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PROVISION OF SECURITY GUARDING SERVICES FOR THE BRITISH EMBASSY BAMAKO, MALI.

Name: Procurement Process ocds-h6vhtk-0606c0
Creator: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Published: 2026-02-09T06:24:15.000Z
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Security services

Official notice

Published value

£387,000

Submission deadline 13 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT

Lots published1

Procurement Executive Summary

AI & Search Synopsis

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Tenderline Synopsis: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: "PROVISION OF SECURITY GUARDING SERVICES FOR THE BRITISH EMBASSY BAMAKO, MALI.". Published status: active. Published value: £387,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

Contracting Authority	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	Scope & Categories	Not published	Submission Window	Closed 13 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT
Submission Gateway	Direct notice route	Legal Basis & Regime	Standard procurement	Estimated Value (exc. VAT)	£387,000

Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics

Published history for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.

Average Price Reduction

Not availableInsufficient comparable data

Requires at least 5 comparable procedures

Competition Density

4.3Bids / Report

12.5% of reports have one bid

Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration

Adam Smith International LtdTop vendor: 49.7% of attributable value

Payment Terms

Check noticePublished terms

Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.

Coverage: 343 active published awards; 32 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.

Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:

Supplier Name	Historic Awards	Attributable GBP Value
Adam Smith International Ltd	1 win	£8,669,631
KPMG Advisory Services Limited	1 win	£4,000,000
AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO SA	1 win	£1,323,935
JORDAN MODERN OIL & FUEL SERVICES CO. LTD.	1 win	£1,250,000
DEC Property Management I Pvt Ltd	1 win	£851,440

Procedure terms

Contracting AuthorityForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office	Procedure methodNot published	Procurement categoryNot published
Statusactive	Framework / DPSNot published	CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published	Legal basisNot published	Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published	Electronic submissionNot published	Submission languagesNot published
Published9 Feb 2026, 06:24 GMT	Last source update9 Feb 2026, 06:24 GMT	Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSecurity services
Delivery area ML
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0606c0

What is being bought

1. The Authority (British Embassy in Bamako) will pay the Service Provider an agreed fixed price for the provision of a specified number of unarmed staff, with relevant training and experience to control access to its estates and guard its sites 2. The Service Provider will provide a security service on a 24-hour basis, throughout the contract period. The staff deployed in this regard will also be expected to carry out other security-related services, as specified by the Authority’s representatives. The Service Provider’s contract manager will report to the Authority’s representatives. 3. The Service Provider will provide evidence of all insurance policies to protect the Authority from any losses or liabilities attributable to the Service Provider’s staff.

What changed

From the official release history

Official notice release published
9 Feb 2026, 06:24 GMT
Submission deadline changed to 13 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT
9 Feb 2026, 06:24 GMT
Published value updated to £387,000
15 Jan 2026, 14:07 GMT
Status changed to active
15 Jan 2026, 14:07 GMT
Official notice release published
15 Jan 2026, 14:07 GMT
Submission deadline changed to 9 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT
15 Jan 2026, 14:07 GMT
Buyer information updated
15 Jan 2026, 14:07 GMT

Lots and requirements (1)

Published by the contracting authority

Lot 1 · #1
Individual lot title not published
active
Published value£387,000
The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
Contract periodNot published
EligibilityNot published
Options / renewalNot published

Timeline

Procedure published
9 Feb 2026, 06:24 GMT
Submission deadline
13 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT

Commercial outcome and competition

AwardsNo award published

ContractsNo contract published

Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published

Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PXRR-8771-PHVX

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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GB-PPON: PXRR-8771-PHVX
King Charles Street, London, ZA, SW1A 2AH, ZA
Fulufhelo.Ratshionya@fcdo.gov.uk
+27659021258

Documents (2)

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Tender notice on Find a Tender
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9 Feb 2026, 06:24 GMT
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