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Published 11 Mar 2026, 11:20 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Bilingual Theatre in Education Programme: Knife Crime / County Lines Prevention

Official notice

Authority: The Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales (Police & fire)

Direct awardSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Wales (UKL)
Awarded value£300,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Bilingual Theatre in Education Programme: Knife Crime / County Lines Prevention Delivery Across All Secondary Schools in North Wales (Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham) North Wales Police (NWP), in partnership with regional education and safeguarding stakeholders, seeks to commission a locally rooted, bilingual (Welsh and English) Theatre in Education programme designed to address knife crime, County Lines exploitation and serious youth violence across all 55 secondary schools in North Wales. The programme will form part of a wider prevention and early intervention strategy and is explicitly aligned with the Welsh Government’s Community Focused Schools (CFS) model.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSMEVCSE
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
80000000 Education and training services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Mar 2026, 11:20 GMT
Last source update
11 Mar 2026, 11:20 GMT
Authority reference
NWP
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-021690
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066710 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Switching Direct Award
Published justification

Specialist Bi lingual Training for school age children regarding Knife Crime.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 11 Mar 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    11 Mar 2026, 11:20 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £300,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published30 Apr 2026 – 29 Apr 2029£300,000—Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales Police & North Wales Police

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PXZV-7812-NGMV Force Headquarters, Glan-y -don, Abergele Road,, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, Wales, LL29 8AWContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender