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

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-police-and-crime-commissioner-for-cambridgeshire-GB-PPON-PYNN-7542-TPNQ). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire is a Police & fire based in East of England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 52 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire
- **Classification:** Police & fire
- **Delivery Region:** East of England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PYNN-7542-TPNQ` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 52
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £11m (median award: £41k) across 45 of 45 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-police-and-crime-commissioner-for-cambridgeshire-GB-PPON-PYNN-7542-TPNQ

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 3.5 bids (median of 6 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 17% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 25% above the published estimate (median of 1 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 51 (98%), Dynamic purchasing system: 1 (2%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Limited / restricted: 21 (40%), Direct award: 16 (31%), Open: 10 (19%), Route not published: 5 (10%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 9 notices, last 24 months (17% of this period)
2. **[Other community, social and personal services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/community-cultural-services-98000000) (CPV 98):** 5 notices, last 24 months (10% of this period)
3. **[Administration, defence and social security](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/administration-defence-and-social-security-services-75000000) (CPV 75):** 2 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
4. **[Electrical machinery](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/electrical-machinery-apparatus-equipment-and-consumables-lig-31000000) (CPV 31):** 1 notices, last 24 months (2% of this period)
5. **[Furniture, furnishings, domestic appliances](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/furniture-incl-office-furniture-furnishings-domestic-applian-39000000) (CPV 39):** 1 notices, last 24 months (2% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Specialist Computer Centres Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/specialist-computer-centres-plc-coh-01428210):** 5 procedures
2. **[Softcat Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/softcat-plc-coh-02174990):** 3 procedures
3. **[CDW Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cdw-limited-coh-02465350):** 3 procedures
4. **[Red Snapper Managed Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/red-snapper-managed-services-limited-coh-11348857):** 2 procedures (3 awards)
5. **[Computacenter](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/computacenter-coh-03110569):** 2 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cambridge-rape-crisis-centre-coh-ce015090):** £4.9m · [Sexual Violence Support Service for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sexual-violence-support-service-for-cambridgeshire-and-peterborough-ocds-h6vhtk-060d67)
2. **[Red Snapper Managed Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/red-snapper-managed-services-limited-coh-11348857):** £1.1m · [DRIVE Project for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/drive-project-for-cambridgeshire-and-peterborough-ocds-h6vhtk-05f6de)
3. **[Red Snapper Managed Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/red-snapper-managed-services-limited-coh-11348857):** £1.1m · [DRIVE Project for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/drive-project-for-cambridgeshire-and-peterborough-ocds-h6vhtk-05f6de) · Awarded: 6 Jul 2026
4. **[Peterborough Womens Aid](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/peterborough-womens-aid-GB-FTS-43591):** £738k · [Specialist Domestic Abuse Support Service - Medium Risk](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-domestic-abuse-support-service-medium-risk-ocds-h6vhtk-05603d)
5. **[ALT BERG LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/alt-berg-limited-coh-02563160):** £656k · [Footwear](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/footwear-ocds-h6vhtk-0656e7) · Awarded: 19 Mar 2026

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 4
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 8
- **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 Cambridgeshire intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-police-and-crime-commissioner-for-cambridgeshire-GB-PPON-PYNN-7542-TPNQ#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-cambridgeshire-GB-PPON-PYNN-7542-TPNQ
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt