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OpenStage · tender 34 days to close

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

TWBC - Assembly Hall Theatre Security

Business ServicesCPV 79710000
Value£250,000
Deadline21 Oct 2026
Published16 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide

£250,000 — stated in the notice, including VAT

Timeline
Published 16 Sept 202634 days leftCloses 21 Oct 2026
Who to contact
procurement@tunbridgewells.gov.uk
01892554425

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£250ktotal 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.

When this comes round again

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The brief

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and SIA-accredited security provider to deliver security services for performances, events and other activities at the Assembly Hall Theatre.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Tunbridge-Wells:-Security-services./6SP7656254 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/6SP7656254

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

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
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tender · Open
Source
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087948-2026
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