to the community
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
Lot awarding rule: Tenders will be evaluated against quality and price criteria - 60% quality and 40% price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Aug 2026, 13:37 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Aug 2026, 13:37 BST
- Authority reference
164- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-078996- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e7a4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/ ↗ - All bids must be submitted via the In-tend Portal. Please see instructions in the Invitation to Tender document.
Timeline
19 Aug 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published68 days ago19 Aug 2026, 13:37 BST
- Clarification questions by45 days ago11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline40 days ago16 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 66 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published19 Aug 2026, 13:37 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender