Scope
Reference
AP25020
Description
Procurement conducted by Scape Group Ltd (SCAPE) on behalf of Arc Property Services Partnership Limited (Arc Partnership / the Client).
This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice for an upcoming tender process conducted by SCAPE on behalf of the Client for the setting up of a new contract for security services, including manned guards and key holding services.
The procurement will be undertaken sometime in August 2025 and will involve a two stage process. Bidders must initially meet the selection criteria within the pre-qualification stage and will be scored on answers provided to specific and relevant questions. The 4 top scoring bidders will then pass to the Invitation To Tender (ITT) stage, at which point bidders will be asked to submit their prices via a commercial model and will provide answers to quality questions.
Price will be allocated 300 marks (30%) and the quality response will be allocated 700 marks (70%).
The bidder who provides the Most Advantegous Tender (MAT) by providing the highest marks, will be awarded the contract.
The Contract shall be established with 1 single supplier to provide all services.
The estimated value is £2,000,000 over the total life of the contract and will be a potential 6 year contract with break clauses at 2 years (2 + 2 + 2 = 6 years).
The arrangement will be management by an NEC4 Term Service Short Contract but full information shall be provided once the opportunity goes live.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=969826488
Total value (estimated)
- £2,000,000 excluding VAT
- £2,400,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2028
- Possible extension to 31 March 2032
- 6 years
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 79710000 - Security services
- 79713000 - Guard services
- 79715000 - Patrol services
Contract locations
- UKF22 - Leicestershire CC and Rutland
- UKE3 - South Yorkshire
- UKF1 - Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Engagement
Engagement deadline
31 August 2025
Engagement process description
Those interested in apply to join this tender should firstly ensure that your organisation is registered on the Governments Central Digital Platform (https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/) as this will be a key requirement for the procurement once it goes live. It will also help your organisation to bid for other public works, found on the Find A Tender service (https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/).
Then, please register (for free) on Scape's Procurement Platform, Delta eSourcing (https://www.delta-esourcing.com). It is recommended that you register with a generic email address that can be monitored by multiple people, rather than one assigned to an individual, so as to not miss key procurement updates if that individual is off or leaves the organisation.
Once you have registered with Delta, please send an email to procurement@arc-partnership.co.uk, stating your interest in this procurement (ref: AP25020) and include the email address you have registered with Delta.
You will then be sent a direct invitation once the tender box goes live.
Submission
Publication date of tender notice (estimated)
1 September 2025
Contracting authority
Scape Group Limited (trading as SCAPE)
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PVHC-8243-RWJR
2nd Floor, East West Building, 1 Tollhouse Hill
Nottingham
NG1 6BT
United Kingdom
Region: UKF14 - Nottingham
Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)