Official UK procurement notice
C1264- Provision of Security and Ancillary Services
Authority: NI Water and its subsidiaries
Sectors: Administration, defence and social security services (75)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£5,600,000exc. VAT0.5% above published estimate
Submissions closed 10 Feb 2025awarded 10 Mar 2025
Awarded to Cobra Specialist Security Services
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision 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
CPV: Public security services · Public security, law and order services · Security services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,600,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- As per tender documents: 40%
- As per tender documents: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- As per tender documents: 40
- 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- 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
- First published
- 10 Jan 2025, 16:48 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Mar 2025, 15:07 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Feb 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009264- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cf46Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
- Submission deadline
- 10 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 10 Feb 2025, 12:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
10 Feb 2025 → 11 May 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline10 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened10 Feb 2025, 12:30 GMT
- Notice published13 Mar 2025, 15:07 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until11 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete13 Mar 2025, 15:07 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £5,627,5671 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 71 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Mar 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobra Specialist Security ServicesContract | £5,627,567 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Cobra Specialist Security Services
- Signed
- 10 Mar 2025
- Value
- £5,627,567
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7bids · 7 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Ni WaterReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- COBRA SPECIALIST SECURITY SERVICES LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.