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# The Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-police-and-crime-commissioner-for-bedfordshire-GB-PPON-PMYD-4367-RCGW). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** The Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire is a Police & fire based in East of England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 19 published procedures, with 1 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** The Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire
- **Classification:** Police & fire
- **Delivery Region:** East of England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PMYD-4367-RCGW` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 1
- **Total Published Procedures:** 19
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £324k (median award: £24k) across 10 of 10 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-police-and-crime-commissioner-for-bedfordshire-GB-PPON-PMYD-4367-RCGW

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 17 (89%), Framework: 2 (11%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Limited / restricted: 9 (47%), Route not published: 6 (32%), Direct award: 2 (11%), Open: 1 (5%), Selective: 1 (5%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 3 notices, last 24 months (16% of this period)
2. **[Other community, social and personal services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/community-cultural-services-98000000) (CPV 98):** 2 notices, last 24 months (11% of this period)
3. **[Administration, defence and social security](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/administration-defence-and-social-security-services-75000000) (CPV 75):** 1 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)
4. **[Security, fire-fighting, police](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/security-fire-fighting-police-and-defence-equipment-35000000) (CPV 35):** 1 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)
5. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 1 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Specialist Computer Centres Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/specialist-computer-centres-plc-coh-01428210):** 4 procedures
2. **[Softcat Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/softcat-plc-coh-02174990):** 1 procedures
3. **[Chess CyberSecurity](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/chess-cybersecurity-coh-02962709):** 1 procedures
4. **[British Telecommunications Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/british-telecommunications-plc-coh-01800000):** 1 procedures
5. **[BT Business Direct Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/bt-business-direct-limited-GB-FTS-167204):** 1 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Neville Special Projects](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/neville-special-projects-coh-00347381):** £80k · [Refurbishment Luton Airport - Enclave](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/refurbishment-luton-airport-enclave-ocds-h6vhtk-05f047)
2. **[Softcat Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/softcat-plc-coh-02174990):** £50k · [Hardware Request -HGST 102 JBOD](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hardware-request-hgst-102-jbod-ocds-h6vhtk-06a84a)
3. **[Specialist Computer Centres Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/specialist-computer-centres-plc-coh-01428210):** £46k · [Dell R760 Server](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dell-r760-server-ocds-h6vhtk-065884)
4. **[British Telecommunications Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/british-telecommunications-plc-coh-01800000):** £45k · [ERSOU SR00583798](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ersou-sr00583798-ocds-h6vhtk-06e31b)
5. **[Hussey Seatway](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/hussey-seatway-coh-04166039):** £28k · [Replacement of retractable tiered seating](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/replacement-of-retractable-tiered-seating-ocds-h6vhtk-064dc6)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 1
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 1
- **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 The Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-police-and-crime-commissioner-for-bedfordshire-GB-PPON-PMYD-4367-RCGW#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-police-and-crime-commissioner-for-bedfordshire-GB-PPON-PMYD-4367-RCGW
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt