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title: "Protection Services 2021"
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# Protection Services 2021

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/protection-services-2021-ocds-h6vhtk-029d20). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Coventry University Protection Service is currently managed by a dedicated contract management team with the additional support of two in-house senior security positions. The current contract is now nearing the end of its duration and Coventry University is planning for the next contract to commence 01/08/2021. It is anticipated that the contract term will consist of an initial period of three years, with the option to extend for two additional one-year periods subject to yearly satisfactory performance reviews.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Coventry University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/coventry-university-urn-133808)
- **Published Value:** £17,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 April 2021 at 11:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Security services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG13
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029d20`

## 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/protection-services-2021-ocds-h6vhtk-029d20#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2FcoventryCoventryUniversity%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/protection-services-2021-ocds-h6vhtk-029d20#participate

## Description
Coventry University Protection Service is currently managed by a dedicated contract management team with the additional support of two in-house senior security positions. The current contract is now nearing the end of its duration and Coventry University is planning for the next contract to commence 01/08/2021. It is anticipated that the contract term will consist of an initial period of three years, with the option to extend for two additional one-year periods subject to yearly satisfactory performance reviews. Any extension will be subject to the costings submitted by the Contractor within its bid.It is estimated that spend over the full term of the contract would be in the region of £15m. the estimate for the purposes of open advert is £17m and this allows for potential expansion of the contract. For the avoidance of doubt, these figures represent an approximation of spend only, it does not commit Coventry University to a guaranteed level spend over the term of the Contract.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** Protection Services -as described on the ITT documentation

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005551-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-18T16:36:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-02T20:29:49.489Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029d20