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# Provision of Out of Hours and Community Alarm Telephone Answering Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-out-of-hours-and-community-alarm-telephone-answering-service-ocds-h6vhtk-059963). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ateb Housing Group Ltd: "Provision of Out of Hours and Community Alarm Telephone Answering Service". Published status: active. Published Value: £86,010. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [ateb Housing Group Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ateb-housing-group-ltd-GB-PPON-PNQM-9716-DLGQ)
- **Published Value:** £86,010 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 October 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Advertising and marketing services, Architectural and related services, Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, Customer Relation Management software package, Marketing services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKL14
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-out-of-hours-and-community-alarm-telephone-answering-service-ocds-h6vhtk-059963#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-059963`

## Before you bid
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- **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/provision-of-out-of-hours-and-community-alarm-telephone-answering-service-ocds-h6vhtk-059963#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-out-of-hours-and-community-alarm-telephone-answering-service-ocds-h6vhtk-059963#participate

## Description
ateb owns and manages just over 3,000 homes in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire. Our homes include a mix of houses and flats for single people and families as well as Supported and Independent Living accommodation. ateb are looking to contract out two key services for dealing with emergencies related to property and to the support of some of our most vulnerable Customers.
ateb would like to contract out our emergency ‘out of hours’ telephone service to a contractor with appropriate experience. We expect the contractor to be able to offer a service 365 days a year when our offices are closed, to take calls and then, if necessary, to contact our own plumbers and electricians as well as specialist contractors to carry out any required emergency repairs.
We are also looking to contract out the 24-hour community alarm service which is currently offered to approximately 550 older and disabled tenants. This service operates 24 hours a day 365 days a year and enables customers to get help when they raise the alarm in an emergency. Some services are provided through ateb’s Independent Living Team (extra care and sheltered homes) and some are provided to customers dispersed across the association’s general needs properties.
We currently offer an out of hours service using our own staff operating a rota service to respond to calls, and existing heating and plumbing engineers, as well as external contractors to carry out emergency repairs. We currently use a contractor for our community alarm scheme for handling emergencies for our older and disabled customers.
The contractor will need to have the relevant software and systems to connect with and receive calls from the current Tunstall systems (and any other provider should the systems be changed during the contract) installed in the Independent Living properties and for the dispersed alarms provision.
We are ideally looking to contract out both services to one contractor.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 48445000, 64000000, 71000000, 71200000, 79340000, 79342000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £86,010

- **Contract Period:** 05/01/2026 to 05/01/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F056173-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-12T11:44:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:02:23.616Z
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