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Security Services - Events

Manchester City Council · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Manchester City Council is procuring security and crowd-safety services across three Lots covering Specialist Markets, City Events, and the Taxi Marshal Scheme. Lots 1 and 2 will be established as single supplier framework agreements to support a flexible annual programme of markets and events. Lot 3 will be procured as a single-supplier contract to deliver a uniformed Taxi Marshal service supporting the safe and effective operation of taxi ranks within the City Centre night time economy. Manchester City Council seeks suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver security, stewarding, crowd management and associated services across its markets, events, and nighttime-economy operations. Providers must demonstrate the ability to deploy trained and SIA-licensed personnel, provide resilience at short notice, and deliver high-quality customer-facing services across busy and complex urban environments. The procurement comprises the following Lots: Lot 1: Specialist Markets (Framework) Lot 2: Events (Framework) Lot 3: Taxi Marshals (Contract) It is intended that Manchester City Council will award the framework agreements as follows subject to meeting the Award Criteria stated in the ITT documents: Lot 1 - Specialist Market to a single supplier Lot 2 - Events to a single supplier This frameworks will allow Manchester City Council to call off contracts by Direct Award without competition. There is no restriction on the number of Lots a supplier may tender for, or be awarded to. Subcontracting of any part of the services is prohibited for all Lots.

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.

RADIUS SECURITY LTD

Matched by number
Published award value
£900k
Awarded
18 Sept 2026
Award ID
3
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 06385994
Location
Warrington, UKD61, WA4 2QL, United Kingdom
Published award value
£5m
Awarded
17 Sept 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 02187286
Location
Leicester, UKF21, LE1 7NA, United Kingdom
Published award value
£1.8m
Awarded
17 Sept 2026
Award ID
2
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 02187286
Location
Leicester, UKF21, LE1 7NA, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 2Value not stated

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
P-0603
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
2
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Manchester City Council
Id
GB-PPON-PLNV-8798-LDMP

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PLNV-8798-LDMP

Address

Street Address
Town Hall Extension
Locality
Manchester
Postal Code
M60 2LA
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD33

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
SHOWSEC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-02187286

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02187286

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PYZQ-7756-JBBJ

Address

Street Address
Regent House
Locality
Leicester
Postal Code
LE1 7NA
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKF21

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

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

Award information

Award 1
Id
2
Title
Security Services - Events
Status
pending
Date
18 Sept 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
18 Sept 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
2
Related Lot
2

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79710000
Description
Security services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD33
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
2,160,000
Amount
1,800,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02187286
Name
SHOWSEC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Standstill Period

Ends
30 Sept 2026, 23:59

Contract period

Starts
1 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2028, 23:59
Max Extent Date
30 Sept 2030, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The framework period will be for 2 years with the option to extend for an additional 2 years.

Related lots

2

Documents

Entry 1
Id
089179-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
21 Sept 2026, 13:57
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
1 Oct 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Manchester · UKD33 · M60 2LA · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

5 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

5 VERSIONS
  1. 029963-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 039288-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 088924-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  4. 089179-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  5. 089209-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·