Official UK procurement notice
Night Safety Marshall · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex (Police & fire)
The 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:
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
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.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£360,000
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Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 75%
- Price: 20%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical
- Price
- Social Value
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Authority reference
JPS3134- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092133- 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 it was run
Official notice- 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 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 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 access
Timeline
30 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published45 days ago30 Sept 2026, 09:06 BST
- Clarification questions by31 days ago14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline17 days ago28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Today14 Nov 2026
- Award decision expected byin 14 days28 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 137 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender