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Published 18 Aug 2022, 16:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Specialist Security Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: High Speed Two (HS2) Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesNegotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Published estimate£150,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 27 Sept 2022awarded 21 Dec 2023
Awarded to Control Risks Group Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The appointed Contractor is to provide safe and effective incident management and response, proactive area patrolling, close personal protection and management of locked on protesters. The appointed Contractor is to carry out these operations with minimal impact on the HS2 programme, whilst operating at the highest safety and operational levels to minimise any reputational impact on HS2 Ltd and the HS2 project.

The Contractor is expected to be insight led, with gathering of insight forming a significant part of the contract, the remainder being reactive to incident.

CPV: Security services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The procurement is for a Contractor to provide specialist security services under an…AwardedRenewalPublished value£150,000,000

The procurement is for a Contractor to provide specialist security services under an amended NEC3 Term Service Contract (Option A and Option E) for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend, at HS2 Ltd’s sole discretion, for up to a further 2 years via single or multiple fixed term increments. It is envisaged that the total value of the contract will be between 95 380 824 GBP and 150 000 000 GBP with the value being dependent upon service requirement.

Incident management and response, proactive area patrolling, close personal protection and management of locked on protesters is a very specialist service environment and as such a Specialist Security Services Contractor is to be procured to deliver a services contract. The Contractor will carry out the operations safely, effectively and with minimum impact on the HS2 programme, whilst operating at the highest safety and operational levels to minimise the reputational impact on HS2 Ltd and the HS2 project. The Contractor is expected to be insight led, with gathering of insight forming a significant part of the contract, the remainder being reactive to incident.

Delivery: UK
Extensions: The initial contract period is 60 months and there is an option to extend the contract, at HS2 Ltd’s sole discretion, for up to a further 24 months via single or multiple fixed term increments. The estimated values quoted in this notice include allowance for the contract extension.Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

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: 30%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • ITT Technical Criteria: 60%
  • ITT Commercial Criteria: 30%
  • ITT Social Value Criteria: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • ITT Technical Criteria: 60%
  • ITT Social Value Criteria: 10%
  • ITT Commercial Criteria: 30%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As set out in the procurement documents.

Legal form for consortia
As set out in the procurement documents.
Shortlisting
As set out in the procurement documents.
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/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
18 Aug 2022, 16:00 BST
Last source update
4 Jan 2024, 14:36 GMT
Authority reference
2255
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-000241
Classification (CPV)
Security services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036008 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

As set out in the procurement documents.

Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

As set out in the procurement documents.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

HS2 Ltd will incorporate a minimum of 10 (ten) calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract and the reasons for the decision will be communicated to Tenderers.

Publisher note: There is no guarantee, express or implied, that appointed Contractor will receive any, or a particular volume or value of work.

How it was run

Official notice
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Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
27 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
300 days from the deadline
Deposits and guarantees
As set out in the procurement documents.
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

27 Sept 2022 → 4 Jan 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    27 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    6 Feb 2023
  3. Notice published
    4 Jan 2024, 14:36 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jan 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Jan 2024, 14:36 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    4 Jan 2024, 14:36 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £150,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Dec 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Control Risks Group LimitedSubcontracting: declared£150,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

HS2

Contracting authorityPublic bodyRailway services High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd, Two Snowhill, Queensway, Birmingham, UK, B4 6GAContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria