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# Security Category Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/security-category-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-02e2d2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is looking for potential market operators with expertise in delivering a range of Security related procurement projects. The central objective of the market engagement event is to provide a forward plan with Estates, Security and Network Directorate (ESND) on the future planned procurement and commercial activities within ESND and to also gain market insight on the capabilities and capacity across the security category.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office-gov-d1315)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Security services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02e2d2`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/security-category-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-02e2d2#tl-md)

## Description
The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is looking for potential market operators with expertise in delivering a range of Security related procurement projects.
The central objective of the market engagement event is to provide a forward plan with Estates, Security and Network Directorate (ESND) on the future planned procurement and commercial activities within ESND and to also gain market insight on the capabilities and capacity across the security category.
As part of the market engagement event the Commercial Directorate will provide a market insight questionnaire to enable the Commercial Directorate to analyse the potential areas of interest based on the capabilities and capacities across the security category and sub-category areas for a more specific market facing insightful sessions as part of our pre-procurement planning phases.
The FCDO will be holding an on-line Early Market Engagement Event from 13:30 to 14:30 UK Time on Thursday 07 October 2021.
For more information on the event and details on how to register for the event, please access the e-sourcing portal at:
https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
Navigate to project 7481; SQ1132
Registration for the Early Market Engagement event closes on Wednesday 06 October at 18:00 UK Time.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 79710000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Market Engagement only.  
The contract notice date is used only for the publication of the market engagement event.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023391-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-09-20T21:45:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-02T14:25:13.010Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02e2d2