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Published 5 Feb 2025, 11:59 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Campus Security Services

Official notice

Authority: Queen's University Belfast (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN06)

Awarded value£7,926,884published contract · exc. VAT

Submissions closed 7 Mar 2025awarded 13 May 2025

Awarded to Bidvest Noonan (UK) Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Queen’s employs a Security Service that works on a 24 hour, seven days a week basis.The Security Service consists of an in-house Security Team by day; supported by a specialist Security Service contractor by night. This contract is for the outsourcing element of the University Security Service. New buildings / areas may be added to or removed throughout the duration of the Contract where directed by the University, and as a consequence, the requirements for the outsourced provision may increase/decrease accordingly.

Recurrence: 5 years

CPV: Guard services · Security services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast, Northern Ireland

Extensions: The Contract shall be for an initial period of 3 years, subject to satisfactory annual review, with the option to extend the contract by up to a further 24 months.Variant bids: not allowed

79710000 Security services 79713000 Guard services

What it takes to win
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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 more

How bids were scored

Quality: 40%Price: 60%

Published sub-criteria (2)

Technical: 40%
Price: 60%

Published award criteria (2)

Technical: 40
Price: 60

Conditions of participation1

Suitability
Please refer to the tender documents.

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: Open procedure
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Yes · 5 years
First published: 5 Feb 2025, 11:59 GMT
Last source update: 30 May 2025, 10:22 BST
Award evaluation window: 7 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference: QUB/2703/25
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-028675
Classification (CPV): Guard servicesSecurity services
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04dbcf Find a Tender

Contract terms

Electronic trading: e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms: Please refer to tender documents.

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: This authority incorporated a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract was communicated to Tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which was for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provided time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.The Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (as amended) provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

How it was run

Official notice

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Submission deadline: 7 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 7 Mar 2025, 16:01 GMT

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelf… ↗

Timeline

7 Mar 2025 → 5 Jul 2025 · 4 dates

Submission deadline
7 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
Bids opened
7 Mar 2025, 16:01 GMT
Notice published
30 May 2025, 10:22 BST
Bids must remain valid until
5 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
30 May 2025, 10:22 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £7,926,8841 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 3

Contracts signed 1latest 13 May 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Bidvest Noonan (UK) Limited	£7,926,884 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Provision of Campus Security Services · Bidvest Noonan (UK) Limited
Signed
13 May 2025
Value
£7,926,884
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Queen's University Belfast

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation University Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NNContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Bidvest Noonan (UK) LtdAwarded supplier05049403 Edgewater Business Park, 8 Edgewater Road, Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT3 9JQContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria