Awarded contract

Provision of Physical Forensic Services for North Wales Police

Details

Value
£966,000
Topic
Police services
Published
2 June 2026

Tender description

The aim of the Physical Forensic Services DPS is to deliver a collaborative approach to the next generation of forensics contracts for physical forensics services, providing a nationally standardised specification and terms & conditions to build a cohesive sustainable marketplace environment, where service delivery and capacity meet both the current and future needs of policing and the criminal justice system (CJS). This further competition procurement will enable a balanced approach to stabilisation of the marketplace, whilst delivering Value for Money (VfM) for policing, through embedding a culture of collaborative working and partnerships. Lot 1: The aim of the Physical Forensic Services DPS is to deliver a collaborative approach to the next generation of forensics contracts for physical forensics services, providing a nationally standardised specification and terms & conditions to build a cohesive sustainable marketplace environment, where service delivery and capacity meet both the current and future needs of policing and the criminal justice system (CJS). This further competition procurement will enable a balanced approach to stabilisation of the marketplace, whilst delivering Value for Money (VfM) for policing, through embedding a culture of collaborative working and partnerships.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date20 April 2026
  2. Completed: Award published2 June 2026
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About the buyer

BlueLight Commercial is the national contracting authority for the blue light sector, set up by the Home Office and policing in 2020. Police and Crime Commissioners and Deputy Mayors of the 43 forces across England and Wales own the organisation, alongside fire and rescue authorities. A board of commissioners and chief officers sets its commercial direction.

National policing bodies and individual forces feed tenders into its shared commercial pipeline.

Over the past 5 years, most of BlueLight Commercial's contract awards have been in software and information systems, IT services and industrial machinery.

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