Issue details

To inform the Executive of the outcome of a tender exercise in respect of the Fareham and Gosport CCTV partnership and the award by Gosport Borough Council of the monitoring contract.

The Fareham and Gosport CCTV Partnership was established in 1997 to jointly manage and operate a network of approximately 93 public space CCTV cameras via a single control room based in Gosport.

The Council’s current monitoring contract for these cameras expires at midnight on 27th October 2015 and a tendering process was undertaken to identify a contractor to carry out this function.

Gosport Borough Council procures this contract on behalf of the partnership and the costs are then apportioned between the councils based on the number of public space cctv cameras each authority has.

Since 2012 the monitoring service provided by the incumbent contractor has been extended at the request of Hampshire County Council to include the remote operation of the barriers at various points along the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route, this also includes the monitoring of the CCTV cameras. These costs are met by Hampshire County Council.

The monitoring service was extensively reviewed in 2012 by way of the CCTV strategy, and continues to be reviewed, with the aim of reducing costs where possible, and also ensuring efficiency. This new contract will ensure that the cctv Partnership is unilaterally able to alter the service level by providing 3 months’ notice to the contractor and add additional services if required. The new contract will be for a period of 5 years with a possible two year extension.