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Published 7 Mar 2024, 17:08 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

C1230- Provision of Security and Ancillary Services

Official notice

Authority: NI Water and its subsidiaries

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£5,270,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 11 Apr 2024awarded 17 Jun 2024
Awarded to DGS Service Solutions Ltd.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Security and Ancillary Services. Services required under this Contract will include the following;

  • Access control
  • Patrolling of Client sites where Contract Staff are generally located
  • Mobile patrols of Client Sites, Client Publicly Accessible sites or Client redundant sites
  • Call outs and alarms
  • CCTV monitoring
  • Recurrence: Extensions are available as per tender documents

CPV: Public security services · Public security, law and order services · Security services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,270,000
Extensions: Extensions available as per tender documentsVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality as per Tender documents.: 40%
  • Price as per Tender documents.: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality as per Tender documents.: 40
  • Price as per Tender documents.: 60
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · Extensions are available as per tender documents
First published
7 Mar 2024, 17:08 GMT
Last source update
18 Jun 2024, 15:36 BST
Award evaluation window
11 Apr 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-018785
Classification (CPV)
Public security servicesPublic security, law and order servicesSecurity services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044694 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The contract award notice will be published with a value of £5.6m. However, the expected spend is likely to range from between £5m to £7m. This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account such changes to the demand and scale which may result from future operational requirements.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
11 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
11 Apr 2024, 12:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

11 Apr 2024 → 10 Jul 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    11 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    11 Apr 2024, 12:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    18 Jun 2024, 15:36 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    10 Jul 2024, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Jun 2024, 15:36 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 71 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Jun 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
DGS Service Solutions Ltd.SMEContract——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic · 1 from abroad1—£5,000,000 – £7,000,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NI Water and its subsidiaries

Contracting authorityWater Westland House, Belfast, UK, BT14 6TEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NI WaterReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.