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title: "SMG SECURITY SERVICES (Light Touch Regime)"
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# SMG SECURITY SERVICES (Light Touch Regime)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/smg-security-services-light-touch-regime-ocds-h6vhtk-05ed68). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Science Museum Group: "SMG SECURITY SERVICES (Light Touch Regime)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £42,920,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Science Museum Group](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/science-museum-group-gov-pb177)
- **Published Value:** £42,920,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 April 2026 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Security services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKI, UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £41,891,764 (exc. VAT, 3 awards)
- **Official Documents:** 13 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/smg-security-services-light-touch-regime-ocds-h6vhtk-05ed68#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05ed68`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/smg-security-services-light-touch-regime-ocds-h6vhtk-05ed68#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsciencemuseumgroup%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/smg-security-services-light-touch-regime-ocds-h6vhtk-05ed68#participate

## Description
The Science Museum Group (“SMG”) is seeking the provision of security staffing services across its 6 sites. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with the Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023 (“PA23”). The Light Touch Regime also applies to this procurement, which specify the services qualifying as light touch services by description and by reference to the corresponding Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes.
You can find out more detail in the attached tender documents.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Lot 1
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79710000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKI, UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £24,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2032
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Lot 2
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79710000

- **Estimated Value:** £4,920,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2032
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Lot 3
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79710000

- **Estimated Value:** £14,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2032
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (3)
- **Award:** Lot 1 - Security provision for Science Museum (London) (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Carlisle Security Services Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-50033`
  - Value: £20,501,051 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 26/10/2026

- **Award:** Lot 2 - Security provision for Science and Innovation Park (Wiltshire) (pending)
  - Award id: `2`
  - Supplier(s): **Carlisle Security Services Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-50033`
  - Value: £5,075,406 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 26/10/2026

- **Award:** Lot 3 - Security provision for the National Railway Museum (York), Science and Industry Museum (Manchester), National Science and Media Museum (Bradford) and Locomotion (Shildon) (pending)
  - Award id: `3`
  - Supplier(s): **Amulet (Churchill Security Solutions) Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-51963`
  - Value: £16,315,307 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 26/10/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024735-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-26T11:57:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T07:47:52.289Z
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