Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Security Guarding Services for British Embassy Berlin- Germany
Authority: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe requirement is for a Private Security Company (PSC) to provide physical security in the form of guards at the British Embassy, Berlin.
CPV: Guard services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,166,836
- Economic & financial standing
Potential Suppliers must submit a comprehensive and duly structured response to all questions contained within the Qualification Envelope, including complete documentation demonstrating compliance with the Legal and Financial Capacity requirements. This shall include evidence of the bidder’s legal standing, organisational status, and financial capability to perform the security guarding services, in accordance with the conditions of participation set out in this notice.
- Technical & professional ability
Potential Suppliers must provide evidence of their technical capability to deliver security guarding services. Submissions shall include:
- Relevant experience and contract examples demonstrating delivery of comparable services.
- Sub contractor management arrangements, including oversight and performance controls.
- Safeguarding compliance, including adherence to FCDO due diligence and safeguarding frameworks.
- Mandatory training and certification confirming that proposed staff hold all required qualifications and licences.
- Health and safety arrangements, demonstrating compliance with applicable legislation.
- Modern Slavery compliance, including relevant policies and supply chain due diligence.
- Duty of Care provisions for staff welfare, risk management, and incident response.
- Completed PSQ Declaration confirming organisational eligibility.
- Acceptance of FCDO Terms and Conditions for contract delivery.
All submitted documents must be complete, accurate, and sufficient to demonstrate the Potential Supplier’s technical capability in accordance with the conditions of participation.
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: Technical and Social Value
- Commercial
- Economic & financial standing
Potential Suppliers must submit a comprehensive and duly structured response to all questions contained within the Qualification Envelope, including complete documentation demonstrating compliance with the Legal and Financial Capacity requirements. This shall include evidence of the bidder’s legal standing, organisational status, and financial capability to perform the security guarding services, in accordance with the conditions of participation set out in this notice.
- Technical & professional ability
Potential Suppliers must provide evidence of their technical capability to deliver security guarding services. Submissions shall include:
- Relevant experience and contract examples demonstrating delivery of comparable services.
- Sub contractor management arrangements, including oversight and performance controls.
- Safeguarding compliance, including adherence to FCDO due diligence and safeguarding frameworks.
- Mandatory training and certification confirming that proposed staff hold all required qualifications and licences.
- Health and safety arrangements, demonstrating compliance with applicable legislation.
- Modern Slavery compliance, including relevant policies and supply chain due diligence.
- Duty of Care provisions for staff welfare, risk management, and incident response.
- Completed PSQ Declaration confirming organisational eligibility.
- Acceptance of FCDO Terms and Conditions for contract delivery.
All submitted documents must be complete, accurate, and sufficient to demonstrate the Potential Supplier’s technical capability in accordance with the conditions of participation.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Defence & security
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 May 2025, 17:43 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jun 2026, 16:36 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Jun 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-013594- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051f5fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
22 May 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published22 May 2025, 17:43 BST
- Market engagement277 days ago22 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) will hold an online-only Premarket Engagement event for the procurement of security guarding services for its British Consulate Dusseldorf, Germany on 27 January 2026, from 10:00 to 11:30 UK time.
Suppliers are invited to express their interest in attending by completing and submitting the Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire at:
forms.office.com/e/LZnE9kCRNb ↗ by 12 noon UK time on 22 January 2026.
Please note: You cannot attend the online event if you are not registered.
Suppliers are also reminded:
- If you are not already registered on the Central Digital Platform (CDP), you must do so to obtain a unique supplier identifier number, which is required to bid for FCDO contracts under the Procurement Act 2023.
- The FCDO Jaggaer portal will be used to submit your actual bid, and it will require the ID obtained from the CDP.
- Registration on Jaggaer is free and takes approximately 5 minutes.
We strongly encourage suppliers to register on both platforms (CDP and Jaggaer) early to avoid delays or disappointment when procurement documents become available.
This notice is for information only.
- Tender notice published255 days ago13 Feb 2026, 16:07 GMT
- Next notice expected255 days ago13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification questions by236 days ago4 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline220 days ago20 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by129 days ago19 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent119 days ago30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published118 days ago30 Jun 2026, 16:36 BST
- Contract starts56 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
15 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025- Pipeline notice published22 May 2025, 17:43 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Jan 2026, 13:23 GMTUK2
- Published value updated to £496,3835 Jan 2026, 13:23 GMTwas £3,000,000
- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Jan 2026, 13:26 GMTUK2
- Published value updated to £1,166,8365 Jan 2026, 13:26 GMTwas £496,383
- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Jan 2026, 13:28 GMTUK2
- Published value updated to £668,7935 Jan 2026, 13:28 GMTwas £1,166,836
- Tender notice published13 Feb 2026, 16:07 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £1,166,83613 Feb 2026, 16:07 GMTwas £668,793
- Status changed to active13 Feb 2026, 16:07 GMT
- Procurement method changed13 Feb 2026, 16:07 GMT
- Deadline published: 20 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT13 Feb 2026, 16:07 GMT
- Contract award notice published30 Jun 2026, 16:36 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete30 Jun 2026, 16:36 BST
- Contract signature expected20 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-01: 2 releases · 5 Jan 2026, 5 Jan 2026
- 2025-05: 1 release · 22 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Securitas GmbH Sicherheitsdienste1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2031Extensions: The Authority may choose to apply the extensions where the supplier has demonstrated consistent achievement of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across the core contract period. This includes sustained delivery against service critical measures such as security performance, operational responsiveness, adherence to incident management protocols, training and competence standards, and customer service requirements. | €1,994,681 | 26 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Securitas GmbH SicherheitsdiensteAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- 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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender