AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Transport for London awarded a contract for physical security guarding and reception services across TfL to MITIE SECURITY LIMITED. The award record is active and identifies a five-year contract period from 26 July 2026 to 25 July 2031.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded for MITIE SECURITY LIMITED, with an award value of £237,000,000. A separate tender-level value of £123,367,606 is also published and is not reconciled in the notice.
Market significanceThis is a large London security-services procurement under a competitive procedure with negotiation. The published award value is £237 million, subject to the unreconciled value discrepancy in the source data.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
MITIE SECURITY LIMITED
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-6e5e6fd6-d303-4e10-b5a3-efac117dbf1f-1 · 237000000 GBP · active
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The active award names MITIE SECURITY LIMITED as supplier and states a value of GBP 237,000,000. The supplied company-number verification matches Companies House number 01013210.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceAwarded; source record complete
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Process stage is "award", display status is "awarded", source status is "complete", and the award status is "active".
Award decision date
98% confidence21 July 2026
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The active award record gives date "2026-07-21T00:00:00+01:00".
Award notice published
99% confidence12 October 2026
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The award notice and release history give publication date "2026-10-12T14:14:35+01:00".
Contract period stated
98% confidence26 July 2026 to 25 July 2031
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The award and tender contractPeriod fields state these dates.
Signed-contract document
86% confidenceA document is classified as contractSigned
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Award document ID 2 has documentType "contractSigned". Its contents were not supplied.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£237,000,000
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The active award value is amount 237000000, currency GBP.
Published tender-level value
98% confidence£123,367,606
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The process and tender value fields state amount 123367606, currency GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Submission deadline
98% confidence21 July 2026
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The tenderPeriod endDate is "2026-07-21T00:00:00+01:00".
Award date
98% confidence21 July 2026
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The award date is "2026-07-21T00:00:00+01:00".
Stated contract start
98% confidence26 July 2026
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The contractPeriod startDate is "2026-07-26T00:00:00+01:00".
Stated contract end
98% confidence25 July 2031
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The contractPeriod endDate is "2031-07-25T23:59:59+01:00".
Award notice publication
99% confidence12 October 2026
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The award notice publication timestamp is "2026-10-12T14:14:35+01:00".
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidencePhysical security guarding and reception services across TfL
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Process title is "Physical Security Guarding and Reception Services" and description is "Supply of Security related services across TfL".
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 79710000 — Security services
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The tender classification and supplied classifications list CPV 79710000, "Security services".
Delivery geography
98% confidenceLondon, United Kingdom
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The tender item delivery address specifies region "London" and country "United Kingdom".
Lots
99% confidenceNo lots or lot allocation published
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The supplied lots array is empty and the award has no lot IDs.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective
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The process and tender fields state procurementMethod "selective".
Procedure detail
99% confidenceCompetitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
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The process and tender fields state this procurementMethodDetails value.
Competition data
99% confidenceNumber of bids and evaluation results unknown
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No bid count, bidder list, scores or evaluation narrative is supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated duration
98% confidenceApproximately five years
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The stated period runs from 26 July 2026 to 25 July 2031.
Extension or renewal options
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension or renewal terms are supplied.
SME/VCSE suitability
97% confidenceNot marked suitable for SMEs or VCSEs
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Tender suitability fields state sme false and vcse false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Value interpretation
99% confidenceThe £237 million award value is materially higher than the separately published £123.37 million tender-level value.
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The award value is GBP 237,000,000, while process/tender value is GBP 123,367,606; no explanation is supplied.
Market access
99% confidenceThe procurement used a selective competitive procedure with negotiation.
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Published procurement method and method detail state selective and competitive procedure with negotiation.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Published value inconsistency
99% confidenceUnreconciled
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The notice reports £237,000,000 at award level and £123,367,606 at tender/process level, without explaining the difference.
Contract document content
98% confidenceNot supplied
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A contractSigned document link is listed, but its contents and publication date are not included in the supplied data.
Unpublished procurement detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, scoring, award rationale, pricing breakdown, individual lot allocation or extension terms are provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published tender/process value (£123,367,606) conflicts with the award value (£237,000,000); the source does not explain which figure represents the relevant commercial measure or why they differ.
- No lots, lot titles or lot-level supplier/value allocation are published.
- The contents of the listed contractSigned document were not supplied, so detailed contractual terms cannot be assessed.
- Information on bid numbers, evaluation, award rationale, pricing, mobilisation and extension options was not supplied in the published notice.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Transport for LondonMITIE SECURITY LIMITEDMitie Securitysecurity guardingreception servicesLondon security servicesCPV 79710000
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won TfL's physical security guarding and reception services award?
MITIE SECURITY LIMITED is the supplier named in the active award record.
What is the published award value?
The award record states £237,000,000. The source separately lists a £123,367,606 tender-level value, without reconciling the figures.
When does the stated contract period end?
The published contract period ends on 25 July 2031.
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