Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-02
Buyer: Manchester City Council
Country: UK
Region: Greater Manchester
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 60000000 | 60100000 | 60112000 | 60140000 | 63000000
Estimated value: 25000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-11-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Manchester City Council is seeking to invite suitable applicants to participate in this procurement process for a full range of Security Services. The estimated total Lot value per annum is 5 000 000 GBP
The service provides manned guarding to approx 50 individual sites with alternating hours of cover and different levels of service comprising of front of house, concierge duties, staff support and void properties.
All sites are different amounts of hours and some are 24 hours cover also temporary watch cover is part of the contract to supply cover as and when required on a shorter-term basis. This includes 24 hours  static cover of New Smithfield Market.
This Lot is for the provision of suitably qualified and experienced staff to provide a range of security, stewarding and crowd management services at indoor and outdoor events, organised by or in partnership with the City Council's Events Unit within the local authority boundaries of Manchester.
Indicative standard events may include the Christmas Lights Switch On, Manchester Day, New Years Eve Fireworks, Chinese New Year and a range of other events.
Security Staff would be expected to engage in Market planning and de-briefings and have input into the appropriate level of security into an event. Staff would also appraise security cover for an event and advise of any adjustments required on a daily basis or in anticipation of other events occurring i.e. home football match etc.
Marshalls would be expected to ensure the equitable management of taxi queues and to organise them to enable a fair system of boarding and to act as a deterrent to potential criminal or anti social behaviour at these ranks.
This service includes the secure collection, processing and consolidation and onward depositing of negotiable and non-negotiable money to high street banks, nominated cash receiving facilities, and other suitable receiving locations.
The Provision of an Intruder, Fire, and Panic Alarm Monitoring Service to approximately 420 premises at various locations throughout Manchester to be used and managed by the Neighbourhood Services Section. The monitoring of alarms requires cover 365 days a year 24 hours a day.
MCC will be utilising the competitive dialogue process for this procurement exercise pursuant to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the procurement process will involve a number of stages with the numbers of bidders reducing at each stage. Based on the evaluation and scoring of submitted RtP's the minimum number of applicants expected to be shortlisted and involved in the next stage of the procurement process (the Invitation to Participate in Dialogue (ITPD)/Invitation to Submit Outline Solution (ISOS) stage) is between five (5) and eight (8) per lot.
The Council is seeking to establish the best approach for the delivery of all business areas for this contract and welcomes applications from all security organisations including but not limited to Large, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Social Enterprises (SEs) and organisations wishing to bid as a consortia to develop the Council's approach.
The Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers prior to entering into the contract. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages and/or shorten or order the contract ineffective.


Award value: 25000000