Official UK procurement notice
Security and CCTV Monitoring Contractor
Authority: Choice Housing Ireland Limited (Public body)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£9,000,000≈ £4.5m / year · £9,000,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update25% below published estimate
Submissions closed 20 May 2026awarded 6 Jul 2026
Awarded to INSEC N.IRELAND LTD
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSecurity and CCTV Monitoring services around various schemes throughout the region.
- How the procedure runs: BAFO Procedure as explained in the tender documents.
CPV: Guard services · Patrol services · Security services · Surveillance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£9,000,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Price: 60%
- Quality and Social Value: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality and Social Value
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Jan 2026, 10:33 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Aug 2026, 14:10 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
PRN26020- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-035772- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060e13Find a Tender
- How it runs
BAFO Procedure as explained in the tender documents.
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
- Submission deadline
- 20 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do ↗
CfT CA Unique ID: CH-448 (etendersNI)
Timeline
26 Jan 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published263 days ago26 Jan 2026, 10:33 GMT
- Market engagement245 days ago13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Prior to initiating the procurement, Choice wishes to establish the level of market interest in participating in the procurement process and potential service providers views on scale and scope of the contracts.
- Tender notice published179 days ago20 Apr 2026, 15:48 BST
- Clarification questions by163 days ago6 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline149 days ago20 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent102 days ago7 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends91 days ago17 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by77 days ago31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published67 days ago10 Aug 2026, 14:10 BST
- Contract starts46 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Jan 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Jan 2026, 10:33 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published20 Apr 2026, 15:48 BSTUK4
- Published value updated20 Apr 2026, 15:48 BST
- Status changed to active20 Apr 2026, 15:48 BST
- Procurement method changed20 Apr 2026, 15:48 BST
- Deadline published: 20 May 2026, 12:00 BST20 Apr 2026, 15:48 BST
- Contract award notice published7 Jul 2026, 15:01 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete7 Jul 2026, 15:01 BST
- Contract signature expected23 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published10 Aug 2026, 14:10 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-01: 1 release · 26 Jan 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £6,747,4171 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 3
Named bidders 3published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Aug 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSEC N.IRELAND LTDPRN26020 Security and CCTV Monitoring Contractor1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2031Extensions: Three one year extensions possible. | £6,747,417 inc. VAT | 6 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
PRN26020 Security and CCTV Monitoring Contractor · INSEC N.IRELAND LTD
- Signed
- 5 Aug 2026
- Value
- £6,747,417 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There are three possible one year extensions available (2+1+1+1).
3 agreed KPIs: Rapid Response Call Outs - Attendance within 30 minutes · Complaints · Prompt Response to Health & Safety Issues and notification of concerns to the Association
- Rapid Response Call Outs - Attendance within 30 minutes, The contractor will collate the number of call out requests received and responded to within 30 minutes for each week from the start of the contract. Reports to include actual numbers and should also be presented as a percentage of overall call out requests received.
- Complaints, The number of complaints, formal or informal, received regarding service provider staff, service delivery, misc The Association will detail the number of complaints received regarding delivery of security service to Choice
- Prompt Response to Health & Safety Issues and notification of concerns to the Association, Prompt response and notification of Health & Safety incidents to ensure effective risk management.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 13 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonINSEC Northern Ireland Limited · Northern Ireland
- did not winCobra Specialist Security Services Ltd · Northern Ireland
- did not winRFC Security Group UK Limited · Northern Ireland
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- Cobra Specialist Security Services LtdBidder / tenderer
- INSEC N.IRELAND LTDAwarded supplier
- RFC Security Group UK LimitedBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender