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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
PROVISION OF SECURITY GUARDING SERVICES AT THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION LUSAKA ZAMBIA
Live: the notice is at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £812,298Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- No deadline statedThe source does not state a submission deadline.
- Published
- 25 Sep 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) requires the provision of integrated security services for the British High Commission, Lusaka, the High Commissioner’s Residence and diplomatic staff residences located in Lusaka, Zambia.
The requirement includes:
• Static guarding services;
• Mobile patrol and response services;
• Alarm monitoring and response services;
• Access control and visitor management;
• Security supervision and management;
• Incident response and reporting;
• Operations room and communications support.
The contract is expected to commence on 1 February 2027 for an initial period of 36 months with an option to extend for a further period of up to 12 months.
The Authority intends to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced security services provider with the capability, capacity, infrastructure, personnel, supervisory arrangements and operational resilience required to deliver services across multiple diplomatic locations within Lusaka.
This notice relates to the Participation Stage of a Competitive Flexible Procedure. Suppliers will be assessed against Conditions of Participation and Selection Questionnaire requirements. Suppliers meeting the required capability thresholds will be shortlisted and invited to participate in the Invitation to Tender stage.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 79710000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
5 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 11 Sep 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 11 September 2026.
Release 086588-2026
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Tender notice update published 11 September 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 086591-2026
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Tender notice update published 11 September 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release 086593-2026
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Tender notice update published 23 September 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release 090314-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 25 Sep 2026Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 25 September 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release 090879-2026
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a submission deadline.
06/ Questions
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07/ Related
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-06f876
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Last verified
- Fri 2 Oct 2026, 08:17 BST
- Read at
- Wed 21 Oct 2026, 11:06 BST
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