Guardian Services and Security Services for Vacant Properties
Awarded to VPS (UK) Limited
Citizen Housing Group Ltd(buyer)
- Published
- Published 12 August 2026
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Overview
Contracting authority
25 awarded contracts
Birmingham, United Kingdom
GB-COH: RS008181
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Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Contract signed
- Category
- Services
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Rules
- Public Contracts Regulations 2015
- Published
- 12 August 2026
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £200,000
- Award date
- 30 March 2026
- Bids received
- 1
- VPS (UK) Limited
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About the winner
VPS (UK) Limited
- Based in
- Oldham
- Public contracts won
- 21
- Across UK and EU notices
1 other contract from Citizen Housing Group Ltd since 2026, worth £240,000.
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Competition and scoring
Bids received
1
Open and restricted tenders in Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security drew a median of 4 bids over the last 24 months; 21% received only one.
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Price 100% · Quality 0%
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Market context
Typical award in Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
£73,970
Median of 18,950 awards in the last 24 months
This award is 2.7× the median.
Citizen Housing Group Ltd in the last 12 months
20
contracts awarded, worth £61,044,000 in total
Recent awards in Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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Notice history
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Contract
12 August 2026
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