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Swale Borough Council

Lone Working

Security & DefenceCPV 35113000
Value£28k
Awarded23 Jun 2016
Published21 Mar 2019
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£28ktotal contract value
median £210k
this tender£0£17.6m

This sits below the typical range for Security, Defence & Safety Equipment contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 4,182 valued Security, Defence & Safety Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Swale Borough Council is inviting Expressions of Interest to tender for the provision of a lone worker solution.

The contract will involve the provision of a lone worker system for approximately 140 lone workers and up to 90 simultaneously at any given time.

It is preferred for the system to function using mobile phone technology, for example telephony or a smartphone app.

The contract will commence on 01 August 2016 and terminate on 31 July 2019.

The Council may extend this opportunity for a further 2 years.

The tenderer/s who submit the Most Economically Advantageous Tender, (MEAT) will be awarded the contract.

The Contract will be awarded on a 60/40, price to quality split.

Of the 40 points allocated to quality, 30 will be used to evaluate all submissions.

Submissions will then be ranked and between 3 and 6 contractors will be invited to demonstrate their product.

The final 10 points will be reserved to evaluate those tenderers who are successfully shortlisted to demonstrate their product.

Those tenderers shortlisted will be asked to demonstrate their system at a given time slot on 19th July 2016.

Tenderers will be notified by 12th July 2016, if they have been shortlisted.

Expressions of Interest and Invitation to Tender (ITT) must be submitted / uploaded on the Kent Business portal.

The closing date for submissions of Expressions of Interest and the closing date for the ITT will be Friday, 24 June 2016 at 12:00 AM

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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Submissions will then be ranked and between

Submissions will then be ranked and between 3 and 6 contractors will be invited to demonstrate their product.

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The final 10 points will be reserved

The final 10 points will be reserved to evaluate those tenderers who are successfully shortlisted to demonstrate their product.

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Those tenderers shortlisted will be asked

Those tenderers shortlisted will be asked to demonstrate their system at a given time slot on 19th July 2016.

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Expressions of Interest and Invitation to Tender

Expressions of Interest and Invitation to Tender (ITT) must be submitted / uploaded on the Kent Business portal.

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Source & provenance
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Stage
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