Award notice Services
Service Framework Contract for the provision of guarding, surveillance, access control and other related services
- Public buyer
- European Defence Agency
Brussels - Place of performance
- 1050 Brussels, Brussels-Capital
not published: buyer's address - Estimated value
- €8,000,000 excl. VAT
- Amount awarded
- €8,000,000 excl. VAT
- Planned end of contract
- 10 April 2026
- Bids received
- 2
- Form
- Framework agreement
Multi-year contract: the buyer places orders as needs arise. - Procedure
- Open procedure
Any company may submit a bid. - Publication
- 8 May 2025
- Notice language
- English
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Description
Framework contract for the provision of guarding, surveillance, access control and other related services at EDA premises in Brussels. The performance of the services includes, inter alia, the following tasks:
- Provide appropriate identity and access control for Agency staff, suppliers and visitors
- Provide appropriate identity and access control for vehicles and in-depth vehicle security screening
- Produce, programme, register, distribute and destroy identification badges for staff, suppliers, visitors and others entering EDA premises with the use of EDA equipment and software
- Control, process and screen deliveries, mail and shipments to the Agency
- Conduct baggage searches of Agency staff, suppliers and visitors, to prevent weapons and explosives on EDA premises and to prevent unauthorised removal of classified information, valuable objects or other material
- Escort visitors and suppliers
- Monitor deliveries or on-site works
- Monitor alarms, intrusion detection systems and cameras and take appropriate action
- patrol EDA premises to check for unauthorised persons and to enforce internal security rules
- Guard and protect areas/offices where classified meetings are held
- Prevent unauthorised use of electronic equipment, such as mobile phones, cameras or unauthorised laptops
- Guard and control offices and meeting rooms where classified meeting are held
- Open and lock buildings
- Manage keys and codes
- Manage and operate alarm systems
- Devise actions to be taken in case of specific incidents or alarms
- Carry out first interventions in case of fire and accidents
- Participate in heightening safety and security awareness
- Report incidents to Agency’s competent personnel
- Use IT equipment for routine operations on EDA systems. Services concern the staff categories defined in the collective labour agreements relating to Joint Committee 317 for guard services in Belgium.
Awarded to
- PROTECTION UNIT SRL BCE/KBO 0457.632.142
CPV codes
European codes that classify what the contract is about. They are how we find the tenders for your trade.
79713000
Winning prices for comparable contracts
- A quarter below
- €590,879
- Median
- €2,200,000
- A quarter above
- €5,733,703
Amounts awarded (excl. VAT) over the last 3 years for 35 contracts in the same CPV group (7971…), excluding framework agreements. Half of the contracts fall between the two quartiles. TED source: mostly contracts above the EU thresholds, so amounts tend to be high.
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Source : TED – Office des publications de l'Union européenne © Union européenne, données retraitées. Reference 294685-2025.