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616_27 Personal Safety and Security Equipment

Open United Kingdom Security, fire-fighting & defence equipment

Buyer Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO

26 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€1.6M
€1,647,555 · converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 33 days
  4. Awarded pending
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Summary

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ESPO, a non-profit trading department of Leicestershire County Council owned by six local authorities, is establishing a catalogue framework for the supply of personal safety and security equipment. Products, all intended for resale through the ESPO Catalogue, include property marking markers, counterfeit detection lamps, personal attack alarms, fire blankets, CCTV decoy cameras, metal detectors, visitor books, ID badges, badge holders, badge inserts, name place holders, lanyards, bespoke lanyards, bespoke ID cards, safes, and security cabinets. The framework is divided into 3 lots. Tenders must be submitted by 12:00 noon on 28 October 2026 via the EastMidsTenders portal, where documents can be downloaded after expressing interest. Questions should be sent as portal messages.

Description

ESPO is a trading department of Leicestershire County Council. It is a non-profit making body owned and operated jointly by six local authorities. We provide a catalogue range, providing our customers with access to over 28,000 products that cover all key areas of education and wider public sector requirements. We are establishing a catalogue framework covering the supply of personal safety and security equipment, including; property marking markers, counterfeit detection lamps, personal attack alarms, fire blankets, CCTV decoy cameras, metal detectors, visitor’s books, ID badges, ID badge holders, badge inserts, name place holders, lanyards, bespoke lanyards, bespoke ID cards, safes, and security cabinets. All products are for resale via the ESPO Catalogue. The Framework is divided into 3 lots. Please refer to the tender documents for any further details (including further details on each of the lots) - the closing date for submission of Tenders is 12:00 (12 noon / 12pm) on 28 October 2026. To tender (please proceed to step (e) if an expression of interest has already been completed): (a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract e.g., via https://procontract.due-north.com/Register); (c) Search for tender opportunity 616_27 (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal, or alternatively via searching on https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen). Any questions or clarifications relating to this tender opportunity should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal, once an Expression of interest has been completed.

Bid or no-bid?

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €1.6M.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Security, fire-fighting & defence equipment.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    26 days left, 18 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €47,185 and €374,492.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 28 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

Official source

Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 6 days ago

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 52 awards for Security, fire-fighting & defence equipment in United Kingdom.

This notice
€1.6M
Median award
€178,331
Middle half of past awards
€47,185 to €374,492

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

The buyer

Full buyer profile

Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO

United Kingdom

notices in the register
28
awards
11

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Security, fire-fighting & defence equipment - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Axon Public Safety UK Ltd 3 €2.4M Aug 2026
REVEAL MEDIA LIMITED 3 €293,268 Aug 2026
Arco Limited 2 €12.6M Jul 2026
Chiptech international Limited 2 €1.1M Jul 2026
Tunstall Healthcare (UK) Limited 2 €46,612 Oct 2026

Based on 80 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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Market context

Larger than 67% of the open notices in Security, fire-fighting & defence equipment across Europe.

open now in Security, fire-fighting & defence equipment
1,870
median open notice
€424,260

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