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# Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/police-and-crime-commissioner-for-south-wales-GB-PPON-PYVQ-9856-GTXR). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales is a Police & fire based in Wales (Cymru). Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 110 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales
- **Classification:** Police & fire
- **Delivery Region:** Wales (Cymru)
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PYVQ-9856-GTXR` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 110
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £7.7m (median award: £67k) across 59 of 59 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/police-and-crime-commissioner-for-south-wales-GB-PPON-PYVQ-9856-GTXR

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 3 bids (median of 3 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** at the published estimate (median of 1 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 72 (95%), Framework: 4 (5%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Direct award: 31 (41%), Route not published: 30 (39%), Open: 9 (12%), Limited / restricted: 5 (7%), Selective: 1 (1%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Repair and maintenance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/repair-maintenance-50000000) (CPV 50):** 5 notices, last 24 months (7% of this period)
2. **[Security, fire-fighting, police](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/security-fire-fighting-police-and-defence-equipment-35000000) (CPV 35):** 3 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
3. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 3 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
4. **[Radio, television, communication](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/radio-television-communication-telecommunication-and-related-32000000) (CPV 32):** 2 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)
5. **[Industrial machinery](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/industrial-machinery-42000000) (CPV 42):** 1 notices, last 24 months (1% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/riverside-industrial-equipment-limited-coh-01711968):** 3 procedures (6 awards)
2. **[Softcat Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/softcat-plc-coh-02174990):** 2 procedures
3. **[THE PRIORY FOR WALES OF THE MOST VENERABLE ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-priory-for-wales-of-the-most-venerable-order-of-the-hosp-coh-05071073):** 2 procedures
4. **[Process Evolution](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/process-evolution-coh-04983030):** 2 procedures
5. **[Energy Containment Concepts Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/energy-containment-concepts-ltd-coh-05447392):** 2 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Matrix Biohazard Services Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/matrix-biohazard-services-ltd-coh-06514324):** £1.2m · [Contract for the Provision of Specialist Vehicle Cleaning and Decontamination](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-the-provision-of-specialist-vehicle-cleaning-and-decontamination-ocds-h6vhtk-04e5dd)
2. **[New Pathways](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/new-pathways-GB-FTS-133556):** £1.2m · [Provision of  Crisis Workers in Sexual Assault Referral Centres](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-crisis-workers-in-sexual-assault-referral-centres-ocds-h6vhtk-04cc88)
3. **[G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/g4s-secure-solutions-uk-ltd-coh-04992207):** £550k · [Offender Intervention Services for South Wales](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/offender-intervention-services-for-south-wales-ocds-h6vhtk-069796)
4. **[Lion Laboratories Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/lion-laboratories-ltd-coh-01591869):** £343k · [Evidential Breath Testing Instruments - Intoxilyzer 9000](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/evidential-breath-testing-instruments-intoxilyzer-9000-ocds-h6vhtk-06ddca) · Awarded: 6 Aug 2026
5. **[RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/riverside-industrial-equipment-limited-coh-01711968):** £330k · [Planned and Reactive Mechanical Maintenance](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/planned-and-reactive-mechanical-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-060ab3)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 10
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 25
- **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 Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/police-and-crime-commissioner-for-south-wales-GB-PPON-PYVQ-9856-GTXR#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/police-and-crime-commissioner-for-south-wales-GB-PPON-PYVQ-9856-GTXR
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt
