This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

St Vincent's Housing Association (SVHA) is a charitable registered provider, founded in 1971 by the lay Catholic St Vincent's de Paul Society.

It has circa 3,500 homes in 18 local authority areas with significant number of homes in Rochdale, Manchester, Bolton, Salford, Pendle, Ribble Valley and Hyndburn.

SVHA sought bids from service providers to provide a concierge and guarding service for SVHA's three supported housing schemes in Manchester, Trafford and Blackburn.

Services initially required under the contract are expected to include 168 hours per week guarding at the Blackburn foyer and Forrest Court, Flixton and 113 hours per week at the Manchester foyer.

The outcome of the tender process was a single contract with one service provider.

The contract will be an initial 2 years with 4 additional options to extend by a further 2 years (24 months), up to a maximum 10 years total contract term, subject to SVHA requirements and the performance of the successful service provider.

The contract will be available to SVHA and all subsidiaries both current and future.

For the purpose of this notice, the contract duration and contract value is based on the maximum 10 years total contract term.

The estimated total value is for information only, and no guarantees are given, nor are implied as to the value of business that will be placed with the successful service provider.

Services initially required are in Manchester, Trafford and Blackburn but may also be used where SVHA has an operational requirement.

SVHA reserves the right to add or remove sites or otherwise change the volume of work during the life of the contract up to a maximum increase in contract value of 200%.

Additional sites will be priced on the same basis as the original sites for the services required.