Published date: 17 September 2024

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: 29 October 2024, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Investigation and security services - 79700000

  • Security services - 79710000

Location of contract

GU1 4LZ

Value of contract

£0 to £20,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_383422/1399063

Published date

17 September 2024

Closing date

29 October 2024

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2030

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

National Highways invites tenders for a National Specialist Security Services contract, to provide safe and effective management of protest and trespass incidents that affect the operation and improvement of the Strategic Road Network.

The procurement is for a contract to provide the services described in the procurement documentation under an amended NEC4 Term Service Short Contract for a period of 5 years, up to a maximum value of 20 000 000 GBP.
The service requirements include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Response to incidents at short notice.
- Provision of relevant updates during incidents.
- Provision of support to the emergency services when requested during an incident.
- Process serving of court papers and any other legal documents to intended recipient(s).
- Provision of support and feedback during lessons learnt sessions to aid continuous improvement.
- Provision of support and evidence as required, post-incident.
The Contractor must be knowledgeable, experienced and professional in the removal of unauthorised people from affected National Highways land and premises whilst adhering to Health, Safety & Wellbeing standards.
Any other body leading, delivering, managing, improving and/or maintaining any trunk road will be able to place a task order under the contract

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Specialist Security Services

  • Early engagement
  • Published 8 December 2023

Additional text

The Contracting Authority will use an E-Sourcing Portal in this procurement exercise. Information on how to take part in this Tender is detailed below:

1. Register your company on the E-Sourcing Portal (this is only required once)
Visit - https://nationalhighways.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ and click the link to register

Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue' - Enter your business and user details - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password.

2. Express an Interest in the tender - Login to the portal - Click the 'PQQ/ITTs Open to All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier).
Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content (ITT_818 - National Specialist Security Services).
Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of this page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your 'My PQQs/My ITT's page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only). You can access any attachments by clicking the 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ITT Details box.

3. Responding to the tender - Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ITT Details', you can 'Create Response' or 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining).

You can use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT.

There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). Submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance, please consult online help or contact the E-Sourcing Portal help desk.


Tender documentation for contracts over 10,000 GBP will be published and made available to the public.

You should also be aware that if your bid is successful the resulting contract will be published. In some circumstances, limited redactions will be made to tender documentation and/or contracts before they are published in order to comply with existing law, to protect commercial interests and for the protection of national security.

Further information will be set out in the Tender Documents. Contract dates stated are indicative and may be subject to change.

About the buyer

Address

Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close
Guildford
GU1 4LZ
England

Email

SpecialistSecurityServices@nationalhighways.co.uk

Website

www.nationalhighways.co.uk