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title: "Pre-market engagement for security guarding and event stewarding services"
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# Pre-market engagement for security guarding and event stewarding services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-for-security-guarding-and-event-stewarding-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04c069). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Belfast City Council: "Pre-market engagement for security guarding and event stewarding services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Belfast City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/belfast-city-council-ons-n09000003)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Alarm-monitoring services, Guard services, Patrol services, Security services, Surveillance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN06
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c069`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/pre-market-engagement-for-security-guarding-and-event-stewarding-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04c069#tl-md)

## Description
This Prior Information Notice is to inform the marketplace of Belfast City Council's of an upcoming tender opportunity for security guarding and event stewarding services. 
To help shape and inform the development of the tender documents and procurement strategy a pre-market engagement 'PME' exercise is being conducted with PME questionnaire being available for completion. 
The services required include the following.
•	static manned guarding services. 
•	mobile patrols including at public amenities. 
•	meet and greet services.
•	provision of event security and stewarding services. 
•	key holding services.
If you are interested in receiving and completing a PME questionnaire, please email cps@belfastcity.gov.uk. 
Please provide your company's name and an email address. Interested Contractors will then receive a PME questionnaire with a return date no later than 19th December 2024.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 79711000, 79713000, 79714000, 79715000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** As above. 
The Council will send a pre-market engagement (PME) questionnaire to Contractors who register their interest. Additional information: If you are interested in receiving and completing a PME questionnaire, please email cps@belfastcity.gov.u...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F038293-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-11-27T13:03:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:23:36.008Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c069