Awarded contract

Lone Worker Protection Services re-procurement

Details

Supplier(s)
SKYGUARD LIMITED
Value
£935,000
Duration
3 years
Topic
Health and safety services
Published
20 March 2025

Tender description

Lone Worker Protection services enables DEFRA organisations to meet responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, the health and safety of all employees requiring Lone Worker protection.  Lone Worker Protection services provide DEFRA group Lone Worker Protection with real time monitoring and recording, smartphone app capability and a range of devices that meet specific risk activity needs, along with the provision of a dedicated 24/7/365 Alarm Receiving Centre to facilitate management of emergency situations.  Contractual term: Three years plus two 12-month extension options (3+1+1)

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 March 2025
  2. Completed: Award published20 March 2025
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date29 February 2028in 17 months

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 71317200 · Health and safety services

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