Official UK procurement notice
Decontamination Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottinghamshire (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFor more information and access to the Tender documentation, please follow the link below;
nottinghamshirepolice.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottinghamshire requires the provision of decontamination services to support policing operations across our custody suites, fleet vehicles, and potential crime scenes.
The scope of the service includes, but is not limited to:
Custody environments - deep cleaning and decontamination of cells, holding areas, and associated facilities following incidents involving contamination or biohazards
Fleet vehicles - specialist cleaning and sanitisation of police vehicles exposed to biological or chemical contamination
Crime scenes - provision of forensic-aware cleaning services where required, ensuring no compromise to evidential integrity and in line with police instruction
Needle and sharps removal and safe disposal of hazardous waste
Emergency response capability, including out-of-hours call-outs where necessary
The provider must comply with all relevant health and safety legislation, environmental regulations, and industry best practice, including the handling and disposal of hazardous waste.
All personnel engaged in delivering the service must be appropriately trained, vetted, and equipped, with an understanding of working within sensitive policing environments and maintaining confidentiality at all times.
CPV: Cleaning and sanitation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£90,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 27 Jul 2026, 11:54 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jul 2026, 11:54 BST
- Authority reference
NOTTS-000314- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-070729- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d427Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Bidders will have created a user account when registering via the e-Tendering Portal, Atamis. The user account will include details of the Bidder's primary contact point for all communications. It is the sole responsibility of each Bidder to ensure that the contact information it has entered for its organisation on the Portal is accurate and up to date.
The Force will only communicate with the Bidder via the Portal and the Force shall not be responsible for contacting the Bidder through any other route.
If you encounter any technical difficulties, access issues, or unexpected errors while using the Atamis portal, please contact support immediately at [email protected].
Prior to participating in this ITT, Potential Providers are required to register their details on the Buyers Portal here:
Timeline
27 Jul 2026 → 5 Oct 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published87 days ago27 Jul 2026, 11:54 BST
- Clarification questions by76 days ago7 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline55 days ago28 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts17 days ago5 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published27 Jul 2026, 11:54 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender