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# Telecare Monitoring and Out of Hours Telephony Provision Project

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/telecare-monitoring-and-out-of-hours-telephony-provision-project-ocds-h6vhtk-06fa64). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Newcastle City Council: "Telecare Monitoring and Out of Hours Telephony Provision Project". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £0. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Newcastle City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/newcastle-city-council-ons-e08000021)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services, Social work and related services, Telephone-answering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC22
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/telecare-monitoring-and-out-of-hours-telephony-provision-project-ocds-h6vhtk-06fa64#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06fa64`

## 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/telecare-monitoring-and-out-of-hours-telephony-provision-project-ocds-h6vhtk-06fa64#tl-md)

## Description
Newcastle City Council (NCC) currently provides the monitoring element of NCC's Telecare Service (Ostara), in addition to a range of telephony services, which operate in-house. We would like to explore the options of procuring an Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) to monitor our telecare alarms 24/7, and our out of hours telephony. 
We wish to explore opportunities within the market that will help shape and develop our current service, as part of the commissioning and procurement process, the Council is undertaking preliminary market engagement to explore the availability, capability and interest of providers in delivering the proposed services. 
This engagement is intended to inform the Council's procurement approach, understand current market capability, capacity, identify opportunities for innovation, and ensure that the future service specification reflects current best practice and emerging technologies.
We welcome responses from suppliers with relevant experience and expertise. Information gathered through this process will help shape the Council's future requirements and service design.
Suppliers are invited to review the documents via our Open e-tendering platform.
Link: https://www.open-uk.org/
If suppliers wish to secure a slot, please request via the correspondence/ message option via the portal.
Project: # OPEN20262057
Reference: 009509 - Telecare Monitoring and Out of Hours Telephony Provision Project
Budget information and contract length is yet to be established in line with market engagement findings.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 79510000, 85100000, 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2030
- **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%2F087416-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-15T14:30:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T14:41:57.057Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06fa64