Official UK procurement notice
Security Services for the 2026, 2028 & 2030 River Festivals
Authority: Bedford Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Administration, defence and social security services (75)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£330,000≈ £66k / year · £395,999 inc. VAT12.9% above published estimate
Submissions closed 21 Aug 2025awarded 29 Aug 2025
Awarded to McKenzie Arnold Group Ltd
Contract term 5 yrsends 1 Sept 2030 · starts 15 Sept 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBedford Borough Council is inviting tenders for the provision of Security Services for the next 3 Bedford River Festivals hosted in summer 2026; 2028 and 2030. The Council are looking for Security Suppliers highly experienced in Events and Events Security Management.
CPV: Event services · Security services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£330,000
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).
How bids were scored
- Simple description: Price and Quality - see ITT for details
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
- Awarded
- 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
- 24 Jul 2025, 12:54 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2025, 09:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
BBC EN 03921- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042748- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056564Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 21 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
24 Jul 2025 → 9 Oct 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published24 Jul 2025, 12:54 BST
- Submission deadline21 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by9 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Standstill ends10 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts15 Sept 2025
- Latest notice published384 days ago9 Oct 2025, 09:47 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Jul 2025- Tender notice published24 Jul 2025, 12:54 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published1 Sept 2025, 15:46 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete1 Sept 2025, 15:46 BST
- Contract signature expected30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published9 Oct 2025, 09:47 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £372,5561 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Oct 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKenzie Arnold Group Ltd1 Oct 2025 – 13 Aug 2030 | £372,556 | 29 Aug 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · McKenzie Arnold Group Ltd
- Signed
- 9 Oct 2025
- Value
- £372,556
- Period
- 9 Oct 2025 – 13 Aug 2030
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 9 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonMcKenzie Arnold Group Limited · East of England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- McKenzie Arnold Group LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender