Official UK procurement notice
Secure Collection and Banking of Funds Received
Authority: Liverpool City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLiverpool City Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced supplier to provide secure collection and banking services for cash, coins, cheques and other permitted consignments from Council locations across Liverpool.
The requirement includes scheduled and ad hoc collections, scheduled and ad hoc change deliveries, secure transportation to nominated banking locations, provision of collection and delivery records, consignment tracking, audit trails, management information, reporting, account management and associated cash and valuables in transit services.
The current estimated annual service profile comprises 3,536 weekly scheduled collection visits, 208 fortnightly scheduled collection visits, 104 four-weekly scheduled collection visits, 624 scheduled deliveries and 12 ad hoc deliveries. These figures are estimates for tender evaluation and do not represent guaranteed volumes.
The initial Contract Term will be 36 months, with an option for Liverpool City Council to extend the Contract for up to a further 12 months.
The procurement will be conducted using the open procedure. Tender documents are available through ProContract, which must also be used for clarification questions and electronic tender submissions.
The award criteria are Quality 30%, Price 50% and Social Value 20%. The deadline for tender submissions is 12:00 noon on Wednesday 18 November 2026.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 14 Oct 2029, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Security services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£300,000
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).
Published award criteria (3)
- Price
- Quality
- Social Value
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £199,818 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Liverpool City Council buys Security services (CPV 7971), and who usually turns up
Liverpool City Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Security services (CPV 7971) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in North West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in North West England.
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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.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 42 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid18% / 0%
2–327% / 19%
4–618% / 6%
7+36% / 75%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate67% / 38%
Within ±2%33% / 25%
Above estimate0% / 38%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7971Published estimate£300k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid11%
2–322%
4–621%
7+46%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 7 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£285k–£300k
Estimate£300k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Match |
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| Newlyn PLCWorked for this buyer | Enforcement Agent Servicesnotice published Apr 2025 | — | — | 83% match |
| Thornton & LoweWorked for this buyer | UKSPF Place Based Business Support: Specialist Advisor Frameworknotice published May 2024 | Lot 2c - Procurement and Tender Readiness | — | 79% match |
| Bid Management ServicesWorked for this buyer | UKSPF Place Based Business Support: Specialist Advisor Frameworknotice published May 2024 | Lot 2c - Procurement and Tender Readiness | — | 79% match |
| Bristow & SutorWorked for this buyer | Enforcement Agent Servicesnotice published Apr 2025 | — | — | 83% match |
| Jacobs Enforcement LtdWorked for this buyer | Enforcement Agent Servicesnotice published Apr 2025 | — | — | 83% match |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £5.8m7 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 2 live · £62k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 27% below n=5 | |
Newlyn PLCLarge | £4.5m7 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 2 live · £885k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
| £1.0m11 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £85k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 17% below n=1 | |
ControlAccount LtdLarge | £110k2 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £110k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 |
CDER Group LimitedLarge | £6.8m7 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 1 live · £3.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the match score are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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
- 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
- Yes · next expected 14 Oct 2029
- First published
- 14 Oct 2026, 13:54 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2026, 13:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
DN830290- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097034- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078799Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 18 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tender documents are available through the ProContract procurement portal. Bidders must register their interest in the opportunity and submit their completed Bidder Submission electronically through ProContract:
procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
The deadline for receipt of completed Bidder Submissions is 12:00 noon on Wednesday 18 November 2026.
Responses submitted by email, post or any method other than through ProContract will not be accepted. Clarification questions must also be submitted through the ProContract messaging facility by 12:00 noon on Friday 6 November 2026.
Bidders are responsible for allowing sufficient time to upload and submit all required documents before the deadline.
Timeline
14 Oct 2026 → 31 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published1 day ago14 Oct 2026, 13:54 BST
- Today15 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 22 days6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 34 days18 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 57 days10 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 108 days31 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published14 Oct 2026, 13:54 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender