Official UK procurement notice
Mass Notification System · UK public procurement notice
Authority: City of Sunderland College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe College have a requirement to contract for the provision of a mass notification system for a period of 36 months, with the option to extend for 2 x 12 months.
CPV: Safety education services · Software implementation services · Software support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£0
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).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Quality - Delivery and Functionality: 30%
- Quality - Mobilisation and Exit: 5%
- Added Value: 5%
- Value for Money: 50%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Quality - Delivery and Functionality
- Quality - Mobilisation and Exit
- Value for Money
- Added Value
- Social Value
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Jan 2026, 15:29 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Jan 2026, 15:45 GMT
- Authority reference
T25/0150- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000409- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ff87Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Tender responses and all associated documentation must be submitted electronically via the EPNE e-tendering system located at in-tendhost.co.uk/nessp ↗
Tenders returned by any other means will be excluded.
Timeline
5 Jan 2026 → 2 Feb 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published294 days ago5 Jan 2026, 15:29 GMT
- Tender notice published294 days ago5 Jan 2026, 15:45 GMT
- Market engagement294 days ago5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
The college have engaged with a supplier to understand what requirements are needed as this is a new requirement to the college.
The College identified 4 suppliers who we feel may be able to provide a return, this was identified by the college undertaking desktop research. As a result the college have emailed the 4 suppliers with the link to the college tendering portal.
- Next notice expected293 days ago6 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline280 days ago19 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts267 days ago2 Feb 2026
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Jan 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Jan 2026, 15:29 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published5 Jan 2026, 15:45 GMTUK4
- Published value updated5 Jan 2026, 15:45 GMT
- Status changed to active5 Jan 2026, 15:45 GMT
- Procurement method changed5 Jan 2026, 15:45 GMT
- Deadline published: 19 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT5 Jan 2026, 15:45 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender