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002712 - Contract for the Provision of Crowd Management & Event Security Services

Public law and order services
Security services
North East (UKC14)
Official notice
Published value
£160,000
Submission deadline 6 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Durham County Council: "002712 - Contract for the Provision of Crowd Management & Event Security Services". Published status: active. Published value: £160,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDurham County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
6 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£160,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Durham County Council
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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.
Published-to-award variance
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. Published-to-award variance 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published2 Oct 2025, 13:07 BST
Last source update2 Oct 2025, 13:07 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationPublic law and order services, Security services
Delivery area
North East (UKC14)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05a6bf
What is being bought
Durham County Council hosts a number of large-scale festivals and events each year. As a result, the Council require a Provider to manage and provide Crowd Management & Event Security services to ensure all events and festivals operate safely. The following is a list of the types of Durham County Council Festivals and Events which can be expected to take place throughout the duration of this Contract, please note this list is not exhaustive and there is no guarantee that the listed events will take place. • Bishop Auckland Food Festival (BAFF) • Seaham Food Festival (SFF) • BRASS Festival • Gala Theatre & Cinema, Empire Theatre, Durham Town Hall and Bishop Auckland Town Hall • Remembrance Day • Anniversary or one-off special events • Elections This procurement exercise is being undertaken to award a light touch contract, that is, a contract that is wholly or mainly for the supply of services as specified in Procurement Regulations 2024, Schedule 1. Tender documents can be accessed free of charge at www.open-uk.org and must be submitted via this portal.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £160,000
    2 Oct 2025, 13:07 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    2 Oct 2025, 13:07 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    2 Oct 2025, 13:07 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to 6 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
    2 Oct 2025, 13:07 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    2 Oct 2025, 13:07 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Published value£160,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    2 Oct 2025, 13:07 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    6 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
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)
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