Official UK procurement notice
7F Carbine Replacement RFI
Authority: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire (Police & fire)·Consortium: 7 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Seven Force Strategic Collaboration Procurement Team is carrying out a Preliminary Market Testing Exercise for Request for Information for Carbine Replacement. Please refer to the 7F-2023-C099 - Carbine Replacement RFI Document for further detail on the information the forces are looking to obtain from interested suppliers. This opportunity is available via the 7 Force Commercial Tendering Portal. To register, visit 7force.force.com/ProSpend__eSourcing_… ↗ If you are already registered on the Portal, you can login here: 7force.force.com/login ↗ Once logged in, visit the 'Find Opportunities' section and click 'Register Interest'. Follow the steps to view the It should be noted that this RFI is not intended to be a call for competition.
CPV: Rifles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Mar 2025, 16:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Mar 2025, 16:02 GMT
- Authority reference
C19331- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007905- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e978Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 Mar 2025 → 4 Mar 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published4 Mar 2025, 16:02 GMT
- Market engagement18 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT
Request for Information process, RFI document requires completion and returning.
- Tender notice expected2 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts233 days ago4 Mar 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Mar 2025, 16:02 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
7 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for CambridgeshireContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for HertfordshireContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for KentContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for NorfolkContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for SuffolkContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for EssexContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender