---
title: "Security Provision"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078de6"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Merseytravel"
published: "2026-10-22"
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# Security Provision

Buyer: Merseytravel  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078de6

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## Summary

Merseytravel intends to procure security services for hubs and ferries, as well as out-of-hours security provision, for the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. The work is classified as security services (CPV 79710000). It is organised as a single lot. Delivery is in the Liverpool City Region, although no individual sites are identified in the available scope. The service covers transport hubs and ferry operations, alongside security support outside normal hours. The procurement is at planning stage: the buyer has stated its intention to procure, but this process does not yet invite tenders.

The buyer expects to use a single-lot procurement. The planned contract period is 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030, with a possible extension to 31 March 2032. A pre-market engagement supplier day took place on 15 September 2026, following an invitation issued on 24 August 2026; questions and answers from the event are intended to form part of the tender package. The buyer expected the tender to be published in late October 2026. No estimated contract value, budget, procurement procedure, or evaluation criteria are stated in the planning information. The process remains at planning stage, so the expected dates and arrangements describe the buyer’s current intentions rather than deadlines for submitting a bid.

This planned work is likely to suit security providers able to cover transport hubs and ferry services, as well as provide out-of-hours support across the Liverpool City Region. Suppliers should consider whether they can resource service delivery across these settings and sustain provision over a multi-year contract, with the possibility of an extension. The prior supplier engagement has already taken place, and the buyer intends to include questions and answers raised there in the future tender package, which may help suppliers prepare once the tender is published. The scope does not identify particular security accreditations, staffing qualifications, minimum capacity levels or experience thresholds, so businesses should use the eventual tender requirements to assess formal eligibility and the buyer’s evaluation priorities.

## Notice

Security provision Hubs and ferries and Out of Hours for LCRCA.

### Planning Information

An invitation to attend a pre market engagement event was issued via the procurement portal 'The Chest' on 24 August 2026. The invitation was for interested parties to attend a supplier day on 15 September 2026. Questions and answers raised on the day will be issued as part of the tender package.
The tender is set to be published via late October 2026.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099977-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 1 Apr 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Merseytravel |
| Locality | LIVERPOOL |
| Postcode area | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L3 1BP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Electoral ward | Waterfront South |
| Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside |
| Delivery location | TLD7 Merseyside |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79710000 - Security services

## Release History

- 22 Oct 2026 at 13:23 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099977-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099977-2026
  22nd October 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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