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Durham County Council

Provision of Manned Security Services for Durham Bus Station

Business ServicesCPV 79710000
Value£500k
Deadline14 Aug 2026
Published20 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 20 Jul 202620 days leftCloses 14 Aug 2026
Who to contact
mary.robinson@durham.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

www.open-uk.org

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£500ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Durham County Council require the provision of Manned Security Services for Durham Bus Station.

The standard requirement will be for opening/locking up the bus station and manned security service.

Tender documents can be accessed free of charge by registering on the OPEN Portal at www.open-uk.org

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidProfessional indemnity insurance
  • Show at bidNamed engagement team with CVs
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ce6b
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
068052-2026
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