Awarded contract

OP25003 Provision of Histology Services

Details

Buyer: Thames Valley Police
Supplier(s): FORENSIC ACCESS LIMITED
Value: £20,000
Duration: 3 years
Published: 29 May 2025
Source: uk:intend:sell2:bluelight:contract

Tender description

The provision of histology related to post mortem examinations. May also provide access to expert drugs witness on occasion upon request.

Timeline

Completed: Award published29 May 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date1 June 2025
Next: Contract expiry date31 May 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

Thames Valley Police polices the Thames Valley area, and buys as a blue light force alongside Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary under shared procurement arrangements. Suppliers view live opportunities on the Emergency Services Tendering platform, selecting Thames Valley Police from the organisation list. Contracts also appear on the In-Tend Electronic Tendering Site's Contracts Register, open without a login. Smaller-value work is listed on Contracts Finder as a further channel. Larger notices run through TED, the successor to the Official Journal of the European Union. The force manages and hosts a joint ICT arrangement covering Hampshire Constabulary.

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

Over the past 5 years, most of Thames Valley Police's contract awards have been in security and defence equipment, software and information systems and repair and maintenance.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@thames-valley-police.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@thames-valley-police.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@thames-valley-police.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@thames-valley-police.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@thames-valley-police.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@thames-valley-police.gov