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# Market Engagement - Technology Enabled Care

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-engagement-technology-enabled-care-ocds-h6vhtk-068580). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Knowsley Council: "Market Engagement - Technology Enabled Care". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £494,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Knowsley Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/knowsley-council-ons-e08000011)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £494,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UKD7
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-engagement-technology-enabled-care-ocds-h6vhtk-068580#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-068580`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-engagement-technology-enabled-care-ocds-h6vhtk-068580#tl-md)

## Description
We would like to take the opportunity to test the market as outlined below, to determine current interest levels in the market for a Technology Enabled Care Service. 
The proposed service will need to provide the following: 
a) Install, maintain, storage and recycling of technology enabled care equipment. - Nearly all equipment is now digital, with only a handful of analogue devices still used in the community. It is expected that at the time of procuring a new contract all devices will be digital. In 2025/6 there was an average 15 new service users each month. The Council has a target of 2 working days for urgent installations and routine within 15 working days. Whilst the majority of equipment is more traditional telecare items, the Council also uses equipment to monitor daily living activities (DAL). DAL equipment typically uses sensors to monitor activity levels in the home. 
b) Call monitoring service - The current externally commissioned contract provides 24 hour a day / 365 days a year call monitoring service a with approximately 4,000 inbound calls and 2,000 outbound calls a month. 
c) Purchase equipment - The Council currently purchases technology enabled care equipment directly from suppliers and this is delivered to the providers equipment store. The provider stores the equipment and is responsible for inventory management, including advising the Council of when it needs to buy more TEC equipment and what equipment is required and delivers best for the Council. The Council intends to move the responsibility for ordering equipment to the provider when a new contract is procured. 
d) Information, Advice and Guidance - the current contract also provides a certain number of advice and information sessions for members of public and council staff.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 02/11/2026 to 01/11/2028

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035285-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-17T13:59:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T08:42:59.630Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-068580