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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Forestry Commission

Lone Worker Safety System

Telecoms & PostCPV 64216000 71317200 64212000
Value£320k
Awarded30 Nov 2015
Published8 Feb 2016
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£320ktotal contract value
median £200k
this tender£0£7.9m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Postal & Telecommunications band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 2,074 valued Postal & Telecommunications tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Forestry Commission (FC) intend to award a contract for supply and operation of a lone worker safety system to FC staff working across all of Great Britain; including sites across the National Forest Estate in Scotland, sites across the Public Forest Estate in England and Forest Research locations in Wales.

The FC requires a Lone Worker Safety System (LWSS) that is fully compliant with the requirements of BS 8484:2011.

With over 1,200 field based staff currently utilising the system, the FC has a requirement to provide a simple, easy to use LWSS that encourages staff participation in the welfare of both the individual and their colleagues.

The supplier will provide a LWSS that makes use of a mobile phone in conjunction with a common bureau management support system (BMSS) at an Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) and SEND tracking and messaging.

The FC already has an investment in mobile-based technologies including standard handsets and Blackberry devices and it is anticipated that the Lone Worker Safety System will embrace the existing mobile phone architecture.

The proposed system shall be scalable, flexible and adaptable to the ever-changing operational requirements of the FC, including changes in potential new technologies.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

With over 1,200 field based staff currently

With over 1,200 field based staff currently utilising the system, the FC has a requirement to provide a simple, easy to use LWSS that encourages staff participation in the welfare of both the individual and their colleagues.

02

The supplier will provide a LWSS

The supplier will provide a LWSS that makes use of a mobile phone in conjunction with a common bureau management support system (BMSS) at an Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) and SEND tracking and messaging.

03

The proposed system shall be scalable, flexible

The proposed system shall be scalable, flexible and adaptable to the ever-changing operational requirements of the FC, including changes in potential new technologies.

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Source & provenance
OCID
64728c19-3c10-4d4c-a5fb-8283cc477a69
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
BIP188256613
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