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# Electronic Security Systems (ESS)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/electronic-security-systems-ess-ocds-h6vhtk-04889d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED: "Electronic Security Systems (ESS)". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £30,000,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Sept 2024, 09:00 BST. Published submission portal: thameswater.smartsourceportal.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/thames-water-utilities-limited-coh-02366661)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £30,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 September 2024 at 09:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Closed-circuit surveillance system, Surveillance and security systems and devices, Surveillance system, Telemetry surveillance system, Video-surveillance system
- **Delivery Location:** UKI, UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/electronic-security-systems-ess-ocds-h6vhtk-04889d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04889d`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/electronic-security-systems-ess-ocds-h6vhtk-04889d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [thameswater.smartsourceportal.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthameswater.smartsourceportal.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/electronic-security-systems-ess-ocds-h6vhtk-04889d#participate

## Description
Our site safety and security is vital and enables us to deliver life's essential service to our customers, and maintaining our estate successfully is crucial to keeping our frontline operation working. 
We believe there is an opportunity to improve the efficiency of our supply network and maximise the benefit to our operations, by exploring new innovations and ways of working across our site infrastructure. 
We are keen to work with suppliers who can meet our different Electric Security System (ESS) needs (which includes provision, installation and maintenance of CCTV, Access Control,  IDS, PIDS), to ensure we implement the most efficient and beneficial solution. 
Thames Water intends to award a number of Framework Agreements for ESS Products, installation and maintenance,  covering both standalone systems and those that communicate with our centralised alarm monitoring centre to optimise security and value for money.
The agreements will be awarded under the following lot structure:
Lot 1 - Supply and install of new Enterprise ESS products
Lot 2 - Maintain existing Enterprise ESS products on the TW estate
Lot 3 - Supply, install and maintain new and existing Standalone ESS products on the TW estate
Please note that, due to the sensitive nature of the PQQ and ITN content, a Non Disclosure Agreement will need to be signed before access can be granted to our eProcurement system.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Supply and Install Enterprise ESS Products
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 32235000, 32323500, 32441100, 35120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI, UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £22,000,000
- **Description:** Supply, install and maintain ESS Products, which includes CCTV, Access Control, PIDs as well as various other preventative and surveillance systems. The types of services we require for these products are installers who design, supply, install and pr...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Maintain Enterprise ESS Products
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 32235000, 32323500, 32441100, 35120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI, UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £6,000,000
- **Description:** Maintain ESS products that are connected to our Alarm Monitoring Centre (AMC), Planned and Reactive maintenance and Repairs. We are looking to award to 2 suppliers and award annual contracts under the framework agreement to cover all planned and low ...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 3: Install and Maintain Standalone ESS Products
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 32235000, 32323500, 32441100, 35120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI, UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000
- **Description:** Maintain ESS products that are NOT connected to our Alarm Monitoring Centre (AMC), Planned and Reactive maintenance and Repairs.
We are expecting to award to 5-6 suppliers with planned and minor reactive maintenance to be awarded on an annual basis b...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027231-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-27T09:24:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T05:43:51.564Z
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