Official UK procurement notice
CPG/12336/2025 - SSJ - Provision of Maintenance of the Security Barriers/Gates for the British Embassy in Washington
Authority: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPost requires a service contract to maintain the security barrier/gates at the British Embassy compound. The maintenance agreement includes 4 visits per year from COVA UK engineers to service the physical gates and electronic operating system. Spare parts are not included in the service agreement, and these are charged separately as and when required.
CPV: Facilities management services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£70,760
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).
Lot awarding rule: Direct Award - COVA Security gates/barriers are a UK company. There are no local suppliers in the USA who can the COVA system
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 28 Apr 2025, 20:24 BST
- Last source update
- 27 May 2025, 18:49 BST
- Authority reference
CPG/12336/2025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017454- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0508c1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 May 2025, 15:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
Timeline
28 Apr 2025 → 27 May 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published28 Apr 2025, 20:24 BST
- Submission deadline5 May 2025, 15:00 BST
- Contract starts20 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published27 May 2025, 18:49 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Apr 2025- Tender notice published28 Apr 2025, 20:24 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published27 May 2025, 18:49 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete27 May 2025, 18:49 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cova Security Gates Ltd | £70,760 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Cova Security Gates Ltd
- Signed
- 13 May 2025
- Value
- £70,760
- Period
- 20 May 2025 – 19 May 2027
- Status
- active
14 agreed KPIs: Financial Control · Pricing · Agreed action points …
- Financial Control, Invoices are accurate & submitted in a timely manner. To achieve KPI the Contractor must send 100% of the bills with the accurate services cost.
- Pricing, Service Provider to abide to the pricing accorded in the contract throughout the duration of the relationship. Variation to contract to be considered with prior evidence and should be agreed and signed by the Authority and supplier.
- Agreed action points, Implementation of any agreed action points arising from agreed works to be executed against agreed timelines. Action points implemented & reported to PM.
- Service Reports, Service reports to be available at all times if requested.
- Timing of Response and Delivery, The Contractor shall respond to Authorities solicitation in a period no longer than 8 hours. To achieve KPI the Contractor must comply to respond 100% of the times.
- Service Delivery, Compliance with the service delivery in accordance with The Statement of Requirement Services indicated in ATT 4 to be meet or exceeded.
- Quality, Any issues of quality discovered during work inspections or otherwise are mentioned verbally with representative from the British Embassy on site, or with written report/email and solution implemented within a reasonable time frame (48 hours).
- Customer Satisfaction, The Authority is satisfied with the service.
- H&S, Service Provider & their staff to abide by standards equivalent to those set out in the Health &Safety requirements. CM to review and train staff as required.
- Security, Un-authorised access to the Authority's premises, or security incidents due to Contractor negligence. CM to check ongoing compliance with site specific requirements & to ensure any failures are reported immediately to Post Manager. Contract Manager to ensure that should a staff member need to be removed from site due to misconduct or the like, this is acted upon immediately and an appropriately trained and vetted replacement sourced within 24 hours.
- Reporting, The Contractor should ensure timely/quickly provision of a report of work highlighting work completed, any findings or additional requirements.
- Staffing levels and coverage, Contract Manager to ensure that the provision of additional staff for any additional work, to cover annual leave or sickness is undertaken within 24 hours of submission of the request unless agreed otherwise with the client.
- Uniforms and presentation, All staff are well presented, wearing clean uniform in good condition and have identification visible at all times. CM to ensure any uniform related issues are resolved in a timely manner & that uniform standards are enforced by On Site Supervisors.
- Code of Conduct, All staff comply with the Contractors' Code of Conduct, to abide by standards, not to engage in any conduct that may embarrass the FCDO or HMG. CM to report during regular meetings
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Cova Security Gates LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender