Official UK procurement notice
ID 6251236 - PSNI - Provision of NIRSP/PSNI FPPC Support Services
Authority: Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) (Central government)·On behalf of: CPD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) seek to appoint a Supplier to provide support services to the Northern Ireland Road Safety Partnership (NIRSP) and PSNI Fixed Penalty Processing Centre (FPPC). The NIRSP evolved from the Northern Ireland Safety Camera Scheme which was introduced into Northern Ireland on 1st July 2003. NIRSP/FPPC operates a mixed economy approach to resources with the PSNI employing a management team, which has responsibility for the governance and oversight of the daily operation of all facets of the partnership function and fixed penalty processing centre. All administration functions are carried out by managed service resources. The PSNI seek to appoint a supplier to provide support services to deliver the above including flexible supply and rostering of resources to meet the NIRSP/FPPC demands to ensure an efficient and effective service is delivered. Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for full detail on the requirements of this contract.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 6 Jun 2033, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Administration services · Police services · Public law and order services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£16,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
As per Tender documentation.
- Technical & professional ability
As per Tender documentation.
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 sub-criteria (7)
- AC1 Implementation and Service Transition: 12%
- AC2 Delivery of Services: 21%
- AC3 Contract Management – Service Delivery: 6%
- AC4 Contract Management – Performance Monitoring and Communication: 6%
- AC5 Data Protection: 4.8%
- AC7 Price: 40%
- AC6 Social Value: 10.2%
Published award criteria (7)
- AC1 Implementation and Service Transition: As per Tender Documentation.
- AC2 Delivery of Services: As per Tender Documentation.
- AC3 Contract Management – Service Delivery: As per Tender Documentation.
- AC4 Contract Management – Performance Monitoring and Communication: As per Tender Documentation.
- AC5 Data Protection: As per Tender Documentation.
- AC6 Social Value: As per Tender Documentation.
- AC7 Price: As per Tender Documentation.
- Economic & financial standing
As per Tender documentation.
- Technical & professional ability
As per Tender documentation.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £10,656,934 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) buys Public security, law and order services (CPV 7524), and who usually turns up
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)’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: Public security, law and order services (CPV 7524) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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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.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside Northern Ireland.
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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.
Half of these awards were announced within 140 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.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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?
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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.
1 bid25% / 5%
2–350% / 21%
4–625% / 26%
7+0% / 47%
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 estimate25% / 40%
Within ±2%25% / 47%
Above estimate50% / 13%
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.
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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 7524Published estimate£16m
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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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid16%
2–348%
4–622%
7+14%
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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.
Based on 2 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£14m–£16m
Estimate£16m
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.
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.
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
VICTIM SUPPORTLarge | £87m28 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 11 live · £20m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=16 |
Ingeus UK LimitedLarge | £82m14 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | 8 live · £1.9bn iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=9 |
| £20m2 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago | 1 live · £20k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £287m3 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
BrakeLarge | £920k3 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 1 live · £15k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
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 match score 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 6 Jun 2033
- First published
- 30 Apr 2025, 11:45 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2026, 13:43 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
ID 6251236- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092857- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050a05Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
The estimated value figure indicated in the Scope Section represents an overall estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the contracting Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Suppliers remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Supplier in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and a Supplier shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority.
- Risks
If at any time during the procurement, or post award, it comes to the attention of the Contracting Authority (CA) or CPD, by whatever means, that a Supplier has become ‘excluded’ or ‘excludable’ as per Sec 57 of the PA 2023, the CA, after compliance with its obligations under the PA 23, reserves the right to exclude said Supplier from the procurement procedure or terminate any contract they have been awarded.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via eTendersNI- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below.
Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer.
The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗
Timeline
30 Apr 2025 → 7 Mar 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published30 Apr 2025, 11:45 BST
- Market engagement21 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Please refer to preliminary market engagement document / questionnaire.
PSNI plan to undertake a supplier event. It is anticipated that this event will take place week commencing 12 May 2025. Suppliers should refer to section 9 of the preliminary market engagement document / questionnaire.
- Next notice expected231 days ago2 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published19 days ago1 Oct 2026, 13:43 BST
- Clarification questions by4 days ago16 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 7 days26 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 44 days2 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 138 days7 Mar 2027
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Apr 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Apr 2025, 11:45 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published1 Oct 2026, 13:43 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £16,000,0001 Oct 2026, 13:43 BSTwas £14,000,000
- Status changed to active1 Oct 2026, 13:43 BST
- Procurement method changed1 Oct 2026, 13:43 BST
- Deadline published: 26 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT1 Oct 2026, 13:43 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- CPDBeneficiary authority
- CPD - Supplies & Services DivisionProcess contact pointProcuring entityConstruction and Procurement Delivery – Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland.
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender