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Published 4 Feb 2025, 16:39 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Contingency Emergency Call Handling and Related Services

Official notice

Authority: 1472 - Contingency Emergency Call Handling and Related Services

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitableAccelerated
Published estimate£240,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 3 Mar 2025awarded 7 May 2025
Awarded to Securitas Security Services (UK) Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Authority is seeking tenders from tenderers for the provision of Contingency Emergency Call Handling and Related Services. The Authority, is seeking to appoint a single Service Provider able to deliver the Contract to provide resilience as required during (but not limited to) any of the following events: Natural disaster; Terrorist event; Pandemic outbreak; Industrial action; Another unforeseen similar event, and Exceptionally high levels of staffing absence. The procurement procedure being applied to the Tender is an ‘Accelerated Open Procedure’ under Regulation 27 (5) Public Contracts Regulations 2015 due to the urgency and nature of the Service requirements. This means that any interested party meeting the Authority's minimum qualification requirements may submit a tender for the Contract.

CPV: Crisis management services · Fire-brigade and rescue services · Fire-brigade services · Rescue services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The contract is not divided into lotsAwarded

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
  • Price
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

  • Technical & professional ability

    Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

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
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
First published
4 Feb 2025, 16:39 GMT
Last source update
30 May 2025, 10:50 BST
Award evaluation window
3 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
1472
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028696
Accelerated

The procurement procedure being applied to the Tender is an ‘Accelerated Open Procedure’ under Regulation 27 (5) Public Contracts Regulations 2015 due to the urgency and nature of the Service requirements. This means that any interested party meeting the Authority's minimum qualification requirements may submit a tender for the Contract.

Classification (CPV)
Crisis management servicesFire-brigade and rescue servicesFire-brigade servicesRescue services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04db9f Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
3 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
3 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT

Timeline

3 Mar 2025 → 3 Jul 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    3 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    3 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    30 May 2025, 10:50 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    3 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    30 May 2025, 10:50 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £75,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 7 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Securitas Security Services (UK) Limited£75,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

1472 - Contingency Emergency Call Handling and Related Services

Contracting authorityRegional or local authorityPublic order and safety Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, Newsham Court, Pincents Kiln, Calcot, Reading, RG31 7SD, Reading, South EastContact email Published organisation website ↗

Other public bodies

  • European UnionFunder

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LLReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Securitas Security Services UK LtdAwarded supplier Cobra House, Wavendon Business Park, Ortensia Drive, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK17 8LX, Milton Keynes , South East

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.