Official UK procurement notice
Night Safety Marshall — UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority is seeking to award one contract to deliver the Scheme in Brighton.
For the period from 01/04/2027 to 31/03/2028, with an option to extend for a further 2 x 12 month extensions.
To deliver the Night Safety Marshal Scheme, whilst the Successful Supplier does not have to be a Security Industry Authority (SIA) approved supplier, the marshals deployed as part of the Scheme must be and hold valid SIA Door Supervisor Accreditation.
The Night Safety Marshal Scheme will, as a minimum, be required to deliver the following:
To deploy 8 Security Industry Authority (SIA) accredited and licenced marshals in each of the high harm hyperlocal areas identified by Sussex Police at peak hours (20:00-04:00) (as set out in 1.2.1 Patrolling the Nighttime economy (NTE) Hyperlocal areas)
To ensure that the 8 marshals deployed in each high harm area comprise of a minimum of 2 females. Preventing violence against women and girls is a priority for the Authority and as such, keen to ensure all marshals are trained and equipped to deal with victims appropriately. A diverse workforce, representative of the communities they patrol, engage and support through the patrols is important.
To deploy marshals to identify vulnerable individuals and ensure that they are kept safe
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To deploy marshals to prevent serious violence with early intervention and the removal of threat (as set out in 1.2.2 Vulnerability reduction and early interaction)
To deploy marshals for patrols in high harm areas as directed by Sussex Police; predominantly the nighttime economy area of Brighton.
To report low level public order incidents to Sussex Police, gather information and intelligence on criminal activity (as set out in 1.2.3 Crime reduction and incident/intel reporting)
To provide the required training to the marshals (as set out in 1.2.4 Training)
To provide the required uniform and equipment to the marshals.
To manage the Scheme and provide management information to Sussex Police (as set out in 3.1 – Management Information Reporting)
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 30 Sept 2029, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Security services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished valueAED 360,000
- Value
- AED 360,000 exc. VAT · AED 432,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- 2 x 12 month extension periods.
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 — 75%
- Price — 20%
- Social Value — 5%
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex buys Security services (CPV 7971) — and who usually turns up
The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex’s own published record, next to the South East England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Security services (CPV 7971) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex
contract notices in 36 months: 3 in division 79 (2 without competition) · 67 in all categories (50 without competition · 5 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 7 lots. 5 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 2 from older notices (bids received, middle 1.5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 7 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 2 pairs. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 5 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 120 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 79), last 36 months: 3 notices.
South East England · Security services (CPV 7971)
contract notices delivered in South East England in 36 months: 78 in CPV 7971 (54 competed, 10 route not published) · 798 in division 79 (517 competed, 135 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7971), last 36 months: 19 lots. 11 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 7) and 8 from older notices (bids received, middle 8).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7971), last 36 months: 19 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7971), last 36 months: 12 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7971), last 36 months: 14 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7971), last 36 months: 15 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7971), last 36 months: 33 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on the South East England market’s usual movement over 12 lots (CPV 7971), applied to the £360,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
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
- Yes · next expected 30 Sept 2029
- First published
- 30 Sept 2026, 09:06 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 09:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 28 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
JPS3134- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d0bFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
- 30
- Risks
- Increase or decrease of the number of hours required under the contract
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Bidders will need to register on the Intend website in order to bid for this contract, please follow these instructions: Using the following link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sussexpolice/aspx/ register for In-tend which is the portal that Sussex and Surrey Police undertake all procurement activity on and will be use for any future tenders. Once registered, log into the portal and in the top right corner there should be a button that says portal. Scroll down the list to more…
find Sussex Police and click where it says register with organisation. It should then link you to the Sussex Police where you can access the tender. It does take 10-15 minutes sometimes for the connection to process through but you should then be able to accessTimeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedearlier today30 Sept 2026, 09:06 BST
- Clarification questions byin 14 days14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 28 days28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 60 days28 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 183 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published30 Sept 2026, 09:06 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender