Published date: 30 May 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 26 June 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Technical testing services - 71632000

Location of contract

SW1A 0AA

Value of contract

£175,000

Procurement reference

GSV1605

Published date

30 May 2017

Closing date

26 June 2017

Contract start date

1 August 2017

Contract end date

31 July 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Corporate Officers of the House of Lords and the House of Commons (the Authority) require a Contractor to undertake covert physical security testing utilising a variety of prohibited items (as agreed with the Parliamentary authorities) at the designated search points.

The Contractor will also be expected to provide recommendations on industry best-practice and emerging processes and techniques and provide monthly performance reports utilising the data captured and recommended improvements to processes.

The Authority requires up to 22 covert tests per calendar month delivered across three or four occasions.

Suppliers are required to download the Non-Disclosure Deed (NDD) from the portal before accessing the tender documents. The NDD must be submitted as a correspondence and a declaration must also be submitted, stating that the NDD has not been modified. Access to the tender documents will not be granted until the signed NDD has been received.

More information

Links

Additional text

The ITT documentation will be accessible at the Houses of Parliament's e-procurement portal: http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk. Tender submissions must be uploaded to the e-procurement portal; electronic responses submitted via e-mail are not acceptable. To access these documents select the tender reference GSV1605 in the 'current tenders' list, click on the 'view tender details' and express interest by clicking on the button provided. You will need to register your company details, thereafter you will be issued with a username and password. If you have previously registered with In-Tend, please follow the link shown which will redirect you to the home page where you can log on using your existing username and password to collect the tender documents. If you have registered and forgotten your username and password, click on the 'forgotten password' link on the In-Tend homepage. Please keep this username and password secure and do not pass it to any third parties. If you are experiencing problems, please contact the PPCS Business Support team via email: ppcs@parliament.uk or call +44 (0)207 219 1600 for further assistance. You are advised to allow sufficient time when responding to this ITT, and for the full uploading of documents, prior to the closing date of 12.00 noon UK time on Monday 26th of June 2017. Late tenders will not be accepted. If you are uploading multiple documents you will have to individually load one document at a time or you can opt to zip all the documents in an application such as WinZip or WinRAR.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Parliamentary Procurement & Commercial Service

Address

Westminster
London
London
SW1A 0AA
United Kingdom

Telephone

02072191600

Email

ppcs@parliament.uk