Coming up· published 21 May 2025
Technology Enabled Care Service
Westmorland and Furness Council · Westmorland and Furness, North West
Westmorland and Furness Council is planning Technology Enabled Care Service. It is a contract for extra care housing in Westmorland and Furness.
Source: Find a Tender, published 21 May 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK1 - Pipeline Notice · 15:21
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2029
Contract ends
3 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Westmorland and Furness Council is planning Technology Enabled Care Service. It is a contract for extra care housing in Westmorland and Furness. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £2,854,000. The contract runs from 30 June 2026 to 30 June 2029. It lasts 3 years.
It is run as an open procedure. The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 21 May 2025. The notice number is 024256-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-051be0.
Summary of the contracting process
Westmorland and Furness Council has commenced the planning stage for a procurement process concerning the provision of a Technology Enabled Care Service. This initiative aims to implement a modern alarm response service leveraging new digital technologies for residents within Westmorland and Furness, supporting their independence and wellbeing. The procurement falls under the industry categories of Medical aids and Social work-related services, with its implementation across the UKD12 region.
An open procedure will be used for the procurement process, which is scheduled to take place from 1st July 2026 to 30th June 2029, with an estimated contract value of £2,854,000. Noteworthy dates include a planned future notice on 1st September 2025.
The procurement is particularly suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs), providing an inclusive platform for diverse enterprises to propose innovative solutions.
The notice in full
Westmorland and Furness Council are publishing this notice to advise are considering the re-commissioning and procurement intentions for a Technology Enabled Care Service (TEC) to enable an alarm response service for the residents of Westmorland & Furness. The aim of this service is to make full use of new digital technologies to provide the best possible TEC service and experience for the people of Westmorland and Furness.
Considerations are as follows: Commission a Technology Enabled Care Service that:
- Delivers a real time and life critical care monitoring service.
- Utilises new and improved technologies, as they are developed.
- Supports self-management of wellbeing.
- Plan and intervene to minimise the impact of the digital switchover.
- Ensure all devises are interoperable and use open standards.
- Prevents need from arising or escalating.
- Enable people to regain skills, using TEC during their period of reablement, and when coming out of hospital.
- Routinely collect and analyse TEC care data and evidence what works, as part of service planning, improvement and delivery.
- Target funding and investment in new ways of working, new models of care and innovative TEC.
- May include a Carers' Contingency Plan Service
- Develops a strength based approach that promote people's independence enabling people to become more independent and feel safe and secure (as far as possible) in their own home and in the wider community.
- Work in Partnership in an integrated way with practitioners to identify new solutions that reduce risks and increases independence.
- Continues growth of the Council's Prevention Strategies.
- Support informal carers in their caring role and thus reduce the risk of carer breakdown.
- Develop an integrated approach to application of Assistive Technology and Environmental monitoring.
- Have an extended range of equipment solutions that are not limited to a single supplier and remains flexible throughout the lifetime of the contract.
- Encourage use of Telecare and Assistive Technology in extra care housing, supported living and care homes.
- To support people to manage long-term conditions
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Extra Care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Goods
- Contract period
- 30 Jun 2026 to 30 Jun 2029 (3 years)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK1 - Pipeline Notice
- Procurement method
- Open
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £2,854,000
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 024256-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051be0
- CPV code
- 33196000 - Medical aids; 85300000 - Social work and related services
- CPV division
- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products; 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Town
- Lancaster
- Postcode
- LA9 4DQ
- Electoral ward
- Kendal Strickland and Fell
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Delivery area
- East Cumbria
- Region
- North West
- Sub-region
- Westmorland and Furness
- Area
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Westmorland and Furness Council
- Category
- Goods
- Address
- Kendal, LA9 4DQ · North West · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
Questions about Technology Enabled Care Service
When will the Technology Enabled Care Service tender open?
Westmorland and Furness 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 much is the Technology Enabled Care Service contract worth?
The estimated value is £2,854,000. The contract runs from 30 June 2026 to 30 June 2029 (3 years).
Who is the buyer for Technology Enabled Care Service?
Westmorland and Furness Council, based in Westmorland and Furness, North West.
How do I bid for Technology Enabled Care Service?
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- Read the early notice in full.
- Answer any market engagement questions.
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- Check your policies are up to date.
- Watch for the tender notice.
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