VIVID Out of Hours Telephone Handling & Associated Services
Awarded to Careium UK Limited
VIVID Housing Ltd(buyer)
- Published
- Published 1 May 2025
- Deadline
- Closed 6 June 2025
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Overview
Contracting authority
- VIVID Housing LtdBuyer
5 live opportunities · 30 awarded contracts
Portsmouth, United Kingdom
GB-MPR: 7544
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Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Services
- Estimated value
- £500,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Rules
- Procurement Act 2023
- SME suitable
- Yes
- Published
- 1 May 2025
- Questions by
- 30 May 2025
- Deadline
- Closed
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £373,604
- Award date
- 13 July 2025
- Contract period
- 5 August 2025 → 5 August 2028
- Contract length
- 3 years
- Could run to
- 31 August 2030
- Against estimate
- 25% below
- Bids received
- 10
- Careium UK Limited
This contract ends on 5 August 2028, or 31 August 2030 if every extension is used.
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About the winner
Careium UK Limited
- Based in
- Blackburn
- Public contracts won
- 53
- Across UK and EU notices
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Competition and scoring
Bids received
10
9 from SMEs
Open and restricted tenders in Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security drew a median of 4 bids over the last 24 months; 21% received only one.
How bids were scored
Price 30% · Quality 70%
- Quality70%
- Price30%
Price and cost criteria in black, quality in blue.
Market context
Typical award in Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
£73,982
Median of 18,935 awards in the last 24 months
This award is 5.0× the median.
VIVID Housing Ltd in the last 12 months
37
contracts awarded, worth £70,309,460 in total
Recent awards in Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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Notice history
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Contract
31 July 2025
Contract Notice
1 May 2025
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