Official UK procurement notice
B&NES Fire & Security Systems Framework
Authority: Bath & North East Somerset Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFramework Agreement for the provision of estate wide Design, Installation and Planned and Reactive Maintenance of Fire & Security systems.
CPV: Alarm system and antenna installation work · Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Bids received
- 3 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 21 Jul 2025
Published description of the framework
Not applicable. A single supplier framework with fixed pricing.
- Access Control & Alarm - Guildhall · Bath & North East Somerset Council · 11 Jun 2026
Notices that name this framework as their framework in the official record. Many call-offs are never published, so this is a floor, not utilisation.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£7,200,000
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must meet the conditions of participation set out in the Invitation to Tender, relating to but not limited to: insurances, financial capacity, out of hours provision and Common Assessment Standard certification
Please see the published Invitation to Tender for full details.
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 - see detail in Invitation to Tender for further breakdown: 65%
- Annual Price: 35%
Published award criteria (2)
- Annual Price
- Quality - see detail in Invitation to Tender for further breakdown
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must meet the conditions of participation set out in the Invitation to Tender, relating to but not limited to: insurances, financial capacity, out of hours provision and Common Assessment Standard certification
Please see the published Invitation to Tender for full details.
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “B&NES Fire & Security Systems Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Apr 2025, 10:24 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Nov 2025, 13:36 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Jun 2025
- Authority reference
DN768606- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014478- Accelerated
- State of urgency
- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050119Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
See contract terms published with tender
- Risks
The volume of works and services required under this framework has been estimated but is unknown. Spend under this framework will be directly related to the volume of requirements and may exceed the published estimated value.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 4 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 7 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
11 Apr 2025 → 13 Nov 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published11 Apr 2025, 10:24 BST
- Clarification questions by7 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown4 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by17 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts21 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent18 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends5 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published347 days ago13 Nov 2025, 13:36 GMT
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Apr 2025- Tender notice published11 Apr 2025, 10:24 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published19 May 2025, 11:25 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 4 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST19 May 2025, 11:25 BST+12 days · was 23 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract award notice published27 Aug 2025, 15:52 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete27 Aug 2025, 15:52 BST
- Contract signature expected30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published13 Nov 2025, 13:36 GMTUK7
Published amendments (1)
This Amendment is to extend the tender response deadline to Wednesday 4th June 12:00PM. An additional Appendix 5 - Support As-builts has been added to provide greater context. These are provided for informational purposes only.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-04: 1 release · 11 Apr 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABCA systems limited1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2029 | £6,000,000 inc. VAT | 4 Aug 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · ABCA systems limited
- Signed
- 13 Nov 2025
- Value
- £6,000,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2029
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 11 at stage one | 3 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonABCA SYSTEMS LIMITED · North East England
- did not winBODEN FIRE & SECURITY LIMITED · South West England
- did not winSEVERNSIDE SECURITY LTDSME · South West England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- ABCA SYSTEMS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- BODEN FIRE & SECURITY LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- SEVERNSIDE SECURITY LTDBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender