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Published 9 Nov 2026, 15:54 GMT

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Security Guard Services · UK public procurement notice

Authority: North West Leicestershire District Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£200,000≈ £100k / year · £240,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 11 Dec 202612:00 GMT · 31 days left
Clarification cut-off 4 Dec 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 2 yrsends 23 Jan 2029 · up to 23 Jan 2031 with extensions · starts 24 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council requires the provision of a professional, customer-focused Security service to provide a safe and secure environment for employees, elected members, visitors, contractors, partners, and members of the public attending the Customer Centre.

The Security service shall act as the first point of contact for safety and security matters within the building helping to maintain a welcoming environment whilst managing security risks, conflict situations, and emergency incidents.

CPV: Security services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 2 yrsSMEPublished value£200,000
Contract period: 24 Jan 2027 – 23 Jan 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 23 Jan 2031 with extensionsValue: £200,000 exc. VAT · £240,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£199,726/yr≈ 2× annual value
Extensions: 12 months plus a further 12 months subject to contractual satisfaction.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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 are scored
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price
  • Quality

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £199,726 (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 North West Leicestershire District Council buys Security services (CPV 7971), and who usually turns up

North West Leicestershire District Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Security services (CPV 7971) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerNorth West Leicestershire District Council · all categories
The marketSecurity services (CPV 7971) · East Midlands
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 7 of 7 known-size awards · market: CPV 7971 · East Midlands, n=58
100%67%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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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.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in East Midlands.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 of 7 known-location awards · market: CPV 7971 · East Midlands, n=62
71%37%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 7 decided notices · market: CPV 7971 · East Midlands, n=10
77 days101 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 77 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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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.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: exactly 0 of 8 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7971 · East Midlands, n=59
0%58%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer7 lots with bid counts · all categories
0% had one bid
The market14 lots with bid counts · CPV 7971 · East Midlands
7% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 7%
Buyer: 0 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 14 lots with published bid counts.
2–314% / 21%
Buyer: 1 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 14 lots with published bid counts.
4–629% / 7%
Buyer: 2 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 14 lots with published bid counts.
7+57% / 64%
Buyer: 4 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 9 of 14 lots with published bid counts.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer6 lots with estimate and award · all categories
33% below estimate
The market12 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7971 · East Midlands
25% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate33% / 25%
Buyer: 2 of 6 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 3 of 12 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%50% / 58%
Buyer: 3 of 6 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 7 of 12 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate17% / 17%
Buyer: 1 of 6 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 12 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 797124 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£200k
Expected competition
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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.

11expected bids2% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 17
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid2%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 2%. This is a forecast.
2–33%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 3%. This is a forecast.
4–66%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 6%. This is a forecast.
7+89%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 89%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
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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 9 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.

£200kLevel with estimate
9 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£176k–£200k
Half of likely prices fall between £176,445 and £200,000.
Estimate£200k
The buyer published an estimate of £200,000 for this lot.
A 27% chance the award lands exactly on the estimate.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

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.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
2 panel places
£130m20 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago17 live · £55m
i

Public 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.

6% below n=15
3 panel places
£391m10 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago6 live · £311m
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Public 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.

3% above n=2
4 panel places
£29m5 awards in 36m · last this month1 live · £1.5m
i

Public 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.

15% below n=3
£21m8 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago1 live · £1.3m
i

Public 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=6
4 panel places
£4.4m9 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago6 live · £3.2m
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Public 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.

12% below n=5
About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts and the buyer's decision figure; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
  • 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 earlier-work matches 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
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 Nov 2026, 15:54 GMT
Last source update
9 Nov 2026, 15:54 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 4 Jan 2027
Authority reference
DN835580
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106367
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Security services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b7e8 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)
Submission portal named on this notice: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
11 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
4 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £200,000 excludes VAT (£240,000 including VAT).

Timeline

9 Nov 2026 → 24 Jan 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    9 Nov 2026, 15:54 GMT
  2. Today
    9 Nov 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 24 days
    4 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 31 days
    11 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Award decision expected byin 56 days
    4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 75 days
    24 Jan 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    9 Nov 2026, 15:54 GMT
    UK4

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

North West Leicestershire District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXHN-4344-HGVG Whitwick Road, Coalville, East Midlands, LE67 3FJContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender