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Official UK procurement notice

Tender for the Provision of Stewarding and Crowd Control for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council Events

Official notice

Authority: Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Published estimate£598,500≈ £599k / year · £598,500 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 24 Jul 2025
Next notice expected 24 Jun 2025
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Aug 2026 · up to 31 Aug 2028 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council are seeking tenders for the provision of stewarding and crowd control at council events for its established public outdoor events programme and other ad hoc stewarding and crowd control requirements as detailed in the tender documents.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 12 Jun 2028, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Patrol services · Security services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 1 yrPublished value£598,500
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2026 (1 yr) · up to 31 Aug 2028 with extensionsValue: £598,500 exc. VAT · £598,500 inc. VAT
Extensions: Following the initial contract period, the contract can be extended by 2 further periods of 1 year each

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: 25%Price: 75%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 25%
  • Cost: 75%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Cost
  • Quality
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 75 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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

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
Cancelled
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
Yes · next expected 12 Jun 2028
First published
23 Jun 2025, 14:14 BST
Last source update
10 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 15 Aug 2025
Authority reference
T24/25-055
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034425
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Patrol servicesSecurity services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0551d1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
24 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Clarification deadline
17 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 Jun 2025 → 10 Sept 2025 · 8 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    23 Jun 2025, 14:14 BST
  2. Tender notice published
    23 Jun 2025, 14:33 BST
  3. Next notice expected
    24 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Clarification questions by
    17 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Submission deadline
    24 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  6. Award decision expected by
    15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  7. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  8. Latest notice published
    10 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST

Notice history

8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jun 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Jun 2025, 14:14 BST
    UK2
  2. Tender notice published
    23 Jun 2025, 14:33 BST
    UK4
  3. Published value updated
    23 Jun 2025, 14:33 BST
  4. Status changed to active
    23 Jun 2025, 14:33 BST
  5. Procurement method changed
    23 Jun 2025, 14:33 BST
  6. Deadline published: 24 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
    23 Jun 2025, 14:33 BST
  7. Procurement termination notice published
    10 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
    UK12
  8. Status changed to complete
    10 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—21 Aug 2025Cancelled

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PHHT-5875-NTNM Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, BT27 4RLContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure