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Published 7 May 2025, 14:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tender for the Inspection, Testing, Service & Maintenance of Fire Detection & Alarm, EVC & PAVA Systems

Official notice

Authority: Dundee City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£590,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 9 Jun 2025awarded 28 Oct 2025
Awarded to Secureshield Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The works shall comprise the Inspection, Testing, Certification, written reporting and subsequent servicing and maintenance of the Fire Alarm Systems and associated equipment within various Dundee City Council properties, along with minor and urgent repair works which may have not been foreseen. This work shall be carried out to the requirements and recommendations set out in current applicable British Standards, European Standards and all statutory requirements.

  • Recurrence: This will be re-procured in 7 years if extension options are utilised.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations · Repair and maintenance services of mechanical building installations

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£590,000
Delivery: Scotland · Dundee
Extensions: 2 years, then a further 2 yearsVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 57%Price: 43%
Published sub-criteria (11)
  • Resourcing of Requirements - Contract Resourcing: 15%
  • Resourcing of Requirements - Development: 5%
  • Continuous Improvement - Customer Care: 6%
  • Resourcing of Requirements - TImescales: 8%
  • Resourcing of Requirements - DIsruption: 5%
  • Resourcing of Requirements - Emergency Call Out: 10%
  • Resourcing of Requirements - Programme of Works: 5%
  • Community Benefits: 1.5%
  • Fair Work Practices: 1.5%
  • Continous Improvement - Feedback: 3%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (18)
  • Compliance with Specification of Requirements: Pass/Fail
  • CDM Construction, Design & Management Regulations 2015: Pass/Fail
  • Duty of Care, Health & Safety & Risk Management: Pass/Fail
  • Site Specific Risk Assessment & Method Statement: Pass/Fail
  • Health & Safety: Pass/Fail
  • Resourcing: Pass/Fail
  • Environment: Pass/Fail
  • Resourcing of Requirements - Contract Resourcing: 15
  • Resourcing of Requirements - Development: 5
  • Continuous Improvement - Customer Care: 6
  • Continous Improvement - Feedback: 3
  • Resourcing of Requirements - TImescales: 8
  • Resourcing of Requirements - DIsruption: 5
  • Resourcing of Requirements - Emergency Call Out: 10
  • Resourcing of Requirements - Programme of Works: 5
  • Community Benefits: 1.5
  • Fair Work Practices: 1.5
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Economic & financial standing

    The Supplier shall have in force and shall require any sub-contractor to have in force:

    Employer’s Liability Insurance covering the death of or bodily injuries to employees of the bidder arising out of and in the course of their employment in connection with this contract to the level of 10,000,000 GBP in respect of each claim, and

    Public Liability Insurance covering the death of or bodily injury to a person (not an employee of the bidder) or loss of or damage to property resulting from an action or failure to take action by the bidder to the level of 5,000,000 GBP in respect of each claim.

    Minimum: The Council will utilise Equifax Score check to assess the Economic and financial standing of organisations bidding for contracts. Tenderers (including all participants in a group) are required to have a Score check Score of 35 or above in order to demonstrate their financial str…
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 43 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.3 points. Quality carries 57 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
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
Yes · This will be re-procured in 7 years if extension options are utilised.
First published
7 May 2025, 14:06 BST
Last source update
6 Nov 2025, 13:42 GMT
Award evaluation window
9 Jun 2025 – …
Authority reference
DCC/CD/261/24
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071643
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installationsRepair and maintenance services of mechanical building installations
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM71)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050dda Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:815077)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Submission deadline
9 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
9 Jun 2025, 12:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

9 Jun 2025 → 6 Nov 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    9 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    9 Jun 2025, 12:30 BST
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    9 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Notice published351 days ago
    6 Nov 2025, 13:42 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Nov 2025, 13:42 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £207,2581 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 129 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Secureshield LtdSME£207,258 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 071643-2025-DCC/CD/261/24-1 · Secureshield LtdSME

    Signed
    28 Oct 2025
    Value
    £207,258
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
12bids · 12 electronic · 12 from abroad9——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Dundee City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Dundee House, 50 North Lindsay Street, Dundee, Scotland, DD1 1QEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Dundee Sheriff & Justice of the Peace CourtReview body DundeeContact phone
  • Scottish Courts ServiceReview contact point EdinburghContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Secureshield LtdAwarded supplier Apleona House, Crosshill Street, Glasgow, Scotland, ML1 1RUContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.