Notice Information
Notice Title
Contract for Security Services Including Static Guarding, Emergency Response and Keyholding
Notice Description
The Council is looking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Contractor to deliver keyholding, emergency response, static guarding and property access in support of its existing arrangements for Building Management.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: 24 Months with options to extend up to a further 2 X 12 Months
Planning Information
Market engagement questionnaire published on Open portal (https://www.open-uk.org/). This can be found using project number OPEN20251602.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-058cbb
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020545-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79710000 - Security services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £600,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £600,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Mar 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 7 Apr 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 15 Jan 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2026 - 1 Jun 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- GATESHEAD BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GATESHEAD
- Postcode
- NE8 1HH
- Post Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC43 Tyneside
- Delivery Location
- TLC22 Tyneside
-
- Local Authority
- Gateshead
- Electoral Ward
- Bridges
- Westminster Constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020545-2026
6th March 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020246-2026
6th March 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056249-2025
12th September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050813-2025
22nd August 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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