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# British Transport Police Authority · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/british-transport-police-authority-gov-pb461). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** British Transport Police Authority is a Police & fire based in Greater London. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 51 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** British Transport Police Authority
- **Classification:** Police & fire
- **Delivery Region:** Greater London
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PXCV-1424-DYJV` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 51
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £22m (median award: £43k) across 47 of 47 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** govuk-organisations (British Transport Police Authority)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/british-transport-police-authority-gov-pb461

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4 bids (median of 1 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 47% above the published estimate (median of 1 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 51 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Limited / restricted: 28 (55%), Route not published: 12 (24%), Direct award: 8 (16%), Open: 3 (6%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 4 notices, last 24 months (8% of this period)
2. **[Electrical machinery](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/electrical-machinery-apparatus-equipment-and-consumables-lig-31000000) (CPV 31):** 2 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
3. **[Radio, television, communication](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/radio-television-communication-telecommunication-and-related-32000000) (CPV 32):** 2 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
4. **[Office and computing machinery](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/office-and-computing-machinery-equipment-and-supplies-except-30000000) (CPV 30):** 1 notices, last 24 months (2% of this period)
5. **[Laboratory, optical and precision](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/laboratory-optical-and-precision-equipments-excl-glasses-38000000) (CPV 38):** 1 notices, last 24 months (2% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Softcat Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/softcat-plc-coh-02174990):** 4 procedures
2. **[Computacenter (UK) Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/computacenter-uk-ltd-coh-01584718):** 3 procedures
3. **[HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/hays-specialist-recruitment-limited-coh-00975677):** 2 procedures
4. **[THRIVE LEARNING LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/thrive-learning-limited-coh-10988277):** 2 procedures
5. **[British Telecommunications Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/british-telecommunications-plc-coh-01800000):** 2 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Computacenter](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/computacenter-coh-03110569):** £14m · [End User Device](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/end-user-device-ocds-h6vhtk-06f5be)
2. **[Axon Public Safety UK Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/axon-public-safety-uk-ltd-coh-07390059):** £3.9m · [Body Worn Video](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/body-worn-video-ocds-h6vhtk-06fa8b)
3. **[NICE Systems UK Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/nice-systems-uk-ltd-GB-COH-0340304):** £1.1m · [Digital Evidence Management Solution](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-evidence-management-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-067a1b)
4. **[Appropriate Adults UK](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/appropriate-adults-uk-aa-uk-coh-08323552):** £676k · [Appropriate Adult Service 2026](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/appropriate-adult-service-2026-ocds-h6vhtk-058a20) · Awarded: 31 Oct 2025
5. **[Computacenter (UK) Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/computacenter-uk-ltd-coh-01584718):** £392k · [HP Elitebook purchase](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hp-elitebook-purchase-ocds-h6vhtk-059d0b)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 9
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 15
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full British Transport Police Authority intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/british-transport-police-authority-gov-pb461#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/british-transport-police-authority-gov-pb461
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt