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title: "National Uniform Provision"
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# National Uniform Provision

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-uniform-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-040456). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Metropolitan Police Service: "National Uniform Provision". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Metropolitan Police Service](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/metropolitan-police-service-GB-FTS-128130)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** For the police force, Police uniforms, Public security, law and order services, Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040456`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-uniform-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-040456#tl-md)

## Description
The Metropolitan Police Service are looking to stimulate interest, information and views of the market to deliver its next generation uniform provision which will replace the national contract for a fully managed service for uniform and equipment on 1st April 2026. The contracting authority is looking to host an 'in-person' Supplier Day at a central London location on Wednesday 25th October 2023. The existing contract, which was a first-generation outsourcing will have been in place for 10 years. The Authority is looking for early market engagement to aid identification of opportunities and gauge market interest in this field 
This prior information notice is looking at supplier services to supply force specific/identifiable uniform and equipment, which is open to Police Forces and organisations within the United Kingdom. 
The Authority is seeking market information from suppliers capable of delivering and managing the procurement and uninterrupted supply of a wide range of diverse uniform and equipment products.  At the moment the MPS has over 550 product lines covering 50 different roles for over 47,000 police officers and staff, with an expectation that this will increase which will support our officers and staff by providing them with the right kit and equipment to do their job.  We have a large variety of specialist and unique requirements of uniform currently purchased by other arrangements, which we could look in to bring into this contract, and we would be interested to know how the supply chain may be able to deliver this.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 35000000, 75240000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The National scale that this contract may be open to will be commensurate to up to circa 160,000 officers engaged by 43 forces in England and Wales. The number of officers and staff requiring an item could be anywhere from 10-30,000 per force on eith...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028562-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-09-27T17:40:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T19:55:10.275Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040456