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Published 9 Sept 2025, 12:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Security Services France · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: British Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery listed: France (FR)

Published estimate£431,000≈ £216k / year · £517,200 inc. VAT24.4% above published estimate

Submissions closed 6 Oct 2025awarded 12 Nov 2025

Awarded to ACTOR SECURITE

Contract term 2 yrsends 4 Jan 2028 · up to 4 Jan 2031 with extensions · starts 5 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The British Council in France would like to tender for guard manning services for their premises in the Invalides area in Paris. We are looking for a single supplier to provide security static services for the British Council in France, in Paris locations. The duration of the contract will be for 2 years with a possibility of 3 annual extensions.

How the procedure runs: See attached ITT, SCHEDULE 1: PROCUREMENT PROCESS, EVALUATION & AWARD METHODOLOGY

CPV: Security services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£431,000

Contract period: 5 Jan 2026 – 4 Jan 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 4 Jan 2031 with extensionsValue: £431,000 exc. VAT · £517,200 inc. VAT

Delivery listed: France (FR)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Extensions: up to 3 annual extensions

79710000 Security services

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: 60%Price: 40%

Published sub-criteria (2)

Quality criteria: 60%
Commercial criteria: 40%

Published award criteria (2)

Commercial criteria: Commercialcriteria
Quality criteria: Qualitycriteria

What this means for your bid

Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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

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: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 9 Sept 2025, 12:56 BST
Last source update: 27 Feb 2026, 12:28 GMT
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 11 Nov 2025
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-054996
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Security services
Delivery area in notice: France (FR)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0596a8 Find a Tender

How it runs: See attached ITT, SCHEDULE 1: PROCUREMENT PROCESS, EVALUATION & AWARD METHODOLOGY

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: TCS TAP eSourcing

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free

Submission deadline: 6 Oct 2025, 10:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 22 Sept 2025, 09:00 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/ ↗

Timeline

9 Sept 2025 → 27 Feb 2026 · 8 dates

Tender notice published
9 Sept 2025, 12:56 BST
Clarification questions by400 days ago
22 Sept 2025, 09:00 BST
Submission deadline386 days ago
6 Oct 2025, 10:00 BST
Award decision expected by349 days ago
11 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Assessment summaries sent349 days ago
12 Nov 2025
Standstill ends339 days ago
21 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Contract starts295 days ago
5 Jan 2026
Latest notice published242 days ago
27 Feb 2026, 12:28 GMT

Notice history

9 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Sept 2025

Tender notice published
9 Sept 2025, 12:56 BST
UK4
Tender notice published
11 Sept 2025, 17:39 BST
UK4
Deadline moved to 6 Oct 2025, 10:00 BST
11 Sept 2025, 17:39 BST
-1 days · was 7 Oct 2025, 00:59 BST
Tender notice published
12 Sept 2025, 08:06 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
12 Nov 2025, 13:37 GMT
UK6
Status changed to complete
12 Nov 2025, 13:37 GMT
Buyer details updated
12 Nov 2025, 13:37 GMT
Contract signature expected
10 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
scheduled
Contract details notice published
27 Feb 2026, 12:28 GMT
UK7

Published amendments (2)

Enquiry deadline and tender submission deadline has been corrected following issue when publishing.

Description text updated to due to formatting errors.

Routine re-releases (5)

2025-09: 2 releases · 9 Sept 2025, 11 Sept 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £536,1791 award exc. VAT

Bids received 33 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 20 Jan 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
ACTOR SECURITEVCSE5 Jan 2026 – 4 Jan 2028 · up to 4 Jan 2031Extensions: 3 possible extensions of one year each are possible.	£536,179	12 Nov 2025	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · ACTOR SECURITEVCSE
Signed
20 Jan 2026
Value
£1,072,359
Period
5 Feb 2026 – 31 Dec 2027 · up to 31 Dec 2030 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
3 possible annual extensions
3 agreed KPIs: Quality checks · Incident management · Complaints received
- Quality checks
- Incident management
- Complaints received

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3final-stage tenders	3	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

BRITISH COUNCIL(THE)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: RC000060 · GB-PPON: PHTN-1551-GCQH 1 Redman Place, Stratford,, London, London, E20 1JQContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

British CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PHTN-1551-GCQH London, LondonContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

ACTOR SECURITEAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PGXY-5958-PRZW 62 BIS AVENUE ANDRE MORIZET, BOULOGNE BILLANCOURT, FR, 92100, FRContact email

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender27 Feb 2026, 12:28 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender12 Nov 2025, 13:37 GMT
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender12 Sept 2025, 08:06 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender11 Sept 2025, 17:39 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender9 Sept 2025, 12:56 BST