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Published 30 Apr 2025, 09:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NAC/5202 Public Space Surveillance

Official notice

Authority: North Ayrshire Council (Local council)

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£930,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 30 May 2025awarded 1 Sept 2025
Awarded to King Communications & Security Ltd, ADT Fire & Security2 awards

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

North Ayrshire Council (NAC) requires a replacement contract for the annual maintenance, servicing and repairs of public space surveillance camera system. This will include all recording equipment and cameras within Marress House, Friars Croft, Irvine, KA12 8LU. The requirement will also include attendance at emergency call outs as and when required. All of which will be contained within one lot. There is a requirement for an additional lot for technical surveys on NAC’s held asset list.

The tender will contain the following Lots:

Lot 1 – Public Space Surveillance

Lot 2 – Corporate Camera Survey

The resultant contract for Lot 1 will be for an initial period of 2 year commencing 7 July 2025 until 6 July 2027 with the option to extend by up to 24 months until 6 July 2029. Extensions will be at the sole discretion of NAC and subject to satisfactory performance and funding. As Lot 2 is a one-off requirement this will be in place for a six-month period from 7 July 2025 to 7 December 2025.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services of security equipment · Survey services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Public Space SurveillanceAwardedRenewal

The contractor will provide servicing, maintenance and repair of North Ayrshire Council’s public space surveillance camera system including all control, recording and monitoring equipment, cameras, etc, including the equipment within Marress House, Friars Croft, Irvine, KA12 8LU. It shall be administered by North Ayrshire Council.

All cameras shall be monitored from the Marress House, Friars Croft, Irvine, KA12 8LU.

In addition to this, the Contract involves response repairs to all surveillance camera equipment and cameras on a 24 hour, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year basis.

All CCTV equipment and cameras shall be inspected and tested twice per annum together with attendance to all reported faults.

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: option to extend by up to 24 monthsVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Corporate Camera SurveyAwarded

The contractor will provide technical surveys of the surveillance camera systems within North Ayrshire Council in Scotland. The survey will assess the existing infrastructure, compliance with relevant regulations, and provide recommendations for improvement, upgrade, or replacement where necessary.

Evaluate the current surveillance system’s functionality, coverage, and security.

Identify technical faults, blind spots, and potential risks.

Provide recommendations for system enhancement, including estimated costs.

Delivery: Scotland
Variant bids: not allowed

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 · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • quality: 60
  • price: 40
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service.

    Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships

    Lots 1 & 2 - SSAIB

  • Economic & financial standing

    Lot 1 - Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly general turnover of 290000 GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.

    Lot 2 - Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly general turnover of 350000 GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.

    Bidders who cannot meet the required level of turnover will be excluded from this tender.

    Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.

    It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

    For lots 1 & 2 - Public liability insurance, to the value of at least ten million pounds sterling in respect of any one event and unlimited in the period;

    Employer’s liability insurance, to the value of at least ten million pounds sterling in respect of any one event and unlimited in the period;

    Products liability insurance, to the value of at least ten million pounds sterling in the aggregate in the policy period;

  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidders are required to provide 2 examples of services carried out in the past 3 years that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the services described in the Contract Notice. The services must be of a similar value, size and scope. Unsatisfactory experience will result in exclusion from the tender process. Bidders must also provide 2 satisfactory references for the same 2 contracts on the reference templates provided. References should be completed and signed by previous customers for contracts of a similar value, size and scope. If any of the referees score the bidder less than 2 the bidder will be excluded from the tender process. Completed experience and reference templates must be zipped and uploaded at question 4C.1 of the qualification envelope.

    Lot 1 - specific wording: Please detail your specific experience in public space surveillance maintenance. The engineering team should be capable and demonstrate experience of installing, terminating and testing ethernet and fibre cables in external and internal environments, please include experience using examples including working with Milestone.

    Lot 2 - specific wording: Please detail your specific experience in surveying pre-installed surveillance systems.

    Bidders who intend to use a supply chain to deliver the requirements detailed in the Contract Notice, must confirm they have (or have access to) the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply c…

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
30 Apr 2025, 09:41 BST
Last source update
10 Oct 2025, 12:14 BST
Award evaluation window
30 May 2025 – …
Authority reference
NAC/5202
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064139
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance services of security equipmentSurvey services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM93)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0509bc Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Please note for Lot 2 - Corporate Camera Survey - Awarded to ADT Fire and Security Please note this contract shall commence on 15 September 2025 for a period of 6 months with an end date of 15 March 2026. The contract will terminate on this date unless otherwise advised in advance. These charges/rates shall remain fixed until 15 March 2026 and shall be inclusive of all charges necessary to fulfil the requirements of the contract. (SC Ref:812777)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
30 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
30 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

30 May 2025 → 10 Oct 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    30 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    30 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published378 days ago
    10 Oct 2025, 12:14 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 Oct 2025, 12:14 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £342,4382 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 73 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 1 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · Public Space Surveillance1 award
King Communications & Security LtdSME£327,984 †—Awarded
Lot 2 · Corporate Camera Survey1 award
ADT Fire & Security£14,454 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Public Space Surveillance3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad1——
2 · Corporate Camera Survey4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

North Ayrshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Cunninghame House, Friars Croft, Irvine, Scotland, KA12 8EEContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Kilmarnock Sheriff CourtReview body KilmarnockContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.