Official UK procurement notice
Consultancy for Transition Programme to Mayoral Combined Authority
Authority: The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Cumbria (Police & fire)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£65,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 6 Jan 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Jennifer Anne Newberry
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionConsultancy provision to help support the transition to Mayoral Combined Authority.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
79410000 Business and management consultancy services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 9 Sept 2026, 08:22 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2026, 08:22 BST
- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f51e
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £65,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Jan 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Anne Newberry | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Jennifer Anne Newberry
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- £65,000
- Period
- 7 Jan 2026 — 10 May 2027
- Status
- active
- Options
- A blanket value has been provided of £65,000.00. The OPFCC team have flexibility to purchase further consultancy days within the contract.
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published9 Sept 2026, 08:22 BSTUK7
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Jennifer Anne NewberryAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender