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# SafeZone contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/safezone-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-0791ca). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Coventry University: "SafeZone contract". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Coventry University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/coventry-university-urn-133808)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - limited competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £120,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/safezone-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-0791ca#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0791ca`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/safezone-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-0791ca#tl-md)

## Description
SafeZone, provided by CriticalArc Ltd, provides a robust campus safety solution, providing students and staff are liable way to contact Protection Services during an emergency, and contributing to lone worker safety.
SafeZone also provides a central platform through which emergency communications can be sent to app users, or to all students and staff via email and SMS. This functionality will become crucial as communication during an incident is a mandatory requirement of the Group under the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025. The use of the app is embedded into a range of processes including:
· lone worker safety through the check-in feature, including for staff
in Study Centres
· remote trigger devices in place of panic alarms for student
wellbeing and Students' Union colleagues
· first aider deployment
· Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans(PEEPs) for vulnerable and
disabled staff and students to liaise with Protection during an
evacuation
After 6 years with SafeZone, a review of competitors was undertaken as part of this process. Following market engagement with suppliers offering similar tools, renewal by direct award with SafeZone is proposed as the preferred supplier.
Other suppliers offered broadly similar products at differing price points, although none included the full functionality of SafeZone upon which current processes have been developed.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Criticalarc Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185548`
  - Value: £120,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £120,000
  - Signed Date: 10/09/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F101785-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-27T17:44:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T19:27:44.750Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0791ca