Official UK procurement notice
T24-214BUS Security and Crowd Management for Festivals and Events
Authority: Derry City and Strabane District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDerry City and Strabane District Council (DCSDC) wish to invite written tenders from suitably experienced organisations for the provision of Security and Crowd Management for Festival and Events within the Council area from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028. DCSDC has established an annual public outdoor events programme which includes a number of major events throughout the year including but not limited to: St Patrick’s Day Derry and Strabane, Strabane/Lifford Half Marathon, Summer Jamm Strabane, Foyle Maritime Festival, Waterside Half Marathon Derry, Halloween Celebrations Derry and Strabane, Christmas Events Derry and Strabane. Additional public events and celebrations may be programmed on an ad hoc basis. There is no guarantee that these events will take place and are all subject to yearly rates process and Council budget being identified. The events appeal to a broad audience range and each festival varies in scale and dynamic with varying requirements for security and crowd management subject to final programme. Your submission must be submitted via etendersNI, via this CFT. No other method of submissions will be accepted. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.
CPV: Security services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CancelledPublished value£470,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 60%
- Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Cost: 40
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 19 Feb 2025, 12:55 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Apr 2025, 14:12 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Mar 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015930- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e3eeFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Review procedure
As per PCR 2015
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗
- Submission deadline
- 28 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 28 Mar 2025, 12:30 GMT
Timeline
28 Mar 2025 → 28 Mar 2026 · 4 dates- Submission deadline28 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened28 Mar 2025, 12:30 GMT
- Notice published17 Apr 2025, 14:12 BST
- Bids must remain valid until213 days ago28 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to unsuccessful17 Apr 2025, 14:12 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of Justice NIMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria