Official UK procurement notice
Provision of service, maintenance & Upgrading of Alarm System to West Suffolk Council Properties
Authority: West Suffolk Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: East of England (UKH14)
Published estimate£600,000≈ £200k / year · £720,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 21 Jun 2025awarded 9 Sept 2025
Awarded to TP Fire & Security Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 4 Aug 2028 · up to 4 Aug 2030 with extensions · starts 4 Aug 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract is for provision of service, maintenance & Upgrading of Alarm System to West Suffolk Council Properties
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 May 2030, 00:59 BST.
CPV: Building and facilities management services · Facilities management services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£600,000
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).
How bids were scored
- Simple description: Price 55% & Quality 45%
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
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 2 May 2030
- First published
- 20 May 2025, 13:33 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Feb 2026, 12:18 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Jul 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-023238- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0518b9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
20 May 2025 → 10 Feb 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published20 May 2025, 13:33 BST
- Submission deadline21 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Award decision expected by5 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts4 Aug 2025
- Assessment summaries sent9 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends398 days ago18 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published254 days ago10 Feb 2026, 12:18 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 May 2025- Tender notice published20 May 2025, 13:33 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published9 Sept 2025, 17:26 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete9 Sept 2025, 17:26 BST
- Contract signature expected23 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published10 Feb 2026, 12:18 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £600,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1111 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Sept 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| TP Fire & Security LtdSMEFire and Intruder systems and equipment service and maintenance 2025 - 2028 possible extension to 203022 Oct 2025 – 21 Oct 2028 · up to 21 Oct 2030Extensions: At Council's discretion. | £600,000 | 9 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · TP Fire & Security LtdSME
- Signed
- 10 Sept 2025
- Value
- £600,000
- Period
- 22 Oct 2025 – 21 Oct 2028 · up to 21 Oct 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Possibility of two year extension.
No agreed KPIs: Service Level Agreement (SLA) Compliance First-time fix rate Average Response Time
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11final-stage tenders · 13 at stage one | 11 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- TP FIRE & SECURITY LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsTender documents available to download from this website
Notices 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