Official UK procurement notice
SBC1026 For the Provision of CCTV Operatives
Authority: Stevenage Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStevenage Borough Council is currently out to procurement for PROVISION OF CCTV OPERATIVES FOR THE HERTFORDSHIRE CCTV PARTNERSHIP CONTROL ROOM
The requirement is for a single contractor to provide a monitoring service within the CCTV control room based in Stevenage on a 24 hour, seven days a week, 365 days a year basis, reporting to the Council’s CCTV Operations Manager.
The current CCTV control room is state of the art, only being built in 2020 and having just completed an operating system upgrade at the end of 2025. In 2025/26 the CCTV systems recorded over 6,000 incidents and provided a large quantity of video evidence to the Hertfordshire Police Service.
The contract period shall run for an initial 3 years with an option to extend to a 4th and 5th year.
TUPE does apply to this contract. TUPE Employee Liability information is currently being worked on. Bidders are to return a completed Undertaking of Confidentiality Form found in the tender pack via correspondence so that the TUPE information can be provided as soon as it is available.
The contract is subject to the following accreditations/licenses: SIA accreditation / NSI Gold / BS7958 / TEA2
Bidders must have a minimum annual turnover of £1million
Details of any conditions of participation can be found within the tender documents.
The use of Lots was considered for this procurement, but determined that it would not be feasible to split this contract.
This procurement is an Open procedure. Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to ‘express an interest’ and also ‘opt in’ which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system. To access this opportunity please visit
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To be considered as a Tenderer you must complete and submit a Tender by the deadline on the portal. You will need to access the Social Value Portal as well to submit your Social Value offer by the same deadline.
Allow sufficient time to make your return, as Tender (and Social Value) submissions cannot be uploaded and submitted after this return deadline.
Where possible documents are to be uploaded as a PDF and file names should be succinct. Also please ensure all your CDP information is up to date and you provide the most up to date CDP Share Code as part of your submission.
Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via correspondence on the website prior to the deadline for clarifications, in accordance with the procurement documents, and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.
Stevenage Borough Council reserves the right to cancel the procurement and not to proceed with the contract at any stage of the procurement process. Neither Stevenage Borough Council nor any person on whose behalf of whom this procurement is undertaken is to be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or tendering for this contract.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Oct 2031, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Closed circuit television services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£2,500,000
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 award criteria (3)
- Price
- Quality
- Social Value
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £1,665,146 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. 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 Stevenage Borough Council buys Television services (CPV 9222), and who usually turns up
Stevenage Borough 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: Television services (CPV 9222) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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 41 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.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid8% / 8%
2–34% / 54%
4–633% / 31%
7+54% / 8%
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 estimate24% / 63%
Within ±2%64% / 38%
Above estimate12% / 0%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 9222Published estimate£2.5m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid30%
2–336%
4–629%
7+6%
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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 8 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%£2.5m
Estimate£2.5m
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.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £7.0m8 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 3 live · £969k 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. | 33% below n=4 | |
| £6.5m14 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | 3 live · £3.0m 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=10 | |
| £4.3m11 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | 2 live · £7.0m 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=1 | |
| £400k2 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 1 live · £129k 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 | |
| £1.4m8 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 6 live · £442k 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=1 |
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.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open 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, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Oct 2031
- First published
- 17 Apr 2026, 14:06 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Oct 2026, 14:04 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
CCD01799- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-101582- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Risks
Known Risk - Local Government Re-Organisation
The Council may be subject to reorganisation under legislation introduced in relation to
Local Government Reorganisation. In those circumstances there may be instances where
repetitious or duplicated agreements become difficult or burdensome to continue with. In
those circumstances, the contract that tenderers enter into will be subject to a provision
that will allow the Council to terminate or curtail the contract if it would be prudent to do
so.
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How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
17 Apr 2026 → 1 May 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published195 days ago17 Apr 2026, 14:06 BST
- Market engagement166 days ago15 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Interested suppliers are invited to express interest and download the PPME documents and submit a questionnaire via in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/… ↗ before the deadline
- Next notice expected88 days ago1 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published2 days ago27 Oct 2026, 14:04 GMT
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 31 days30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 84 days21 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 183 days1 May 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Apr 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Apr 2026, 14:06 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published27 Oct 2026, 14:04 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active27 Oct 2026, 14:04 GMT
- Procurement method changed27 Oct 2026, 14:04 GMT
- Deadline published: 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT27 Oct 2026, 14:04 GMT
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 (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All documents are available on the portal link above with the exception of TUPE information. Bidders are to complete the Undertaking of Confidentiality form and return via correspondence prior to receiving TUPE information. The TUPE information is currently being collated, follo…
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender