Safety equipment

Tender description

PfH wish to establish a Framework Agreement for lone worker protection and consultancy services to replace its existing framework that is due to expire shortly. This will be a single lot framework with an estimated contract value of between 5 000 000 GBP and 50 000 000 GBP. The primary objective of this contract is to provide PfH members and other public bodies (as defined in the contract notice for this agreement) with a flexible framework agreement for the provision of the lone worker protection and consultancy services to meet the demands of PfH members and other public bodies within a changing market. The following minimum requirements of this lot include but are not limited to: — national geographical coverage to supply lone worker protection and consultancy services to a potential 900 plus PfH members (including those with multiple sites) in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, — a core list of lone worker protection items such as standard dedicated device, dedicated device with GPS, Dedicated device with ManDown, standard mobile application, mobile application with GPS, and mobile application with ManDown, — consultancy services including a review of lone worker requirements to determine which products and services would best suit the business and how to implement those products and services in the most efficient way, and lone worker training. Contract periods may vary from an expected minimum 12 months to an expected maximum of 4 years. However, PfH members will be free to select the most appropriate contract period for their needs which may vary from these expected periods. It is the intention of PfH to award to five (5) suppliers on this lot, although PfH reserve the right but not the obligation to alter this number depending on the tenders submitted.