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Published 12 Sept 2025, 12:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Stewarding and Crowd Control for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council

Official notice

Authority: Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£598,476≈ £499k / year · £598,476 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 8 Oct 2025awarded 16 Jan 2026
Awarded to Eventsec Ltd
Contract term 1 yrends 16 Nov 2026 · up to 16 Nov 2028 with extensions · starts 17 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council are seeking tenders for the provision of stewarding and crowd control at council events and other ad-hoc requirements.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Sept 2028, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Patrol services · Security services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 1 yrPublished value£598,476
Contract period: 17 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2026 (1 yr) · up to 16 Nov 2028 with extensionsValue: £598,476 exc. VAT · £598,476 inc. VAT
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: (1+1+1)
79710000 Security services79715000 Patrol services

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 25%Price: 75%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality Criteria: 25%
  • Cost: 75%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality Criteria
  • Cost
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 75 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7.5 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
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 1 Sept 2028
First published
12 Sept 2025, 12:03 BST
Last source update
15 Apr 2026, 09:44 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 17 Nov 2025
Authority reference
T25/26-033
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-056138
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Patrol servicesSecurity services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05994c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
8 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Clarification deadline
1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

12 Sept 2025 → 15 Apr 2026 · 9 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    12 Sept 2025, 12:03 BST
  2. Tender notice published
    12 Sept 2025, 12:05 BST
  3. Clarification questions by386 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Submission deadline379 days ago
    8 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts340 days ago
    17 Nov 2025
  6. Award decision expected by339 days ago
    17 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  7. Assessment summaries sent280 days ago
    16 Jan 2026
  8. Standstill ends268 days ago
    27 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  9. Latest notice published190 days ago
    15 Apr 2026, 09:44 BST

Notice history

9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Sept 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Sept 2025, 12:03 BST
    UK2
  2. Tender notice published
    12 Sept 2025, 12:05 BST
    UK4
  3. Status changed to active
    12 Sept 2025, 12:05 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    12 Sept 2025, 12:05 BST
  5. Deadline published: 8 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    12 Sept 2025, 12:05 BST
  6. Contract award notice published
    16 Jan 2026, 11:41 GMT
    UK6
  7. Status changed to complete
    16 Jan 2026, 11:41 GMT
  8. Contract signature expected
    28 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  9. Contract details notice published
    15 Apr 2026, 09:44 BST
    UK7
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-09: 1 release · 12 Sept 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £59,847,6001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Eventsec Ltd28 Jan 2026 – 27 Jan 2027 · up to 27 Jan 2029Extensions: After initial period of 1 year, 2 further extensions of 12 months each are available.£59,847,600 inc. VATten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice16 Jan 2026Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Eventsec Ltd

    Signed
    16 Mar 2026
    Value
    £59,847,600 inc. VAT
    Period
    16 Mar 2026 – 15 Mar 2027 · up to 15 Mar 2029 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    the Contract shall be in force for a period of 1 year from the Award Date ("the initial period") the Council shall have the option to renew the Contract after the initial period for a further 2 periods of 1 year each
    3 agreed KPIs: Quality · Delivery · Invoicing
    • Quality
    • Delivery
    • Invoicing

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one10—

Who bid

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PHHT-5875-NTNM Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, BT27 4RLContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • EVENTSEC LTDAwarded supplierGB-COH: NI038310GB-PPON: PRTV-3875-CHTM 2 Queens Quay, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT3 9QQContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure