Official UK procurement notice
CN260764 - Provision of Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS) Resource
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionKent County Council, as part of the Kent and Medway Resilience Forum (KMRF), currently provide on road, Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS) resource, to assist KMRF partners with managing disruption on the Kent Road network when there are delays at the Kent ports.
As part of KMRF’s continued work to manage border disruption in Kent, Kent County Council are seeking to appoint a Supplier to provide CSAS accredited operatives, to assist other partners (Kent Police and National Highways) in managing and directing traffic as set out in the KMRF Operation Fennel Plan.
This includes operatives within the Operation Brock footprint on the M20 and also in and around as part of the Dover Traffic Management Plan.
With the introduction and embedding of enhanced border checks as part of the European Entry Exit System (EES) possibly leading to increased and more prolonged periods of disruption, the Council, on behalf of KMRF, may also require Police accredited CSAS operatives holding other CSAS accreditations (Security Industry Authority (SIA)) to manage traffic and safety in designated sites off of the public highway. Should these sites be required there will be an additional requirement for non-CSAS accredited Traffic Marshals to assist with Site Management duties.
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- How the procedure runs: The procurement steps that shall be followed will be Participation Stage, Initial Tender Stage (ITT), Negotiation Stage, Invitation to Submit Final Tender Stage (ISFT) and Contract Award Stage.
CPV: Public security services · Public security, law and order services · Security services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£3,000,000
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How this buyer will score bids.
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How this buyer will score bids.
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- Price
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £2,995,896 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Kent County Council buys Security services (CPV 7971), and who usually turns up
Kent County Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Security services (CPV 7971) →
How the contest usually goes
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 137 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
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Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid29% / 27%
2–341% / 20%
4–622% / 0%
7+7% / 53%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate33% / 30%
Within ±2%47% / 30%
Above estimate20% / 40%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 7524Published estimate£3.0m
This lot is listed as CPV 7524. The table above uses the notice category.
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1 bid27%
2–352%
4–612%
7+10%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 13 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£3.0m
Estimate£3.0m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| RIGHT GUARD SECURITY UK LTDLive contract | Provision of CSAS Resourceruns to Apr 2027 | CN260704 - Provision of CSAS Resource | £958k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Bloom Procurement Services LtdWorked for this buyer | Special Educational Needs Consultancy Reviewnotice published Aug 2022 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Smarter SocietyWorked for this buyer | CN250241 Kent and Medway Growth Hubruns to Mar 2028 | — | £905k | Similar wording and category |
| 42 Bedford Row ChambersWorked for this buyer | Supply of Barrister Services - Y21011notice published Feb 2022 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Wondersphere LitdWorked for this buyer | CN250514 Viticulture Marketingnotice published Feb 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £3.1bn49 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 20 live · £6.0bn iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=14 | |
| £2.4m6 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 3 live · £2.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 5% below n=4 | |
| £1.1m5 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | 1 live · £958k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £20m31 awards in 36m · last this month | 5 live · £10m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £4.9m20 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 3 live · £282k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
40% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
40% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (40% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Provision of CSAS Resource — held by RIGHT GUARD SECURITY UK LTD; the published contract ends 30 Apr 2027.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Sept 2026, 14:21 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 14:21 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
CN260764- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092405- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077dabFind a Tender
- How it runs
The procurement steps that shall be followed will be Participation Stage, Initial Tender Stage (ITT), Negotiation Stage, Invitation to Submit Final Tender
Stage (ISFT) and Contract Award Stage.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All submissions must be submitted via the Kent Business Portal - www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/3F7U22Q63F ↗
Timeline
30 Sept 2026 → 1 May 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published28 days ago30 Sept 2026, 14:21 BST
- Clarification questions by5 days ago23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 32h30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 21 days19 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 183 days1 May 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published30 Sept 2026, 14:21 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender