RFP QuestBeta
OpenStage · planning

Central Bedfordshire Council

CBC-2132-RFI-EM Lone Worker Devices

Business ServicesCPV 35121700
ValueEst. £102k–£220k
Deadline
Published10 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide

Est. £102k–£220k — from 4 comparable contracts

Who to contact
procurement@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£150ktotal contract value
median £210k
this tender£0£17.6m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Security, Defence & Safety Equipment band — a mid-scale opportunity. Positioned on the mid-point of the notice's published range. Based on 4,182 valued Security, Defence & Safety Equipment tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Central Bedfordshire Council has published 8 Security, Defence & Safety Equipment notices, about every 7 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around March 2027.

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The brief

The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide you through the RFI process.

Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all tenderers, to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all.

If there is anything you are not sure about or need clarification on, please use the Correspondence facility within the In-tend electronic tendering system.

Last date for receiving questions on the In-Tend system: 17th September at 12pm Completed RFI's and attachments should be submitted electronically by the due date via our In-tend electronic tendering system.

Relevant documents must be uploaded via the My Return section of the system.

Returns submitted through the correspondence facility will not be considered.

Your return must be submitted via the In-tend system by no later than 18th September at 12pm Submissions received after that time will be excluded.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Council will provide as much support

The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide you through the RFI process.

02

Questions asked together with the response,

Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all tenderers, to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all.

03

Completed RFI's and attachments should be submitted

Completed RFI's and attachments should be submitted electronically by the due date via our In-tend electronic tendering system.

04

Relevant documents must be uploaded via

Relevant documents must be uploaded via the My Return section of the system.

05

Your return must be submitted via

Your return must be submitted via the In-tend system by no later than 18th September at 12pm.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06efac
Stage
planning · planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
086119-2026
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