Lot 1
No lot description published.
Statusactive
Value£6,770,400
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2032
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs
Award criteria
price
Quality
Social value
OpenFind a Tender · UK4
Smart Support - Technology Enabled Care
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BuyerCheshire West and Chester Council
StatusOpen
Deadline25 Sept 2026
Value£6,770,400
Published14 Aug 2026
What is being bought
Delivery of an All Age Smart Support Service (previously known as Technology Enabled Care (TEC)) that has been designed to utilise digital solutions to improve quality of life, enhance wellbeing and safety and reducing social isolation for children, young people, adults and carers. The Provider must deliver a whole Service on behalf of the Council. This includes an assessment of identified outcomes and what technology would be suitable, installation (including maintenance and repair), removal and recycling of technology. The Service must also provide the monitoring as well as delivery of the Carers Card and Mobile Response service. The Smart Support Service is a flexible, outcome/needs led service and will not prescribe from a fixed list of technology but instead, will identify the wide variety of needs that can be met using the most up to date and innovative solutions.
Delivery location
UKD63, GB
Categories
Health and social work services 85000000
Lot details
What is included
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Health and social work services | Not published |
Comparable-procurement analytics
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Health and social work services (85000000); 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 set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 85 | 10,912 | 1 median · 39.3 average (4,502 of 10,912 with a bid count) | 2 average (5,160 of 10,912 with named award suppliers) | 10 comparable price pairs |
| Same buyer | 9 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UKD63 | 23 | 1 median · 1 average (18 of 23 with a bid count) | 1 average (18 of 23 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 503 | 4 median · 18.7 average (20 of 503 with a bid count) | 1.9 average (20 of 503 with named award suppliers) | 1 comparable price pairs |
“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.
Indicative price outcome
£4,404,819 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £6,770,400.
This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.
Procurement strategy & market signals
Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byGPA
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsPotential Increase in service users
Changing needs of service users - demographics or health reasons
Changes to technology available - products could be discontinued or new technology introduced.
Changes which may come about with regards to any social care reform.
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.
Documents & submission route
- Tender notice on Find a Tender tender · tenderNotice
- biddingDocuments tender · biddingDocuments
- Not published
Source data inventory
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-0505b1 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 077452-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Fri Aug 14 2026 07:03:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077452-2026 |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | 2026-09-25T10:00:00+01:00 |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | 2026-12-01T23:59:59Z |
| Submission method details | www.the-chest.org.uk |
| Submission languages | en |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £6,770,400 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 3 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
Notice history
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Aug 2026 | tender | 077452-2026 |
| 14 Oct 2025 | planning | 065025-2025 |
All source data
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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