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title: "616_27 Personal Safety and Security Equipment"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, TRADING AS ESPO"
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# 616_27 Personal Safety and Security Equipment

Buyer: LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, TRADING AS ESPO  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06937f

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## Summary

Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO, is in the planning phase of a procurement process for personal safety and security equipment under the tender ID 616_27. As a trading department of the Council, ESPO operates as a non-profit entity and aims to establish a framework for the delivery of goods to its distribution centre in Leicester and directly to customers throughout the UK. The anticipated framework is to meet the supply needs within the public authority sub-central government category and involves multiple lots, some focusing on stock items and others on direct deliveries. Key procurement dates include a response deadline for Pre-Market Engagement (PME) by 3rd July 2026, with a planned contract period starting from 1st March 2027 to 31st March 2029, subject to renewal until 28th February 2031.

This tender presents substantial business growth opportunities, particularly for SMEs experienced in providing security and identification products such as security equipment, metal detectors, and identification badges. Companies successful in this tender will gain a position within a framework agreement, securing access to ongoing and potential high-volume contracts. Suppliers can leverage this opportunity to broaden their market reach within the UK public sector, supplying goods ranging from ultraviolet lamps to armoured safes, aligning with ESPO's extensive catalogue requirements and ensuring timely delivery to institutional buyers across the UK.

## Notice

ESPO is a trading department of Leicestershire County Council. It is a non-profit making body owned and operated jointly by six local authorities. We provide a catalogue range, providing our customers with access to over 28,000 products that cover all key areas of education and wider public sector requirements. We are conducting preliminary market engagement with the intention of establishing a framework for the supply of Personal Safety and Security Equipment. The products covered by this proposed Framework will be purchased for re-sale, and orders will be placed according to demand. Delivery shall be to ESPO's distribution centre in Leicester. Also, a number of products will require delivery directly to ESPO's customers throughout the UK. The Framework is envisaged to include the following Lots (subject to change): Lot 1. Supply of Personal Safety and Security Equipment to ESPO distribution centre - Stock Items Lot 2. Supply of Personal Safety and Security Equipment directly to ESPO customers - Direct Delivery Lot 3. Supply of Safes directly to ESPO customers - Direct Delivery The above Lot structure is for information only and some details may be amended within the invitation to tender. This Pre Market Engagement aims to identify capable suppliers in the market with track record in delivering goods within this product category. We are requesting information from relevant organisations to help us define our requirements (please refer to the Engagement process description section of this notice for further details). This is not a call for competition. Tender documentation is not yet available.

### Planning Information

The purpose of the Pre-Market Engagement (PME) is to cover a range of topics designed to best explore our requirements in a possible future procurement. These topics may include:
1. Develop ESPO’s requirements and approach to the procurement.
2. Help better identify suitable suppliers in the market and to understand their supply chains.
3. Understand products/service offerings from suppliers and the marketplace in general.
Engagement with suppliers is anticipated to be a mix of methods, including Requests for Information (RFI) hosted on the EastMidsTenders eProcurement Portal (www.eastmidstenders.org), and meetings (both virtual and in-person). Visits to supplier’s premises may also be used where deemed to be of particular use.
Suppliers wishing to participate in the engagement process must first express an interest as follows:
(a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/; (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity '616_27' (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); d) Express an interest.
Suppliers can then access the RFI questionnaire in the ‘Messages’ section via the ‘Activity’ dashboard once an expression of interest has been registered - the deadline for responding to the RFI is 17:00 (5pm) on 03 July 2026. Responses to the RFI as well as any questions or clarifications should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal.
Notwithstanding the above process, as this procurement exercise is a renewal of an existing ESPO framework, ESPO reserves the right to engage with some, all or none of the incumbent suppliers appointed to the existing ESPO framework, alongside any additional suppliers identified following the above expressions of interests and/or a RFI exercise.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050186-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 May 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 4 Sep 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £333,333 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, TRADING AS ESPO |
| Locality | LEICESTER |
| Post town | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE19 1ES |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |
| Local authority | Blaby |
| Electoral ward | Enderby |
| Westminster constituency | South Leicestershire |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
- 31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
- 35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
- 44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

### Codes

- 30191140 - Personal identification accessories
- 30230000 - Computer-related equipment
- 31515000 - Ultraviolet lamps
- 35121000 - Security equipment
- 35123400 - Identification badges
- 35124000 - Metal detectors
- 35125300 - Security cameras
- 44421000 - Armoured or reinforced safes, strongboxes and doors
- 44521120 - Electronic security lock

## Release History

- 28 May 2026 at 10:28 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050186-2026
- 7 May 2026 at 13:22 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041991-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050186-2026
  28th May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041991-2026
  7th May 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.eastmidstenders.org/
- https://www.espo.org/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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