Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 11 May 2026, 08:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Ear and Eye Protection for operational Police Dogs

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

GoodsSME suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jun 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey are exploring the market for the supply of ear and eye protection for our operational dogs. These dogs may be deployed during operations where distraction devices such as flash bangs or other incapacitating devices are used and may be in close proximity to such deployments. In light of this, the Force is seeking to understand what suitable protective products are currently available on the market, along with information regarding product performance, durability, and expected lifespan.

If your organisation wishes to respond to this request for information, please email: [email protected] to request the submission form.

Closing date for receipt of completed forms is 29th May 2026

Alternatively if you wish to connect to Surrey and Surrey Police to see this opportunity and others you can register on In-tend to view all view opportunities now and in the future.

  1. Register to In-Tend sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/register ↗
  2. Once registered, log into the portal and click on the Portal button in the top right corner
  3. Scroll down the list to find Surrey Police and click where it says register with organisation. It should then link you to the Surrey Police where you can access live opportunities. To Connect also to Sussex Police, follow step 2 and 3 this time for Sussex Police.
  4. It does take 10-15 minutes sometimes for the connection to process through but you should then be able to access any open opportunities.

CPV: Police uniforms · Protective gear · Protective goggles · Protective headgear

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How The Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey buys Eye care products and corrective lenses (CPV 3373), and who usually turns up

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Eye care products and corrective lenses (CPV 3373) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bidWhat to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 16 of 47 known-size awards · market: CPV 3373 · UK-wide, n=7
34%29%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in South East England (authority’s region).

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 33 of 59 known-location awards · market: division 33 · South East England (authority’s region), n=161
56%30%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in South East England.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 decided notices · market: division 33 · South East England (authority’s region), n=7
57 days42 days

Half of these awards were announced within 57 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 76 of 86 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 3373 · UK-wide, n=11
88%82%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer4 lots with bid counts · all categories · too few to chart
The market13 lots with bid counts · division 33 · South East England (authority’s region)
23% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid23%
Market: 3 of 13 lots with published bid counts.
2–362%
Market: 8 of 13 lots with published bid counts.
4–615%
Market: 2 of 13 lots with published bid counts.
7+0%
Market: 0 of 13 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer3 lots with estimate and award · all categories · too few to chart
The market12 lots with estimate and award · division 33 · South East England (authority’s region)
33% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate33%
Market: 4 of 12 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%50%
Market: 6 of 12 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate17%
Market: 2 of 12 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 337324 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 13 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet23% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 13 similar lots
1 bid23%
3 of 13 similar past lots received 1 bid (23%).
2–362%
8 of 13 similar past lots received 2–3 (62%).
4–615%
2 of 13 similar past lots received 4–6 (15%).
7+0%
0 of 13 similar past lots received 7+ (0%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
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
11 May 2026, 08:19 BST
Last source update
11 May 2026, 08:19 BST
Authority reference
JPS3215
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-042778
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Police uniformsProtective gearProtective gogglesProtective headgear
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069534 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

11 May 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published164 days ago
    11 May 2026, 08:19 BST
  2. Market engagement146 days ago
    29 May 2026, 23:59 BST

    To request a copy of the submission form please email [email protected]

    Alternatively follow the registration instructions within the description to link to both the Surrey and Sussex tenant portal to access this and all other live opportunities current and in the future.

  3. Tender notice expected143 days ago
    1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts52 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 May 2026, 08:19 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PTBH-8315-RNZP PO Box 412, Guildford, South East, GU3 1YJContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure