Official UK procurement notice
PROVISION OF SECURITY SERVICES · Cobra Specialist Security Services for Radius Housing Association (Mar 2026)
Authority: Radius Housing Association (Housing)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Contract is for the provision of Security Services as fully described in Document 2 Service Information.
It is the intention of Radius Housing to award a contract to a single provider for the service which includes:
- Manned/Static Security Service (Ad-hoc and reoccurring)
- Routine Mobile Patrols (Ad-hoc and reoccurring)
- ASB Response Service
- Fire Warden Service
- Emergency Key Holding (including Fire and Intruder Alarm Response) to include emergency call out service
- Accompanying staff to properties where a safety risk has been identified
- Personal service of legal documentation on behalf of Association
- Void Property Check as agreed with the Radius Asset Team, on a two (2) weekly basis inspection service of property doors, windows, roof and area inside letterbox)
- Opening and closing of playparks
Details of individual properties, the frequency of services required are set out in the Service Information (Document 2) and associated appendices
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Mar 2030, 23:59 GMT.
- How the procedure runs: This Competitive Flexible shall consist of an initial stage where tenderers will submit their Conditions of Participation, and their quality and cost (Award Stage) offer. The Contracting Authority may award the procurement competition to the Most advantageous Tender after the assessment of this initial stage. However, the Contracting Authority reserves the right at its sole discretion to conduct further price only stages and to issue refined service or contract information. Revised Pricing will be assessed and will be combined with the Quality scores to provide a new Most Advantageous Tender. The Contracting Authority also reserves the right at its sole discretion following the completion of the evaluation of all responses and the identification of the Most Advantageous Tender according to the award criteria to enter dialogue with the most advantageous tenderer in order to refine elements of the contract, service, specification, social value offer, sustainability and or cost prior to the execution of the contract.
- No preliminary market engagement: n/a
CPV: Alarm-monitoring services · Investigation services · Patrol services · Security services · Surveillance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£1,260,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (8)
- Contract Management and Customer Care: 12%
- Service Delivery Plans: 13%
- Performance Measurement and Performance Management: 5%
- Evaluation Total Recurring Services: 20%
- Evaluation Total Schedule of Rates: 15%
- Evaluation Total Void Property Checks: 15%
- Evaluation Total for Opening and Closing Play Parks: 10%
- Provision of Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (8)
- Contract Management and Customer Care
- Service Delivery Plans
- Performance Measurement and Performance Management
- Provision of Social Value
- Evaluation Total Recurring Services
- Evaluation Total Schedule of Rates
- Evaluation Total Void Property Checks
- Evaluation Total for Opening and Closing Play Parks
- 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
- Yes · next expected 1 Mar 2030
- First published
- 2 Mar 2026, 12:09 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2026, 14:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 13 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
RAD151- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-018384- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065f71Find a Tender
- How it runs
This Competitive Flexible shall consist of an initial stage where tenderers will submit their Conditions of Participation, and their quality and cost (Award Stage) offer. The Contracting Authority may award the procurement competition to the Most advantageous Tender after the assessment of this initial stage. However, the Contracting Authority reserves the right at its
sole discretion to conduct further price only stages and to issue refined service or contract information. Revised Pricing will be assessed and will be combined with the Quality scores to provide a new Most Advantageous Tender. The Contracting Authority also reserves the right at its sole discretion following the completion of the evaluation of all responses and the identification of the Most Advantageous Tender according to the award criteria to enter dialogue with the most advantageous tenderer in order to refine elements of the contract, service, specification, social value offer, sustainability and or cost prior to the execution of the contract.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Mar 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Via etenders NI etendersni.gov.uk ↗
Timeline
2 Mar 2026 → 9 Jun 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published233 days ago2 Mar 2026, 12:09 GMT
- Clarification questions by214 days ago20 Mar 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadline208 days ago27 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by190 days ago13 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts173 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent166 days ago8 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published134 days ago9 Jun 2026, 14:47 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Mar 2026- Tender notice published2 Mar 2026, 12:09 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published8 May 2026, 12:16 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete8 May 2026, 12:16 BST
- Procurement method changed8 May 2026, 12:16 BST
- Buyer details updated8 May 2026, 12:16 BST
- Contract signature expected25 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published9 Jun 2026, 14:47 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobra Specialist Security ServicesSME1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2029 · up to 31 May 2031Extensions: The contract is for an initial period of three (3) years with Radius having the option to exercise up to two (2) contractual extensions of 12 months (3+1+1). Radius reserve the right to offer longer extensions but the total of these will not exceed 2 years and the maximum contract duration shall be 5 years | £1,260,000 | 8 May 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
PROVISION OF SECURITY SERVICES · Cobra Specialist Security ServicesSME
- Signed
- 8 Jun 2026
- Value
- £1,260,000
- Period
- 8 Jun 2026 – 7 Jun 2029 · up to 7 Jun 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The contract is for an initial period of three (3) years with Radius having the option to exercise up to two (2) contractual extensions of 12 months (3+1+1). Radius reserve the right to offer longer extensions but the total of these will not exceed 2 years and the maximum contract duration shall be 5 years
3 agreed KPIs: Rapid Response Call Outs · Number of complaints received and resolution · Ensure secure storage & retention of all data
- Rapid Response Call Outs
- Number of complaints received and resolution
- Ensure secure storage & retention of all data
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8final-stage tenders · 9 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Radius Housing AssociationContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- COBRA SPECIALIST SECURITY SERVICES LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
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