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Published 10 Sept 2025, 14:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Person Centred Case Management IT System

Official notice

Authority: Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority (Police & fire)

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 5 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority (DSFRA) requires a Person Centred Case Management IT system to support its Prevention Service.

The prevention teams are currently recording data across multiple recording tools including in-house applications and spreadsheets. The prevention service is made up of the following teams with approximately 100 members of staff:

 Home Fire Safety & Partnerships

 Safeguarding

 Fire Safety Interventions

 Education and C&YP

 Road Safety Education

 Community Risk

 Fire Investigation

 Quality Assurance & Evaluation

Home Fire Safety Team

The team support members of the community in making their homes safe through targeted advice and home safety visits.

Some visits are higher risk requiring an enhanced person-centred home safety visit. DSFRS will fit additional equipment based on individual needs and make safeguarding/welfare referrals where required.

Home fire safety team have a partnership network within communities and work with partner agencies, community groups and initiatives; to ensure we reach the most vulnerable communities.

Approximate number of referrals per year: c14000

Approximate number of visits per year: c16000

Safeguarding Team

As a fire and rescue service we have a duty of care to report and act when there is a safeguarding concern with a child or vulnerable adult. During staff engagement with the public, individuals/teams may come across varying levels of complexity and issues that may raise concerns which are referred to the internal Safeguarding Team to assess and work alongside multi-agencies.

Approximate number of referrals per year: c1500

Fire Safety Intervention Team

Our Fire Safety Intervention Programme works with children and young people up to the age of 18, who play with or show an unhealthy interest in setting fires.

Approximate number of referrals per year: c100

We are conducting early market engagement as we are looking to devise the scope of the new contract for case management software.

We are looking toward suppliers in this market to help inform our decision making and would appreciate your views and insight on the services we are looking to procure.

We are requesting that suppliers in this market complete a "Requirements Questionnaire" and return it to us via email no later than 5pm on 3rd October 2025.

To request a copy of the "Requirements Questionnaire" document please email address: Pete Aighton ([email protected])

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 (4 yrs)
Delivery: South WestEligibility: SME eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
10 Sept 2025, 14:25 BST
Last source update
10 Sept 2025, 14:25 BST
Authority reference
DS516-25
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055425
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
South West (UKK23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0597a0 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

10 Sept 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    10 Sept 2025, 14:25 BST
  2. Market engagement383 days ago
    3 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority are looking to engage with the market to understand the art of the possible within the area of person centred case management.

    The Authority requests suppliers email Pete Aighton at [email protected] to request a copy of the requirement and further details of the engagement.

    Suppliers who meet the requirement may be invited to present to the team to demonstrate their solution and feed in to the requirement.

  3. Tender notice expected289 days ago
    5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts204 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Sept 2025, 14:25 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNLD-1131-HTWN Service Headquarters, Exeter, South West, EX3 0NWContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure