Provision of security services solution

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 seeking 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.<br/><br/>Further information about the requirements, including how the contract will be awarded, is available from the published Tender Pack within the Suppliers Document section of the Atamis e-sourcing portal.<br/><br/>If you are a professional, competent and suitably experienced security services solution provider, are capable of delivering the requirements described within the Tender Pack and interested in helping support us, then you are invited to submit a bid in accordance with the instructions set out in the Additional information section of this notice. Lot 1: We are seeking to appoint a professional, competent and suitably experienced provider to deliver an effective security services solution across our core customer's hospitals sites all year round basis.<br/><br/>2gether's Procurement services aims to improve security services practices and make them more efficient and sustainable, to save on cost, improve hospital function, and reduce the impact on the environment in line with NHS net zero carbon commitments. <br/><br/>Whilst making efficiency savings in this area of expenditure is significantly important to 2gether's Procurement services, other service delivery improvements are also required, including reducing the overall barriers to entry to encourage greater interest and competition from the market – irrespective of bidder size, niche ability or differing service model offering.