Awarded contract

Provision of Security Services

Details

Supplier(s)
Security Management South West Limited
Value
£7,120,000
Topic
Security services
Published
4 September 2025

Tender description

Plymouth City Council (“the Council”) was seeking suppliers capable to deliver a range of security services. These included but were not limited to: guarding, keyholding, door supervision, mobile security, close protection, canine units, security advice, etc. The overall provision was divided to two lots: • Lot 1 – Security for Facilities Management • Lot 2 – Security for Events and Elections Each lot was awarded a separate contract. Lot 1: Security for Facilities Management Plymouth City Council (“the Council”) would like to invite you to tender for the provision of Security Services for Facilities Management. The security duties required will be based on risk assessments across various Council premises and will include static guarding, scheduled site patrols, monitoring CCTV systems, key holding, unlocking/locking sites, alarm response and support for internal security team. The Successful Tenderer will work closely with the Council’s Facilities Management team who are responsible for the management of the Council’s corporate estate and security requirements in its buildings. Lot 2: Security for Events and Elections Plymouth City Council (“the Council”) is seeking a supplier to deliver the provision of Security services for Events and Elections. Security requirements in this contract will include: stewarding duties, traffic management, door supervision, fire marshalling, occasional close protection duties, drug detection dogs, K9 patrol units, etc. Individual delivering the contract will be registered with the Security Industry Authority (SIA). The Successful Suppler will work closely with the Council’s Events and Election teams who are responsible for the delivery of all events and elections with the Authority.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date4 June 2025
  2. Completed: Award published4 September 2025
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About the buyer

Plymouth City Council buys as a local authority, running its own Procurement Service for construction, facilities management, professional services, and environment and transport contracts. A separate Strategic Co-operative Commissioning Team handles social care and healthcare contracts instead.

A rolling Capital Procurement Pipeline gives suppliers advance notice of upcoming construction and infrastructure work.

Over the past 5 years, most of Plymouth City Council's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and architectural and engineering services.

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