01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Manchester City Council
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 8 May 2026
Description
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) 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. Contract length for all Lots will be 2 years with the option to extend for an additional 2 years.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Security Services - Taxi Marshals
- Awarded
- 18 September 2026
- Award value
- £900,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
Security Services - Specialist Markets
- Awarded
- 17 September 2026
- Award value
- £5,000,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
Security Services - Events
- Awarded
- 17 September 2026
- Award value
- £1,800,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Manchester City Council
Town Hall Extension, Manchester, UKD33, M60 2LA, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PLNV-8798-LDMPCOMPACT SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED
Victoria Warehouse, Stretford, UKD34, M17 1AB, United Kingdom
Companies House 08748515 →FGH SECURITY LTD
Alston House, Lancaster, UKD44, LA1 4XQ, United Kingdom
Companies House 04713843 →G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED
6th Floor 50 Broadway, London, UKI32, SW1H 0DB, United Kingdom
Companies House 01046019 →RADIUS SECURITY LTD
207 Knutsford Road, Warrington, UKD61, WA4 2QL, United Kingdom
Companies House 06385994 →SES GROUP LIMITED
The SES Group Ltd, The Barrows, Roydon Road, Harlow, UKH35, CM19 5DY, United Kingdom
Companies House 03389704 →SHOWSEC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Regent House, Leicester, UKF21, LE1 7NA, United Kingdom
Companies House 02187286 →THE EXCLUSEC GROUP LIMITED
Suite 3 77 Bridgeman Street, Bolton, UKD36, BL3 6BY, United Kingdom
Companies House 07342491 →Companies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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