Memorandum of Understanding - Bluelight Procurement Database (www.blpd.gov.uk)-21013

About the buyer

Metropolitan Police Service polices Greater London and buys as a police force with its own Commercial Services team. Opportunities below the full tender threshold are advertised through CompeteFor, the portal used across the Greater London Authority group. Above that level, competitions move to the Coupa e-tendering system for supplier submissions. The largest contracts are published on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder for open competition. Major technology programmes such as digital policing systems are procured through dedicated supplier frameworks. Every contract the force signs follows the GLA Group Responsible Procurement Policy across its commercial activity.

The top 10 blue light buyers spent a collective £2.2bn between FY2021 and FY2025.

Over the past 5 years, most of Metropolitan Police Service's contract awards have been in construction work, business services and IT services.