Coming up· published 11 Apr 2025
Preliminary Market Engagement - Assistive Technology Hub
City of Doncaster Council · Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
City of Doncaster Council is planning Preliminary Market Engagement - Assistive Technology Hub. It is a contract for other health and social care in Doncaster.
Source: Find a Tender, published 11 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 11:43
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2025
Contract starts
2025
Contract ends
About this tender
In brief
City of Doncaster Council is planning Preliminary Market Engagement - Assistive Technology Hub. It is a contract for other health and social care in Doncaster. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The contract runs from 11 June 2025 to 11 June 2025.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 11 April 2025. The notice number is 014578-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-050162.
Summary of the contracting process
The City of Doncaster Council is planning to develop an Assistive Technology Hub and is currently in the planning stage of the procurement process. This market engagement event is scheduled to take place at CAST in Doncaster City Centre on 10th June 2025. The event aims to gather input from providers to refine their requirements and understand the market offerings.
Businesses interested in participating should register by emailing lucy.mcinally@doncaster.gov.uk before the deadline on 16th May 2025 at 17:00. The procurement focuses on health and social work services within the local authority region of Doncaster, United Kingdom.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are especially well-suited to compete in this process, which seeks to broaden the standard telecare approach and support the community's health and independence.
The notice in full
Please note this is a Market Engagement Event, not a Tender Opportunity. City of Doncaster Council are looking to develop an Assistive Technology Hub in the Community.
We are running an engagement event at CAST in Doncaster City Centre on Tuesday 10th June 2025; this event will be attended by Strategic and Operational Leads across Adult Social Care:- - The event will take place in the Dance Space, on Floor 1 at CAST. - The address is as follows:- Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BU- please note, this is next door to the Doncaster Civic Centre. - There is a cafe within the venue.
Our vision is: - - To enable people in the Doncaster community to live their best lives as independently as possible. - To support the best outcomes for local people to live happy and healthy lives and aim to support to reduce people needing to be admitted to hospital,
which can increase their needs and prevent being able to return to independence. - We will draw on experts by experience with lived experience of drawing on our services to shape the types of Assistive Technology which would have the best impact on local people. - This proposal is part of our Local Account priority which is to improve our Assistive Technology offer. proposal.
Please see link to our Local Account: Your Care and Support Doncaster 2025.
Our priorities have been coproduced with people with lived experience of drawing on care and support. - We would like to hear from providers that can provide wide ranging and cutting-edge assistive technology that can support people across the community with a variety of needs. - We are currently developing an Assistive Technology Local Account (Vision statement with priorities),
and this will feed into the future specification with our long-term ambitions. - The ask in the new offer not just for standard telecare packages such as lifeline units, pendants, bed sensors etc. - We want to see things that will make a real difference to enhance people's lives. We want to support a less prescriptive approach and moving beyond the standard telecare approach broaden our offer as a service.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 11 Jun 2025 to 11 Jun 2025
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 014578-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050162
- CPV code
- 30237475 - Electric sensors; 33195000 - Patient-monitoring system; 33196000 - Medical aids; 33196100 - Devices for the elderly; 33196200 - Devices for the disabled; 79711000 - Alarm-monitoring services; 85000000 - Health and social work services; 85311200 - Welfare services for the handicapped; and 3 more
- CPV division
- 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages; 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products; 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security; 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Town
- Doncaster
- Postcode
- DN1 3BU
- Electoral ward
- Town
- Constituency
- Doncaster Central
- Delivery area
- Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Sub-region
- Doncaster
- Area
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- City of Doncaster Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Shaun Ferron
- Phone
- +44 1302862405
- Address
- Doncaster, DN1 3BU · Yorkshire and The Humber · England
Documents and links
Questions about Preliminary Market Engagement - Assistive Technology Hub
When will the Preliminary Market Engagement - Assistive Technology Hub tender open?
City of Doncaster Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How long is the Preliminary Market Engagement - Assistive Technology Hub contract?
The contract runs from 11 June 2025 to 11 June 2025.
Who is the buyer for Preliminary Market Engagement - Assistive Technology Hub?
City of Doncaster Council, based in Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber. The named contact is Shaun Ferron, on +44 1302862405.
How do I bid for Preliminary Market Engagement - Assistive Technology Hub?
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