Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NI Water and its subsidiaries
Westland House
Belfast
BT14 6TE
UK
Contact person: sourcingniwater.com
E-mail: sourcing@niwater.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.6) Main activity
Water
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
C1264- Provision of Security and Ancillary Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79710000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provision of Security and Ancillary Services. Services required under this Contract will include the following; • Access control • Patrolling of Client sites where Contract Staff are generally located • Mobile patrols of Client Sites, Client Publicly Accessible sites or Client redundant sites • Call outs and alarms • CCTV monitoring
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
5 627 567.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
75240000
75241000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of Security and Ancillary Services. Services required under this Contract will include the following; • Access control • Patrolling of Client sites where Contract Staff are generally located • Mobile patrols of Client Sites, Client Publicly Accessible sites or Client redundant sites • Call outs and alarms • CCTV monitoring
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: As per tender documents
/ Weighting: 40
Cost criterion: As per tender documents
/ Weighting: 60
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract award notice will be published with a value of £5.6m. However, the expected spend is likely to range from between £5m to £7m. This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account such changes to the demand and scale which may result from future operational requirements.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2025/S 000-000928
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10/03/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
COBRA SPECIALIST SECURITY SERVICES LTD
Unit C6 9 Ferguson Drive
LISBURN
BT28 2EX
UK
E-mail: sourcing@niwater.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 5 627 567.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/03/2025