Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of security services solution
Notice Description
2gether Support Solutions Ltd. (herein referred to as "our" or "us" or "we") was formed in April 2018 as a new, wholly owned subsidiary company of one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (the "Trust"). We provide essential support services to the Trust, from facilities and property management to catering, procurement and portering.<br/><br/>We are intending to appoint a professional, competent and suitably experienced provider to deliver an effective security services solution across our core customer's hospitals sites on an all year round basis. The contract shall commence from 1st July 2025.
Lot Information
Lot 1
2gether Support Solutions Ltd. (herein referred to as "our" or "us" or "we") was formed in April 2018 as a new, wholly owned subsidiary company of one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (the "Trust"). We provide essential support services to the Trust, from facilities and property management to catering, procurement and portering.
We are intending to appoint a professional, competent and suitably experienced provider to deliver an effective security services solution across our core customer's hospitals sites on an all year round basis. The contract shall commence from 1st July 2025.
Options: Subject to overall service performance and earlier termination in accordance with the contract's terms and conditions, there may be a formal option to extend the contract by a further twelve (12) months, with this being reviewed by the Contracting Authority no later than six (6) months prior to the third anniversary of the contract's commencement date.
Renewal: Subject to overall service performance and earlier termination in accordance with the contract's terms and conditions, there may be a formal option to extend the contract by a further twelve (12) months, with this being reviewed by the Contracting Authority no later than six (6) months prior to the third anniversary of the contract's commencement date.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c9e2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032932-2025
- 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
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
75241000 - Public security services
79710000 - Security services
79711000 - Alarm-monitoring services
79713000 - Guard services
79714000 - Surveillance services
79715000 - Patrol services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £6,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £6,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £8,654,825 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 21 Jan 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- 48 months
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- 2GETHER SUPPORT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Senior Category Manager - Estates and Facilities (C298122)
- Contact Email
- 2gether.2getherprocurement@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- KENT
- Postcode
- TN24 0LZ
- Post Town
- Tonbridge
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ4 Kent
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ45 Mid Kent
- Delivery Location
- TLJ44 East Kent
-
- Local Authority
- Ashford
- Electoral Ward
- Willesborough
- Westminster Constituency
- Ashford
Further Information
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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