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IT217 - Safety Application

Buyer: Birmingham City University →

BuyerBirmingham City University
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published30 Nov 2025

What is being bought

IT217 Safety Application Birmingham City University Estates Department requires a mobile solution to provide information using incident-based notification to users and the University. The Security team, within the Estates department, require functionality that allows centralised control to direct the entire University community during an incident without the need for fixed infrastructure. In support of improved emergency response and business continuity procedures. The University also requires a technical solution that interfaces with other local systems, in turn providing an increased level of support for the students.

Delivery location

UKC · UKD · UKE · UKF · UKG · UKH · UKI · UKJ · UKK

Categories

Security software package 48730000Security software package 48730000

Lot details

Lot 1

The procurement process utilised a Crown Commercial Services (CCS) framework agreement. Framework title: Digital Marketplace, G-Cloud 14, ref: RM1557.14. The search process was conducted, results reviewed, and an award decision made, resulting in a call-off contract.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
price

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Security software packageNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Security software package (48730000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 486,8361 median · 9.6 average (2,487 of 6,836 with a bid count)1.7 average (2,926 of 6,836 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKC2911 median · 6 average (111 of 291 with a bid count)1.7 average (130 of 291 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleCall-off contract award from a framework agreement.
Rationale classificationsThe procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Safety Application

Statusactive
Value£297,014

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05eb7a
Latest release ID078293-2025
Latest release timestampSun Nov 30 2025 19:45:13 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodlimited
Procurement method detailsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
30 Nov 2025award, contract078293-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
30 Nov 2025 · 078293-2025 · award, contract
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