Police Tenders and Contracts

Police procurement covers estates and station works such as roofing, asbestos removal and mobile police stations, vehicles and vehicle maintenance, uniforms and operational footwear, ICT, command and control and digital evidence systems, ANPR and speed detection equipment, and healthcare in custody. Police and crime commissioners also commission victim support, domestic abuse, sexual violence and youth diversion services.

Stotles brings together police tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Police opportunities appear on the Blue Light e-tendering portal, and regional police procurement collaborations such as 7F Commercial Services publish through their own portals.

Police tenders are scored on quality and price, and for estates and equipment buyers look at specification, delivery and after-sales support. Victim and community services are scored on how they protect vulnerable people, how they work with other agencies and the outcomes they report. Staff working in stations and custody often need police vetting, so bids show how you will manage it.

Healthcare in custody in England must be delivered by providers registered with the Care Quality Commission, and security-cleared or police-vetted staff are required for work in police premises. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Forces and commissioners buy through regional collaborations, national frameworks and their own tenders, with vehicles, uniforms and ICT often let across several forces at once. Victim and community services are commissioned by police and crime commissioners, often as grants or multi-year service contracts, and some are co-commissioned with councils.

Police and crime commissioners and police forces across England and Wales are the main buyers, alongside the Scottish Police Authority and the police service in Northern Ireland. The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner and 7F Commercial Services, which buys for several forces, each tender a wide range of contracts, and councils co-commission domestic abuse and victim services.

Watch force estates strategies, police and crime plans, commissioning intentions and preliminary market engagement notices, which show police work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

There is no single police code, so buyers use codes for what they buy. Commissioned services carry 85300000 (Social work and related services), 85312000 (Social work services without accommodation) and 85312300 (Guidance and counselling services), and health services carry 85000000 (Health and social work services) and 85323000 (Community health services).