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BLC0160 Framework for the Provision of ARV / ARVO Uniform

Buyer: BlueLight Commercial Ltd →

BuyerBlueLight Commercial Ltd
StatusClosed
Deadline27 Mar 2025
Value£38,000,000
Published6 Feb 2025

What is being bought

BlueLight Commercial are advertising to the market a framework for the provision of ARV / ARVO Uniform including 5 lots, Boots, Gloves, Balaclavas and Snoods, Shirts and Trousers. A National framework available to all 43 Police forces and wider bluelight organisations.

Delivery location

UK · UK · UK · UK · UK

Categories

Police uniforms 35811200Police uniforms 35811200

Lot details

Lot 1 AFO Boots

AFO Boots

Statusactive

Lot 2 AFO Gloves

AFO Gloves

Statusactive

Lot 3 Balaclavas and Snoods

AFO Balaclavas and Snoods

Statusactive

Lot 4 AFO Shirts

AFO Shirts

Statusactive

Lot 5 AFO Trousers

AFO Trousers

Statusactive

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Police uniformsNot published
2Police uniformsNot published
3Police uniformsNot published
4Police uniformsNot published
5Police uniformsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 35. The category anchor is Police uniforms (35811200); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 352,3153 median · 33 average (857 of 2,315 with a bid count)3.7 average (997 of 2,315 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK8854 median · 64.8 average (301 of 885 with a bid count)5.6 average (372 of 885 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)11083 median · 83 average (1 of 110 with a bid count)13 average (1 of 110 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNo
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04da9f
Latest release ID003958-2025
Latest release timestampThu Feb 06 2025 12:52:18 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-03-27T13:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: start2025-03-27T13:01:00Z
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£38,000,000
Tender lots in source5
Tender items in source5
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
6 Feb 2025tender003958-2025
31 Jan 2025planning003302-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
6 Feb 2025 · 003958-2025 · tender
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