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Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited

Security Equipment & Associated Services

Business ServicesCPV 30233300
Value£10.4m
Deadline31 Aug 2026
Published28 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 28 Jul 202633 days leftCloses 31 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Zaynab Salim
z.salim@thecpc.ac.uk
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The procurement contact named on the official notice.

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Contract value in context
£10.4mtotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£11.3m

This is a large award for Office & Computing Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 8,857 valued Office & Computing Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

CPC wishes to establish a framework for the supply of Security Equipment and related services.

Any resulting framework from this exercise will be available to Further Education Institutions, Universities, Sixth Forms, Academies, Schools, and other similar organisations who are CPC Members (https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/regions.php) and all CPC future members (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-information-about-schools).

Higher Education Consortia include: - North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members) - Southern Universities Procurement Consortium (http://www.supc.ac.uk/our-members/) - North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (https://www.neupc.ac.uk/join/members) Local Authorities may also wish to use the resulting framework when procuring on behalf of Educational Establishments.

The framework will also be available to the Wider Public Sector https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/suppliers/eligible-public-sector-bodies.php).

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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CPC wishes to establish a framework

CPC wishes to establish a framework for the supply of Security Equipment and related services.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ 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

  • 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
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
071382-2026
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