Official UK procurement notice
Security Systems Maintenance and Small Works Services
Authority: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) is undertaking early market engagement in advance of a planned procurement for Security Systems Maintenance and Small Works Services at the Scottish Parliament estate. This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is intended to:
Notify the market of SPCB's future procurement plans.
Invite interested suppliers to participate in market engagement activities.
Support the development of the procurement strategy and future specification.
Assess market capability and capacity to deliver the requirement.
Interested suppliers are invited to complete the market engagement questionnaire (under additional documents) and may be invited to take part in further supplier engagement.
Participation in this exercise is voluntary and will not form part of any future procurement evaluation process
CPV: Security services · Surveillance and security systems and devices
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body intends to procure a contract for the…Planned
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body intends to procure a contract for the maintenance, support and development of security systems across the Scottish Parliament estate.
The anticipated scope includes:
Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
Reactive maintenance and fault rectification
Emergency call-out services
Minor works and system enhancements
Software maintenance and support
Lifecycle replacement support
Security system upgrades where required
Technical advice and specialist engineering support
The systems currently within scope include:
Electronic Access Control Systems
CCTV and Video Management Systems
Intruder Detection Systems
Perimeter Intruder Detection Systems (PIDS)
Security Control Room Systems
Associated virtualised and cloud-hosted software platforms
Associated security system network infrastructure
The Parliament is particularly interested in understanding supplier capability relating to:
Complex integrated security environments
Public sector and critical infrastructure environments
Cyber security and secure remote support arrangements
Manufacturer accreditations and partnerships
Response and support models
Delivery of small works alongside maintenance services
Management of technology refresh and lifecycle replacement requirements
The contract will predominantly support systems located at the Scottish Parliament estate in Edinburgh, however remote support and monitoring capabilities may form part of the future service model. Additional information: The SPCB would be interested to hear from suppliers who feel they could provide these services by responding to the attached questionnaire in this notice by November 10 2026.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body runs Security services (CPV 7971) tenders for its clients, and who usually turns up
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body procures on behalf of other bodies; its record below covers every client it has tendered for, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Security services (CPV 7971) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
i
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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
i
How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Scotland.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.
i
How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 65 days of the bid deadline.
i
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.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
i
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.
1 bid0% / 27%
2–329% / 9%
4–657% / 36%
7+14% / 27%
How did awards compare with estimates?
i
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.
Below estimate40%
Within ±2%20%
Above estimate40%
Assess each lot i
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.
i
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 #1The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body intends to procure a contract for the…CPV 7971Estimate not published
i
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. The bar shows 11 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid27%
2–39%
4–636%
7+27%
i
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.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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.
i
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.
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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- 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 · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Oct 2026, 13:30 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2026, 13:30 BST
- Authority reference
SPCB-0516- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097015- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07878fFind a Tender
Publisher note: Any timescale or dates referred to in this notice are indicative only and may be subject to change. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=845100. (SC Ref:845100)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
14 Oct 2026 → 22 Apr 2027 · 2 dates- Notice published7 days ago14 Oct 2026, 13:30 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 182 days22 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.