Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Security & Stewarding Services
Authority: Hull City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHull City Council (the Authority) is seeking tenders from suitable and qualified bidders for the provision of security and stewarding services to the Authority and its associated organisations. The Authority has a corporate wide requirement to provide security services to support and protect its assets, workforce, tenants and public. The procurement will be a competitive flexible procedure consisting of two stages. The procurement will be split into two lots. Lot 1 - Security and Steward for Events and Lot 2 - Security for Property and Buildings. Total estimated annual contract value for Lot 1 is £350,000.00. Total estimated annual contract value for Lot 2 is £450,000.00. Estimated contract(s) start date January 2027. The estimated value is given in good faith to assist tenderers in making their submissions, it should not be interpreted as an undertaking to purchase any goods, services or works to any particular value by the Authority and does not form part of the Contract. Further information is contained within the tender documentation. Please ensure all tender submission documents are completed as detailed. Incomplete bids will be eliminated from further process.
How the procedure runs: The procurement will be a competitive flexible procedure consisting of two stages. Stage 1 commences with the issuing of a Tender Notice and includes a procurement specific questionnaire (PSQ) which all Suppliers are required to complete and return in accordance with the Procurement Timetable. Tenderers must achieve a minimum score more…
of 3 for each scored question. Failure to achieve the minimum score of 3 in any scored question within the PSQ may result in the Tender being excluded from further consideration. Only Tenderers that successfully pass all Pass/Fail questions with in the PSQ will progress to the evaluation of the scored questions. Scored questions will be evaluated using the scoring matrix included in the PSQ. Stage 1 will complete with Suppliers being notified in writing of whether or not they have been successfully shortlisted to participate in Stage 2. Suppliers not invited to Stage 2 will be provided with a written explanation of the reasons why they have not been shortlisted to participate in Stage 2. Stage 2 will commence with the issuing of a letter inviting Suppliers that have been successfully shortlisted at Stage 1 to submit their final tenders.
CPV: Public security services · Security services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished value£800,000
- Value
- £800,000 exc. VAT · £960,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- option to extend for a period of 1 x 12-months
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).
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Hull City Council buys Public security, law and order services (CPV 7524) — and who usually turns up
Hull City Council’s own published record, next to the Yorkshire and the Humber market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Public security, law and order services (CPV 7524) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Hull City Council
contract notices in 36 months: 3 in CPV 7524 (1 route not published) · 5 in division 75 (1 route not published) · 235 in all categories (59 without competition · 37 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 75), last 36 months: 3 lots. 1 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 1) and 2 from older notices (bids received, middle 9).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 75), last 36 months: 3 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 61 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 25 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 320 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 75), last 36 months: 4 notices.
Yorkshire and the Humber · Public security, law and order services (CPV 7524)
contract notices delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber in 36 months: 19 in CPV 7524 (14 competed, 1 route not published) · 101 in division 75 (67 competed, 21 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7524), last 36 months: 9 lots. 5 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 10) and 4 from older notices (bids received, middle 13.5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7524), last 36 months: 9 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7524), last 36 months: 6 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7524), last 36 months: 6 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7524), last 36 months: 7 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7524), last 36 months: 10 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 61 lots (all categories), applied to the £800,000 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
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
- Open for tender
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Sept 2026, 12:02 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2026, 12:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 29 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
JP2026- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a115Find a Tender
- How it runs
The procurement will be a competitive flexible procedure consisting of two stages. Stage 1 commences with the issuing of a Tender Notice and includes a procurement specific questionnaire (PSQ) which all Suppliers are required to complete and return in accordance with the Procurement Timetable. Tenderers must achieve a minimum score of 3 for each scored question. Failure to achieve the minimum score of 3 in any more…
scored question within the PSQ may result in the Tender being excluded from further consideration. Only Tenderers that successfully pass all Pass/Fail questions with in the PSQ will progress to the evaluation of the scored questions. Scored questions will be evaluated using the scoring matrix included in the PSQ. Stage 1 will complete with Suppliers being notified in writing of whether or not they have been successfully shortlisted to participate in Stage 2. Suppliers not invited to Stage 2 will be provided with a written explanation of the reasons why they have not been shortlisted to participate in Stage 2. Stage 2 will commence with the issuing of a letter inviting Suppliers that have been successfully shortlisted at Stage 1 to submit their final tenders.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 9 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
8 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published124 days ago22 May 2026, 13:01 BST
- Market engagement96 days ago19 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTuk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗
- Tender notice publishedearlier today23 Sept 2026, 12:02 BST
- Next notice expectedin 7 days30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions byin 71 days3 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 77 days9 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 97 days29 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 126 days28 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2026- Tender notice published23 Sept 2026, 12:02 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £800,00023 Sept 2026, 12:02 BSTwas £2,400,000
- Status changed to active23 Sept 2026, 12:02 BST
- Procurement method changed23 Sept 2026, 12:02 BST
- Deadline published: 9 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT23 Sept 2026, 12:02 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published22 May 2026, 13:01 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender