Official UK procurement notice
MAC Door Access System · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Duston Parish Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDuston Parish Council invites tenders for the supply, installation, commissioning and handover of an electronic access control system ("MAC Card system") covering both Duston Community Centre and St Luke's Centre, which are located in different parts of Duston. The Council intends to replace key/lock-controlled access with centrally managed card-based access control, enabling authorised users to unlock doors using cards/fobs and enabling administrators to manage access via computer.
CPV: Access control system · Installation of doors · Surveillance and security systems and devices
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£45,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality and convenience: 25%
- Demonstration of professional and technical competence: 15%
- Experience: 15%
- Price: 45%
Published award criteria (4)
- Price
- Quality and convenience: Proposed working-methods statement and programme of works, having regard to the needs of other users of the Centres
- Demonstration of professional and technical competence: Demonstration of professional and technical competence and quality of proposed solution
- Experience: Experience of successfully installing similar facilities in the last two years
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 55 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 4 Sept 2026, 12:26 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Sept 2026, 12:26 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083868- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f22eFind a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
4 Sept 2026 → 18 Jan 2027 · 3 dates- Tender notice published52 days ago4 Sept 2026, 12:26 BST
- Submission deadline17 days ago9 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 84 days18 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published4 Sept 2026, 12:26 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender