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002333 - Contract for Key Holding and Out of Hours Alarm Response

Security services
North East (UKC14)
Published value
£500,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Durham County Council: "002333 - Contract for Key Holding and Out of Hours Alarm Response". Published status: planning. Published value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDurham County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£500,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Durham County Council
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Durham County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
13.4Bids / Report
14.8% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
HYMANS ROBERTSON LLPTop vendor: 33.7% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 417 active published awards; 27 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
HYMANS ROBERTSON LLP1 win£1,200,000
STEADFAST SECURITY SOLUTIONS LIMITED1 win£500,000
JOURNEO PLC1 win£407,821
BS PROJECT SERVICES LIMITED1 win£200,000
SANCTUARY PERSONNEL LIMITED1 win£200,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDurham County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published5 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
Last source update5 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSecurity services
Delivery area
North East (UKC14)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05439a
What is being bought
Durham County Council (DCC) owns and operates a large and varied property portfolio consisting of a typical local government mixed estate of office, commercial and public buildings. DCC currently deliver their own out of hours response and key holding through their Repairs and Maintenance team. DCC is now looking to outsource part of these services to a third-party security provider. The Scope of Services includes key holding, out of hours first response for emergencies and incidents, attending alarm activations, making good/securing any damage where applicable and reporting.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £500,000
    5 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
  2. Status changed to planning
    5 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    5 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    5 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    5 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
  2. Procedure published
    5 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
  3. engagement
    Not published · met
    Soft Market Testing questionnaire was issued via the NEPO Portal for providers to submit feedback. The key outcomes intended from this Market Consultation were to: • Understand market knowledge, capability, capacity and maturity. • Understand the level of interest in potentially providing such services to the Council. • Understand the scale and scope of experience currently in the market. • Gather views from the market on pricing indicators and possible income to the Council. • Gather innovative ideas and initiatives to influence the design and delivery of service provision in the future. • Understand the range of services and options available in the market The Council received 5 submissions and are currently developing tender documents with the aim to publish this opportunity in June/July 2025.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Durham County Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PMPB-8772-VYWM
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  • Durham County Council
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PMPB-8772-VYWM
    Corten House, Dunholme Close, Durham, UKC14, DH1 5WB, GB
    zoe.embleton@durham.gov.uk
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published