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Security Patrol and Response

THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 23:03.

Opportunity overview

Thames Water intends to award an Agreement to a single supplier for a dedicated security patrol and response service to improve our protective security, particularly for our critical assets, and ensure compliance with associated industry regulations such as SEMD (Security & Emergency Measures Direction) and PSG (Protective Security Guidance). To ensure compliance, we are required to patrol our critical assets and have sufficient planned response for incidents, and resource must be trained to respond to worst case scenarios. The scope will include a dedicated 24/7 service to provide: a) Proactive patrols and inspections of our sites to provide security presence and check for perimeter vulnerabilities; and b) Reactive rapid response to alarms and incidents, and providing security support for police and frontline staff where needed. The successful supplier will need to provide appropriate vehicles, communications and response equipment, and officers that are adequately trained in incident response, enhanced physical intervention, conflict management, etc. The supplier will also need to coordinate their staff/vehicles across our region (London & Thames Valley) with appropriate route planning to ensure our needs and SLAs are met. Reactive response requirements will be communicated to the Supplier by our Alarm Monitoring Centre (AMC). Our key priorities and expectations for this agreement include: Security Resilience & Assurance to improve protection of our sites and more capable response to alarms/incidents; Compliance with SEMD & PSG regs; Health, Safety & Wellbeing focus with increased protection for our staff against public threats/abuse; and Value for Money to demonstrate to OFWAT in line with our PR24 submission, and reducing the cost of damage/loss from security breaches.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

FIRST RESPONSE GROUP LTD

Matched by number
Published award value
£72m
Awarded
29 Jul 2025
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 06263326
Location
Leeds, UKE42, LS7 3JB, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV79710000 — Security services

Lots

  • Lot 1£72m · Including VAT

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
FA2228
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Procurement Method
selective
Main Procurement Category
services
How to submit
To gain access for this procurement exercise, please click on the link below, and provided the requested details. You will then be given access. https://forms.office.com/e/Y8SuEkkSfx
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Expression Of Interest Deadline
14 Apr 2025, 10:00

Procedure

Features
Suppliers' PSQ submissions will be scored and shortlisted in accordance with the criteria set out within the PSQ documentation, and the suppliers that are shortlisted will be invited to submit a proposal in response to the ITN. After tenders have been submitted, evaluated and negotiated, the successful supplier will be awarded according to the percentage weightings and criteria set out in the ITN Process document. Full details of the process that will be followed are provided within the PSQ and ITN documents.

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
011056-2025
Description
Please note this is not a Framework Agreement, but is a Term Services agreement, and the notice has been changed to reflect this.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Recurrence

Dates

Entry 1
Starts
1 Jul 2033, 23:59

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Framework Agreement

Type
closed
Method
withoutReopeningCompetition
Description
Suppliers that are shortlisted from the PSQ stage will be invited to submit a proposal in response to the ITN, including details of the pricing they are submitting. After tenders have been submitted, evaluated and negotiated, the successful supplier will be awarded according to the percentage weightings and criteria set out in the ITN Process document. Full details of the process that will be followed are provided within the PSQ and ITN documents.

Expected award period

Ends
27 Jun 2025, 23:59

Special regime

utilities

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete
Has Options
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Currency
GBP
Including VAT
72,000,000

Options

Description
The full scope of the services to be provided and any options that may be considered throughout the term of the agreement, is set out in the Specification issued within the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) document.

Renewal

Description
Thames Water envisages that the contract will be awarded for an initial term of 3 years with options to extend by 1 year or longer, up to a maximum overall term of 8 years.

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Technical
Type
quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
55
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Name
Commercial
Type
price

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
45
Weight
percentageExact

Contract period

Ends
1 Jul 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Jul 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
1 Jul 2033, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
79710000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Security services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Entry 2
Id
010304-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
20 Mar 2025, 09:37
Entry 3
Id
011056-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
25 Mar 2025, 10:38

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-02366661
Name
THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ11
Country
GB
Locality
Reading
Postal Code
RG1 8DB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Clearwater Court

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
privateUtility
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Private utility

Identifier

Id
02366661
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PNQQ-4647-DTCV
Scheme
GB-PPON
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-06263326
Name
FIRST RESPONSE GROUP LTD

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKE42
Country
GB
Locality
Leeds
Postal Code
LS7 3JB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Unit 2 Gemini Business Park

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
06263326
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PPWR-4812-RLJD
Scheme
GB-PPON

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
30 Jul 2025, 00:00
Title
Security Patrol and Response
Status
pending
Has Options
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
30 Jul 2025, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
79710000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Security services

Value

Currency
GBP
Including VAT
72,000,000

Options

Description
The full scope of the services to be provided and any options that may be considered throughout the term of the agreement, is set out in the Specification issued within the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) document.

Renewal

Description
Thames Water envisages that the contract will be awarded for an initial term of 3 years with options to extend by 1 year or longer, up to a maximum overall term of 8 years.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
044216-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
30 Jul 2025, 12:07

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-06263326
Name
FIRST RESPONSE GROUP LTD

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
12 Aug 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
10 Aug 2028, 23:59
Starts
12 Aug 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
10 Aug 2033, 23:59

Standstill Period

Ends
11 Aug 2025, 23:59

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Reading · UKJ11 · RG1 8DB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04ef77-2025-07-30T12:07:49+01:00Tender notice on Find a Tender ·