Official UK procurement notice
Contract for Cash Collection & Cash In Transit Services
Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDurham County Council require the following range of services:
a) The secure collection of cash and cheques from various collection points as specified by the Council.
b) The secure storage of all cash and cheques whilst in transit.
c) The onward delivery/depositing of all cash and cheques collected, either to another collection point, or at a nominated cash receiving facility (subject to 'Approved Contractor Status'), or Bank. Based on the varying banking arrangements that Durham County Council may have in place throughout the contract period, the nominated cash receiving facilities or Bank may need to be amended.
d) When necessary, the secure overnight storage of both cash and cheques collected will be required.
e) The provision of a 'change float' service on either a scheduled or ad-hoc basis, to a specified Collection Point.
CPV: Financial and insurance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£400,000
- Economic & financial standing
As stated in the Invitation to Bid Documents: Procurement Specific Questionnaire, Part 3: Conditions of Participation.
- Technical & professional ability
As stated in the Invitation to Bid Documents: Procurement Specific Questionnaire, Part 4.1: Contract Specific Essential Criteria.
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical Questions: 40%
- Price: 50%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical Questions
- Price
- Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
As stated in the Invitation to Bid Documents: Procurement Specific Questionnaire, Part 3: Conditions of Participation.
- Technical & professional ability
As stated in the Invitation to Bid Documents: Procurement Specific Questionnaire, Part 4.1: Contract Specific Essential Criteria.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £399,453 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Durham County Council buys Financial and insurance services (CPV 66), and who usually turns up
Durham County Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Financial and insurance services (CPV 66) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in North East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 27 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid18% / 13%
2–320% / 49%
4–631% / 38%
7+31% / 0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate27% / 71%
Within ±2%57% / 24%
Above estimate17% / 6%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 66Published estimate£400k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 66. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid46%
2–330%
4–616%
7+8%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 7 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£381k–£400k
Estimate£400k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G4S Cash Solutions (UK) LimitedEarlier contract | Cash Collection & Cash in Transit Servicesended Jun 2026 | — | £402k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Loomis UK LimitedEarlier contract | Cash Collection & Cash in Transit Servicesended Jun 2026 | — | £396k | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £5.8m7 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 2 live · £62k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 27% below n=5 | |
Lloyds Bank PlcLarge | £104m7 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | 2 live · £310k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 24% below n=4 |
Barclays Bank PLCLarge | £7.5m8 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £401k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 |
| £941k10 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £15k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 17% below n=1 | |
| £3.9m7 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 2 live · £280k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 12% above n=2 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
78% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
78% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (78% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Cash Collection & Cash in Transit Services — held by G4S Cash Solutions (UK) Limited; the published contract ends 30 Jun 2026.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Sept 2026, 13:31 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 17:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 6 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
OPEN20262019- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085389- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f5a3Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Tender submission deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The documents must be downloaded from www.open-uk.org ↗
Any questions must be raised though this Open system for a response
Timeline
9 Sept 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published46 days ago9 Sept 2026, 13:31 BST
- Latest notice published26 days ago29 Sept 2026, 17:14 BST
- Clarification questions by13 days ago12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 1 day26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 12 days6 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 36 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Sept 2026- Tender notice published9 Sept 2026, 13:31 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published29 Sept 2026, 17:14 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT29 Sept 2026, 17:14 BST+21 days · was 5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (1)
Appendix D - Authorities Collection Schedule added to the questionnaire published within the OPEN Portal. Procurement Timetable updated. Deadline for submission of questions or requests for clarification extended to 12 October 2026, 12:00 noon. Submission deadline extended to 26 October 2026, 12:00 noon.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, via the OPEN Portal at https://www.open-uk.org/ Additional information can be obtained from the OPEN Portal. Bids must be submitted electronically via the OPEN Portal.
- Technical specifications The Specification for this opportunity can be accessed within the procurement documents available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, via the OPEN Portal at https://www.open-uk.org/ Additional information can be obtained from the OPEN Portal. Bids must be sub…
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