How to win: Installation, Maintenance, & Fault Rectification of Electronic Security Systems

About this contract

1.1.The Borough Council of Kings Lynn & West Norfolk (Client) has operational responsibility for circa 1400 CCTV cameras located over a large geographical area of Norfolk, controlled and monitored via a manned 24/7 365 CCTV control room located in the Client Kings Lynn office. 1.2.In addition to CCTV security systems, the Client has operational and maintenance responsibility for a wide variety of electronic security systems consisting of Intruder Alarm Systems, Panic Systems, Perimeter systems and Access Control Systems, the majority of which are monitored via cameras to the CCTV control room. 1.3.The primary operating systems utilised by the Client are Avigilon, Indigovision and Paxton 1.4.The security systems cover a mixture of the Client owned/operated premisses and various third-party stakeholders/ customers premisses. 1.5.The Client employs a ‘Run to Fail’ maintenance strategy and therefore does not operate a Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) programme for Electronic Security Systems. When equipment fails it is generally swapped out or replaced with new. 1.6.The Client are seeking a contractor who can: 1.6.1.Provide a service 24 hours a day, 365(6) days a year to respond

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £150,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 25 September 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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