Notice Information
Notice Title
SMG SECURITY SERVICES (Light Touch Regime)
Notice Description
The Science Museum Group ("SMG") is seeking the provision of security staffing services across its 6 sites. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with the Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023 ("PA23"). The Light Touch Regime also applies to this procurement, which specify the services qualifying as light touch services by description and by reference to the corresponding Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes. You can find out more detail in the attached tender documents.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Security provision for Science Museum (London)
Renewal: The Agreement is intended to run for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to 1+1+1 additional years at SMG's sole discretion
Lot 2Security Provision for Science and Innovation Park (Wiltshire)
Renewal: The Agreement is intended to run for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to 1+1+1 additional years at SMG's sole discretion
Lot 3Security Provision for the National Railway Museum (York), Science and Industry Museum (Manchester), National Science and Media Museum (Bradford) and Locomotion (Shildon)
Renewal: The Agreement is intended to run for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to 1+1+1 additional years at SMG's sole discretion
Planning Information
We are looking to go out to market for security services in early 2026 for a start date of 1 April 2027. The purpose of this engagement is to support SMG’s decision on the operating model moving forwards. We would welcome your views to aid the decision and are issuing this survey as part of our preliminary market engagement. The aims of the survey are to: • Support SMG’s understanding of the market appetite for contracting in a single or multiple lots. • Support SMG’s understanding of the market capability for contracting with the Group, particularly from small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”). • Support SMG’s understanding of the use of technology by companies. The survey can be accessed using the following Microsoft Form link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=wLxn6XDAyEGffoBgafYzC1scmsTAxOVDhY9jNuLBokBUM1JUT1dDWU9QQ0hNOFNOQ0hVREY0N1NHWC4u&route=shorturl The survey will close on Friday 9th January 2026 so please submit your responses by this date. Responses are for information only and will not be scored or influence future evaluation. We will not share responses to this survey with any third parties except in an anonymised format. We have carried out a conflicts interest assessment for all individuals that will have sight of the responses received. To fulfil our duty under the Regulation 16(3) of the Procurement Act 2023 we will include in the tender pack an aggregated summary of all responses received once we go out to market for these services, but the summary will not contain any personally identifiable information. SMG will also be holding a supplier webinar on Tuesday 16th December 2025 between 1:30PM and 2:30PM, where suppliers will be able to hear more about SMG and how we operate in relation to security. To join the webinar, please use this link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MWRlZGEwYjgtZjc2OC00ZjJjLWI5NzUtMzhkYjA4ODA5YzRh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22e967bcc0-c070-41c8-9f7e-806069f6330b%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22c49a1c5b-c4c0-43e5-858f-6336e2c1a240%22%7d Microsoft Teams Meeting ID: 379 254 908 728 27 Passcode: sB6X3xC9 Suppliers are welcome to send any questions in advance using this Microsoft Form: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=wLxn6XDAyEGffoBgafYzC5cE-X9GfdpPiWXWqlTsfOBUREgxRk42QkFLVVZQMkJGMFFSTk0xMU9MWi4u&route=shorturl Please submit all your questions by 15th of December 2025 12:00PM. We will also try and answer any questions on the day. Access to the questions and responses will be made available to potential bidders in the tender pack. UPDATE!! You can also view the Supplier Webinar Recording here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/6kuswxkosq3a5bplzehfp/AHPVaJGdCRhGerwox0BXJrM?rlkey=nrk5y1pfrae9uje2lmw2x1ssq&st=wfbqdb3x&dl=0
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ed68
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024831-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- 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
- £42,920,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £42,920,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Mar 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 13 Apr 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 9 Jan 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2032 Over 5 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
- SCIENCE MUSEUM GROUP
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW7 2DD
- 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)
- TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLI London, TLJ South East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Electoral Ward
- Brompton & Hans Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024831-2026
18th March 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024735-2026
18th March 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001874-2026
9th January 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000425-2026
5th January 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000423-2026
5th January 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081366-2025
10th December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079114-2025
2nd December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079110-2025
2nd December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
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