Security services

Tender description

Hampshire County Council (HCC) is inviting tenders from all suitably experienced and qualified security services suppliers, to enter into a comprehensive contract for the provision of security services from a single supplier across the estate on a 5 + 2-year contract basis. Comprehensive security will cover but is not exclusively limited to the following areas: • static security guarding – day patrols and/or night patrols; • mobile security guarding – day patrols and/or night patrols; • temporary electronic surveillance and intruder alarm systems; • key holding; • gate keeping and lock up; • buddy service (with or without pick-up); • emergency response to provide security to vulnerable sites after a threat has been identified, or after an event such as a break in, fire or flood; • 24/7 control room operation; • CCTV monitoring. Hampshire County Council (HCC) is recognised as one of the highest performing Councils in the country and provides services to over 1.3 million people living in the third largest county in England. The estate is currently comprised in the region of 1 500 sites and around 9 000 buildings including front line operational, public services and back office buildings with mixed levels of open and restricted access under the control of HCC. The buildings include a wide range of premises and facilities offering diverse services including but not limited to: • residential and nursing homes and day centres providing care services to adults and children; • offices (including regional and main headquarters and co-located partner hubs); • depots; • workshops; • civic and public services (e.g. libraries, register offices, community centre rooms, historic sites, conference facilities, events spaces, etc); • Country parks (e.g. display areas, visitor centres, cafes and eating areas, etc); • activity and outdoor centres with residential accommodation, visitor areas, eating areas, activity rooms, etc.; • training centres; • storage facilities; • restricted access specialist facilities (eg, data centres, records storage, laboratories, etc.). Currently security services are provided by a number of Suppliers across a wide and diverse estate and further split between the broader areas of guarding (static and mobile), key holding, gate keeping and vacant building security and Intruder Detection Systems (IDS). The current spend for security services that is the subject of this procurement is circa GBP 750 000 per annum. The total number of owned/leased buildings and associated levels of service required across the estate may change (i.e., increase or reduce in number) or undergo refurbishment thus reconfiguring the estate either permanently or temporarily. Sites that currently have in-house provision for security are expected to move to the contracted agreement formed in this tender as and when these individual arrangements come to an end. HCC also work in partnership with circa 150 schools around the county of Hampshire who will require a level of security service. Comprehensive security will cover but is not exclusively limited to the following areas: • static security guarding – day patrols and/or night patrols; • mobile security guarding – day patrols and/or night patrols; • temporary electronic surveillance and intruder alarm systems; • key holding; • gate keeping and lock up; • buddy service (with or without pick-up); • emergency response to provide security to vulnerable sites after a threat has been identified, or after an event such as a break in, fire or flood; • 24/7 control room operation; • CCTV monitoring.