Official UK procurement notice
Further Market Engagement Event for Next Generation Occupational Health Services at the Metropolitan Police Service
Authority: Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOn the 15th of April, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) held an Early Market Engagement Event for Next Generation' Occupational Health and Wellbeing Services with a view to go out to the Market for these services in Autumn 2026. This was followed up by a number of 1:1 sessions with Suppliers to gain a greater understanding around delivery options and market capability.
A further Market Engagement event is planned for Tuesday 1st September 2026 at 11:00-12:30 via Microsoft Teams. This will be an opportunity for the project team to update the OH Market on our progress, present our preferred Delivery Model for next Generation OH Health and Wellbeing Services and provide an update on procurement opportunities. There will be a chance to feedback initial thoughts and ask questions at this session.
As part of this engagement, suppliers will be invited to provide feedback on these delivery plans in 1:1 sessions held on the 9th and 10th September 2026.
Potential providers are encouraged to attend the market engagement event and subsequent 1:1 sessions (please see engagement section).
Please note - These services are likely to be tendered under "light touch regulations" so MPS preserve the flexibility accordingly.
CPV: Counselling services · Guidance and counselling services · Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime buys Health services (CPV 8510), and who usually turns up
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Health services (CPV 8510) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 66 days of the bid deadline.
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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.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid33% / 24%
2–367% / 33%
4–60% / 26%
7+0% / 17%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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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.
Below estimate5% / 36%
Within ±2%89% / 58%
Above estimate5% / 6%
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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.
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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 85Estimate not published
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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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 2,291 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid24%
2–334%
4–624%
7+18%
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Mar 2026, 11:23 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Aug 2026, 15:25 BST
- Authority reference
5024- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079560- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0678caFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
31 Mar 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published211 days ago31 Mar 2026, 11:23 BST
- Latest notice published69 days ago20 Aug 2026, 15:25 BST
- Market engagement48 days ago10 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
This engagement and subsequent procurement is a unique opportunity for suppliers to be part of an organisational shift towards prevention, early intervention, and facilitation of enhanced personal resilience.
The further market engagement event and 1:1s aims to:
Update the OH Market on the Next Generation OH Health and Wellbeing project which will support staff and officers.
Present our preferred delivery model following an in-depth delivery model assessment process.
Seek feedback from the OH market on those delivery plans.
Strengthen the MPS' relationships with the Occupational Health and Wellbeing provider market.
Provide suppliers with an opportunity to clarify any uncertainties about Next Generation services, or the upcoming tender process(es)
Prepare suppliers to understand if they will be able to fulfil the MPS' requirements.
1:1 Sessions
Following the Further Market Engagement Event on the 1st of September, suppliers are invited to meet with MPS on a 1:1 basis via Microsoft Teams in short sessions on the 9th and 10th September 2026.
The event and 1:1 sessions will be suitable for suppliers who provide a range of integrated Occupational Health and Wellbeing Services as well as those that provide niche/bespoke elements of Occupational Health and Wellbeing support, particularly elements that are related to police and blue-light services, trauma prevention, intervention and counselling, and preventative, predictive & proactive health.
If you would like to attend the Early Market Engagement event and/or book a 1:1 session, please email Eve Matthews at [email protected] by COB on Friday 28th August 2026. Those that have not registered will not be allowed entry to this event.
Further Engagement
For any questions, please email [email protected].
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 153 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Mar 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published31 Mar 2026, 11:23 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Aug 2026, 15:25 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender