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Security Services - Specialist Markets, Events, Taxi Marshals

Security services
North West (UKD33)
Official notice
Published value
£7,700,000
Submission deadline 8 May 2026, 11:00 BST
Lots published3
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Manchester City Council: "Security Services - Specialist Markets, Events, Taxi Marshals". Published status: active. Published value: £7,700,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 8 May 2026, 11:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityManchester City CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
8 May 2026, 11:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£7,700,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Manchester City Council
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Manchester City Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
6.6Bids / Report
4% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationLow Concentration
Martenscroft Nursery SchoolTop vendor: 22.1% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 40 active published awards; 25 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Martenscroft Nursery School1 win£3,540,690
FAMILY ACTION1 win£2,516,150
ALLIANCE DISPOSABLES LIMITED1 win£2,400,000
THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED1 win£2,084,742
HOME-START MANCHESTER1 win£1,800,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityManchester City Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published29 Apr 2026, 14:56 BST
Last source update29 Apr 2026, 14:56 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSecurity services
Delivery area
North West (UKD33)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0679eb
What is being bought
Manchester City Council is procuring security and crowd‑safety services across three Lots covering Specialist Markets, City Events, and the Taxi Marshal Scheme. Lots 1 and 2 will be established as single supplier framework agreements to support a flexible annual programme of markets and events. Lot 3 will be procured as a single‑supplier contract to deliver a uniformed Taxi Marshal service supporting the safe and effective operation of taxi ranks within the City Centre night time economy. Manchester City Council seeks suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver security, stewarding, crowd management and associated services across its markets, events, and nighttime‑economy operations. Providers must demonstrate the ability to deploy trained and SIA‑licensed personnel, provide resilience at short notice, and deliver high‑quality customer‑facing services across busy and complex urban environments. The procurement comprises the following Lots: Lot 1: Specialist Markets (Framework) Lot 2: Events (Framework) Lot 3: Taxi Marshals (Contract) It is intended that Manchester City Council will award the framework agreements as follows subject to meeting the Award Criteria stated in the ITT documents: Lot 1 - Specialist Market to a single supplier Lot 2 - Events to a single supplier This frameworks will allow Manchester City Council to call off contracts by Direct Award without competition. There is no restriction on the number of Lots a supplier may tender for, or be awarded to. Subcontracting of any part of the services is prohibited for all Lots. Contract length for all Lots will be 2 years with the option to extend for an additional 2 years.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    29 Apr 2026, 14:56 BST
  2. Submission deadline changed to 8 May 2026, 11:00 BST
    29 Apr 2026, 14:56 BST
  3. Published value updated to £7,700,000
    31 Mar 2026, 16:32 BST
  4. Status changed to active
    31 Mar 2026, 16:32 BST
  5. Official notice release published
    31 Mar 2026, 16:32 BST
  6. Submission deadline changed to 1 May 2026, 11:00 BST
    31 Mar 2026, 16:32 BST
  7. Buyer information updated
    31 Mar 2026, 16:32 BST
  8. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    The tender submission deadline for this procurement has been extended to 11am on 8 May 2026.
Lots and requirements (3)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Specialist Markets
    active
    Published value£5,000,000
    Manchester Specialist Markets is a section within Manchester Markets that operates several specialist markets in Manchester City Centre. Our markets occupy temporary sites and vary in themes, locations, size and duration. The portfolio for this framework includes Piccadilly Street food market, various pop-up markets in the City Centre and the large multi-site Christmas market. The requirement for each market varies, but most of our operations require both day and night time security. This is a multi‑site, year‑round framework with variable deployment levels based on market activity and annual planning cycles.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Events
    active
    Published value£1,800,000
    Manchester hosts and promotes a vibrant annual programme of arts, cultural, sports, community, business, civic and commercial events of local, national and international standing. Indicative core annual events may include Manchester Day, Manchester's Christmas Parade, New Years Eve Fireworks, St Georges Day Parade, Chinese New Year, Remembrance Sunday and a range of other events during the term of the Framework. The City Council may also be asked to host or manage additional one-off major events. This framework agreement is for the provision of suitably qualified and experienced companies to provide a range of security, stewarding and crowd management services at indoor and outdoor events, organised by or in partnership with the City Council's Events Team within the local authority boundaries of Manchester.  This is a flexible, single provider framework to support a rapidly changing event landscape across the city.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #3
    Taxi Marshals
    active
    Published value£900,000
    The purpose of this service is to seek the provision of a Uniformed Taxi Marshal Service that will operate every weekend in the City Centre of Manchester from designated Taxi Ranks. The service will form a key component of delivering a safer City Centre environment.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    29 Apr 2026, 14:56 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    8 May 2026, 11:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Manchester City Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PLNV-8798-LDMP
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Documents (3)
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