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Published 18 Feb 2025, 09:54 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

SCC - MS - Business Continuity for Firefighters and Joint Fire Control

Official notice

Authority: Surrey County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,400,000exc. VAT28% above published estimate
Submissions closed 20 Mar 2025awarded 27 Jun 2025
Awarded to Securitas Security Services (UK) Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A contract for emergency response contingency arrangements for Surrey Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS).

Specifically, this contract is for two requirements that will be fulfilled by a single contractor. These two requirements are:

i. Business continuity for Joint Fire Control call handling and dispatch services

ii. Business continuity for firefighter services

CPV: Firefighting services · Telephone operator services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£1,400,000
Delivery: South East
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
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
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
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
18 Feb 2025, 09:54 GMT
Last source update
8 Aug 2025, 09:25 BST
Award evaluation window
20 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
DN2741
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047130
Classification (CPV)
Firefighting servicesTelephone operator services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ25)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e313 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
20 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

20 Mar 2025 → 8 Aug 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    20 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    20 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    8 Aug 2025, 09:25 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Aug 2025, 09:25 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,792,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Securitas Security Services (UK) Limited£1,792,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Surrey County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Woodhatch Place, 11 Cockshot Hill, Reigate, South East, RH2 8EFContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria