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Security Services and Surveillance Solutions (SBS10547)

NHS Shared Business Services Limited · NHS and health

In brief

NHS Shared Business Services Limited has announced plans to buy security and consultancy work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

It is a framework worth up to £100,000,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 4 years, starting 14 August 2028.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Usually high: a median of 12 bids per contract for this buyer (from 42 awards in the last 12 months).

Framework

Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £100,000,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

NHS Shared Business Services Limited (NHS SBS) intends to put in place its 3rd generation Framework for the provision of Security Services and Surveillance Solutions to be used by Approved Organisations for the following proposed Lots, which are under consideration during this preliminary market engagement. Lot 1: Healthcare - Guarding Services: This Lot provides the NHS and wider healthcare sector with access to professional, compliant, and responsive guarding services designed to maintain a safe, secure, and reassuring environment across healthcare settings, for staff, patients, and the general public. Lot 2: Public Sector - Guarding Services and Events Management: This Lot enables…Read the full description
NHS Shared Business Services Limited (NHS SBS) intends to put in place its 3rd generation Framework for the provision of Security Services and Surveillance Solutions to be used by Approved Organisations for the following proposed Lots, which are under consideration during this preliminary market engagement. Lot 1: Healthcare - Guarding Services: This Lot provides the NHS and wider healthcare sector with access to professional, compliant, and responsive guarding services designed to maintain a safe, secure, and reassuring environment across healthcare settings, for staff, patients, and the general public. Lot 2: Public Sector - Guarding Services and Events Management: This Lot enables public sector organisations to access professional, compliant, and flexible guarding and events management services designed to protect people, property, and public spaces. Lot 3: Surveillance, Security Equipment, and Alarms: This Lot covers the supply, installation, maintenance, and support of CCTV systems, intrusion alarms, and related security technologies. Lot 4: Access Control: This Lot covers the supply, installation, maintenance, and support of door entry systems, electronic access solutions, credential management, and associated security technologies. Lot 5: Supply and Monitoring of Lone Working / Staff Call Solutions: This Lot covers the supply, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing support of personal safety devices, panic alarms, location based alerting technologies, and associated software platforms. Lot 6: Security Products: This Lot covers the provision of security equipment to support the delivery of an in-house security service provision. Lot 7: Consultancy Services, Security Design, and Assessment: This Lot covers strategic security consultancy, risk and vulnerability assessments, threat analysis, security system design, compliance reviews, and specialist advisory services.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 077133-2026

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From notice 077133-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 13 August 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.