Official UK procurement notice
PfH Lone Worker Solutions
Authority: Procurement for Housing (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEstablished in 2004, Procurement for Housing (PfH) is a national procurement consortium dedicated to the social housing sector and supported by the National Housing Federation (NHF), Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and HouseMark. Collectively our Members manage more than 75% of UK’ social housing stock, with PfH helping them to achieve efficiency savings using a wide range of services including framework agreements, spend analyses, strategy reviews, consolidated billing and comprehensive reporting.
PfH is a contracting authority under Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“PCR 2015”) and a central purchasing body under regulation 37 PCR 2015.
Please refer to www.pfh.co.uk ↗ for additional information.
This tender is in respect of Lone Worker Solutions.
CPV: Alarm systems · Alarm-monitoring services · Cameras · Communications infrastructure · Digital cameras · Health and safety consultancy services · Health and safety services · Safety consultancy services · Safety education services · Safety equipment · Safety training services · Security services · +5 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 6 suppliers · 7 bids received (1.2 per place) · 6 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1PfH sought qualified and experienced suppliers to provide lone worker solutions across…AwardedRenewalPublished value£7,500,000
PfH sought qualified and experienced suppliers to provide lone worker solutions across our member base in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The framework has been awarded for a period of 3 years, with an optional 1 year extension. The scope of the agreement will cover multiple product categories including, but not limited to;
- A core list of Lone Worker Protection items including but not limited to Standard Dedicated Device, Dedicated Device with GPS Dedicated Device with ManDown. Standard Mobile Application, Mobile Application with GPS, Mobile Application with ManDown. Plus the provision of associated hardware, smart watches, devices and SIMs.
- The provision of access to a comprehensive Alarm Receiving Centre, accredited to BS 8484:2016 or BS EN 50518:2019. Staffed with appropriately trained responders to assess and process alarms.
PfH awarded places on the framework to 6 suppliers.
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “PfH Lone Worker Solutions” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 7 Jan 2022, 11:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Feb 2023, 16:21 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Nov 2022 – …
- Authority reference
KL/LWP/22- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-004690- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03084bFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As stated in the procurement documents
- Planning notice 2022/S 000-000438 ↗
Publisher note: This Framework may be used by any contracting authority listed in or referred to in the FTS Notice. This includes: All current members of PfH at the time of the FTS notice for this procurement; Any registered provider of social housing (or Welsh registered social landlord ,or Scottish registered social registered social landlord) that becomes a member of PfH during the period of the Framework Agreement; Any public authority (as defined in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for public authorities in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and UK-wide public authorities based in Scotland, or as defined in the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 for Scottish public authorities) that becomes a member of PfH at any time during the period of the Framework Agreement; Any local authority (as defined in the Local Government Act 1972 for public authorities in England and Wales or as defined in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 for Scottish local authorities or as defined in the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 for local authorities in Northern Ireland) that becomes a member of PfH at any time during the period of the Framework Agreement; Any housing Arm's Length Management Organisation (ALMO) that becomes a member of PfH during the period of the Framework Agreement; Any wholly owned subsidiaries of any of the above Organisations; educational establishments and any other contracting authority listed on the following page of the PfH website : http://procurementforhousing.co.uk/permissible-users/ at the time of the FTS notice for this procurement. (MT Ref:228715)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 11 Nov 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 11 Nov 2022, 17:00 GMT
Timeline
11 Nov 2022 → 15 Feb 2023 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown11 Nov 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Bids opened11 Nov 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Next notice expected31 Dec 2022
- Notice published15 Feb 2023, 16:21 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Oct 2022- Published value updated to £7,500,00011 Oct 2022, 16:19 BSTwas £1,000,000,000
- Status changed to active11 Oct 2022, 16:19 BST
- Procurement method changed11 Oct 2022, 16:19 BST
- Deadline published: 11 Nov 2022, 17:00 GMT11 Oct 2022, 16:19 BST
- Status changed to complete15 Feb 2023, 16:21 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 004690-2023-1
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2023
- Value
- £7,500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- CPR Global Tech LtdFramework contractor
- Careline Security Ltd T/A First County MonitoringFramework contractor
- LONE WORKER SOLUTIONS t/a TOTALMOBILEFramework contractor
- Orbis Protect LtdFramework contractor
- Oysta TechnologyFramework contractor
- Skyguard LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria