Kevlar Security Solutions Wins TasPorts – Tasmanian Ports Corporation has awarded Kevlar Security Solutions the Maritime Security Services contract following a tender process for security services across TasPorts operations.
The tender sought a suitably qualified and experienced service provider to deliver maritime security services in accordance with TasPorts’ requirements set out in the request for tender.
Contract award · TasmaniaMaritime Security Services
Tender no.9S100120260602Status: Awarded
BuyerTasPortsTasmanian Ports Corporation, a state-owned company
Awarded toKevlar Security SolutionsTasmanian owned and operated
Tender closed12 Aug 20263pm Hobart time
Awarded07 Oct 2026As listed
CoverageTasPorts operationsStatewide port network
Run alongside6S100120260710Devonport Airport Security
ValueNot statedNo public figure
TermNot statedNo public figure
RFTopenClosed12 AugAwarded7 OctMobilisedate TBC
AWARDED07 OCT 2026
One provider preferred. TasPorts ran this tender alongside Devonport Airport Security Services, assessed each on its own merits, then weighed the synergies of a single supplier. No award for the airport tender has been reported.
Source. Tender numbers, closing time, award date and the single-supplier approach from the TasPorts listings on AustralianTenders; award as reported by SEN. Value, term and start date have not been published.
The procurement was conducted alongside a separate tender for Devonport Airport Security Services. TasPorts identified potential operational and administrative synergies from having a single provider deliver the related services and indicated a preference for a combined supplier solution, although the 2 tenders were initially assessed independently.
TasPorts is a Tasmanian Government-owned company responsible for 10 Tasmanian ports and Devonport Airport, with more than 300 employees across the state. Its operations include port infrastructure and landside assets, pilotage, towage, vessel traffic services, marine equipment, refuelling and slipway facilities, as well as the Burnie Chip Export Terminal.
What Kevlar is now guardingThe gateway for almost all of Tasmania’s freightTasPorts runs the island’s port network and Devonport Airport, across four major ports and smaller facilities on the west coast and in Bass Strait.
~99%of Tasmania’s freight moves through the network
Source. Network, freight share, cruise calls and staffing as reported by SEN from TasPorts. The chart is schematic: coastline simplified, positions approximate, and only the facilities named in the article are marked. The article says 10 ports but names eight locations.
The organisation’s network handles around 99 per cent of Tasmania’s freight, with major operations at Burnie, Devonport, Bell Bay and Hobart and additional facilities at Stanley, Strahan, King Island and Flinders Island as well as handling around 130 cruise ships annually.
Kevlar Security Solutions is a Tasmanian owned and operated company specialising in the provision of physical and technical security services including vehicle-based patrol and alarm response, static and event security officers, and technical installations for homes and large multi-site enterprises.
You can learn more about Kevlar Security Systems here or read more SEN news here.
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Next stepsPort security in Tasmania has a new local provider
Kevlar Security Solutions offers patrols and alarm response, static and event officers, and technical installs. TasPorts lists its own tenders publicly, and SEN tracks security tenders nationally.
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