Southern Security Assurance Testing

CPV: Security services

Places

up to 1 suppliers

Procedure method

Open procedure

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Awarded

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Framework agreement

Who may use this agreement

Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority

Competition type

Competitive procedure

GPA / WTO covered

Yes (GPA)

Recurring procurement

No (one-off requirement)

First published

22 Dec 2022, 14:33 GMT

Last source update

1 Jul 2024, 14:30 BST

FTS notice number

2024/S 000-019955

Classification (CPV)

Security services

Delivery area

UKSouth East (UKJ)

Official registry OCID

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Publisher note: What we are doing: The Network Rail Southern Region Stations teams have a requirement to engage external security testing companies to enter into a 5 year framework contract to deliver covert tests across seven of our managed stations within the Southern Region. The contract will deliver tests at London Bridge, Waterloo, Charing Cross, Victoria, Clapham Junction, Canon Street, and Guildford Stations. (the contract may also incorporate St Pancras at a later stage and may be extended to retail units and platforms). This program is designed to test the quality of security searches at Network Rail managed stations and provide assurance that the security product we deliver at our stations is compliant with the National Rail Security Programme (NRSP). It will also highlight any potential weaknesses or trends that we can address proactively to better enhance our levels of security. The contract will include placed bag tests, hidden bag tests, suspicious behavioural tests and penetration tests (accessing restricted areas). The tests will be conducted on an independent and anonymous basis. The Supplier will comply with the BTP covert testing protocol and have been consulted with the DFT Covert testing team. The tests are not designed to be conducted on any areas of the stations that the security checks are not carried out on. Why we are doing this: The testing will offer an impartial assurance assessment of our security regime within our stations and potentially identify any new areas of vulnerability and enable us to be able to upskill and take preventative measures, where applicable, to better deliver our security product. At this stage, Network Rail is seeking to gain a better understanding of the Market for these works. If you have experience in delivering Security Assurance Testing as described above, please contact Kishan Rajapaksa at – [email protected] Please respond by Midday Friday 6th January. A market engagement event will be held on Microsoft Teams on 13/01/2023. All supplier responding to this PIN shall be invited to attend. PLEASE NOTE: This is not an official expression of interest. A Contract Notice will be issued at a later date to which all suppliers will be able to respond, whether or not they responded to this PIN.

Appointment period ends

26 May 2023, 14:00 BST

Submission channel

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Accepted languages

en

Bid validity

120 days from the deadline

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates; the JSON mirror lists them.