Notice Information
Notice Title
Approved Contractor Scheme
Notice Description
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is inviting UKAS accredited certification bodies to bid for a concession contract to deliver assessment services on our behalf for the Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS). The period of the agreement is for a period of 2 years with 2 x 12-month optional extension periods (total 4 year term) subject to satisfactory supplier performance. The Security Industry Authority is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Home Office. We were created by the Private Security Industry Act 2001; the Act sets out what we can and cannot do. Under the Act we were required to 'establish a voluntary system of inspection of providers of security services', in essence private security businesses operating in the UK. This inspection is known as the Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS). Organisations seeking approval are required to be delivering private security related services within the sectors that the SIA licence individuals in. Further information can be found here How to become an SIA approved contractor - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). We will be awarding concession contracts to up to 4 UKAS accredited certification bodies to deliver the assessment services for the ACS on behalf of the SIA Additional information: This is a concession contract. There is no monetary consideration between SIA and the concessionaires, the concessionaires compete with one another for customers.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-cd951c18-d9ef-4a1b-bc68-aae90a709d90
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/89da8b32-75ea-4e62-87e0-69b4744d3175
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Other - Concession contract - open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79212110 - Corporate governance rating services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £12,500,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £1
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 31 Oct 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Jan 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 16 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- 6 Oct 2025 - 7 Oct 2029 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SECURITY INDUSTRY AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- sia.procurement@sia.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 07517904528
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- E14 1UG
- Post Town
- East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI42 Tower Hamlets
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Electoral Ward
- Mile End
- Westminster Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/89da8b32-75ea-4e62-87e0-69b4744d3175
31st October 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/18c87e62-ebbb-4c1d-9f1a-ef7be8d3ec62
3rd December 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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