Official UK procurement notice
Body Worn Cameras — UK public procurement notice
Authority: WM TRAINS LIMITED (Public body)
Sectors: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35)Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£1,092,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 6 Oct 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Halo Technologies Europe Ltd t/a HALOS
What is being bought
Published requirement description-Lease of 700 body worn cameras
- Associated data and back-office support (including data, hosting, servicing, security and
asset replacement) for 700 x leased and 500 x WM Trains-owned cameras.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
35125300 Security cameras48730000 Security software package
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
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award — no call for competition
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 Oct 2026, 17:33 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2026, 17:33 BST
- Authority reference
3927- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094468- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078212Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
- WM Trains currently owns 500 body-worn cameras that have an estimated remaining operational life of approximately two years and continue to meet business requirements. The existing estate is supported through Halo's software platform and associated security infrastructure. Halo has confirmed that the owned devices are not technically compatible with alternative suppliers' software solutions. As a result, replacing the incumbent supplier at this stage would require the premature decommissioning of 500 functional assets that retain significant residual value. The loss of that residual value would represent an inefficient use of public resources and would materially reduce the benefits that could otherwise be achieved through a change in supplier. Maintaining the existing Halo platform while procuring an alternative solution for the wider estate would also necessitate the operation of parallel systems, creating additional technical, operational and contract-management burdens, including increased training requirements, duplicated support arrangements and potential impacts on user competence and service consistency. In recognition of the remaining operational life of the existing owned assets, all additional body-worn cameras supplied under the proposed agreement will be provided on a lease basis rather than through outright purchase. This approach avoids further investment in owned hardware, provides greater flexibility during the transition period, and supports the development of a future competitive procurement strategy. By aligning new assets to a leasing model, WM Trains will be better positioned to undertake a single competitive procurement exercise for the entire estate once the currently owned assets reach end of life, enabling a controlled transition to a replacement solution and avoiding the need for further interim arrangements. WM Trains therefore considers that changing supplier during the remaining lifecycle of the current assets would give rise to disproportionate technical difficulties and unnecessary cost. A two-year direct award will enable the authority to extract full value from its existing investment, avoid the premature obsolescence of operational equipment, and create a clear pathway to a future competitive procurement of the entire body-worn camera estate at an appropriate point in the asset lifecycle.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
2 published dates · Europe/London- Notice published2 days ago6 Oct 2026, 17:33 BST
- Standstill endsin 7 days15 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £1,092,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halo Technologies Europe Ltd t/a HALOSSME30 Nov 2026 — 30 Nov 2028 | £1,092,000 | 6 Oct 2026standstill to 15 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Oct 2026- Contract signature expected16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published6 Oct 2026, 17:33 BSTUK6
- Transparency notice published6 Oct 2026, 17:15 BSTUK5
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HALO TECHNOLOGIES EUROPE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender