Security Guarding Services · UK public procurement notice

NITHC/Translink currently employ a security guarding service to monitor and protect a number of locations across Northern Ireland including remote areas. These include Rail, Bus, Car Parks and Group properties and the roles are varied including events, customer service, cash handling and concierge to name a few. We are looking to explore a range of options to ensure the best value and most efficient way of meeting NITHC/Translink's requirements. NITHC/Translink is undertaking this exercise to gather intelligence and gauge interest which will inform the sourcing strategy for this contract, prior to advertising the tender opportunity in Q4 2022 for the provision of security guarding services to commence Q3 2023.

It is anticipated that meetings relating to the exercise will be held during the week commencing Monday 13th June 2022. Interested suppliers are requested to e-mail their expression of interest in attending a meeting with Translink to:

Rachel Lemon, Procurement Projects Advisor at

[email protected] NO LATER THAN 14.00 hrs on Friday 27th May 2022.

Additional Information:

Suppliers registering their interest in participating in this exercise should note that:

1 This Notice is to initiate a market engagement and information gathering exercise and does not indicate the start of a procurement exercise. It is instead intended to act as an informal market research document providing a brief synopsis of Translinks’ future requirements. This document is not intended to provide a definitive list of requirements.

2 We intend to invite interested suppliers to present to Translink personnel to discuss the range of services each can offer. All parties agree that the matters discussed between them during the course of this early market engagement exercise will remain confidential to those particular parties

3 This document is not a tender specification nor request for quotation. Translink is merely investigating market opportunities at this stage without entering into any contractual or financial commitments.

4 Please note, progress in the project will be subject to the availability and timing of funding. If this requirement is given financial approval, it will be tendered under the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016. Any documents, discussions, presentations, demonstrations or clarifications submitted for this Market Research will not be considered as any part of the tender exercise. If Translink does decide to proceed with a competitive tender process, a separate detailed tender specification document will be produced as part of that process. At this stage it is not possible to give an accurate timeframe for this requirement. Additional information: Translink takes no responsibility for any actions or decisions taken, costs incurred or commitments made by interested parties by being. involved in any subsequent discussions in this market engagement and information gathering exercise.