Notice Information
Notice Title
Regional Security Guarding Services for the British Embassies in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama and El Salvador
Notice Description
Security guarding services for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama. The procurement process was run in lots, the contracts were awarded separately to each country. All contracts begin on April 1st 2022 and run for three years until March 31st 2025 and all contracts have two year options of extensions, running from April 1st 2025 to March 31st 2026 and April 1st 2026 to March 31st 2027.
Lot Information
Costa Rica
Provision of Security guarding services for the British Embassy in Costa Rica. Scope of Requirement and further details can be found by accessing the e-sourcing portal https://fco.bravosolution.co.uk/ and navigating to Project 7535 ITT4688
El SalvadorSecurity guarding services for the British Embassy in El Salvador
Options: Two year options for extension - the first running from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 and the second from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027
GuatemalaProvision of Security Guarding Services for the British Embassy in Guatemala. Scope of Requirement and further details can be found by accessing the e-sourcing portal https://fco.bravosolution.co.uk/and navigating to Project 7535 ITT4688
Lot 4 - PanamaProvision of Security Guarding Services for the British Embassy in Panama. Scope of Requirement and further details can be found by accessing the e-sourcing portal https://fco.bravosolution.co.uk/ and navigating to Project 7533 ITT 4688
Lot 1Security guarding services for the British Embassy in Costa Rica.
Options: There are two options for extension on this contract - the first running from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 and a second from April 1st 2026 to 31st March 2027.
Lot 3 - PanamaSecurity guarding services for the British Embassy in Panama
Options: Two year options of extensions - the first running for April 1st 2025 to March 31st 2026 and the second from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027
Lot 4 - GuatemalaSecurity guarding services for the British Embassy in Guatemala
Options: Two year options for extensions of the contract - the first running from April 1st 2025 to March 31st 2026 and the second from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02f675
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014508-2022
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79713000 - Guard services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £770,510 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 May 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Nov 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 4 Apr 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2022 - 31 Mar 2026 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Active, Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- ame.procurement2@fco.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 02070080932
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1A 2AH
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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