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title: "Pre Market Engagement - Public Order Personal Protective Equipment and Ancillary Items"
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# Pre Market Engagement - Public Order Personal Protective Equipment and Ancillary Items

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-public-order-personal-protective-equipment-and-ancillary-items-ocds-h6vhtk-068859). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police: "Pre Market Engagement - Public Order Personal Protective Equipment and Ancillary Items". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £300,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [The Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-chief-constable-of-thames-valley-police-GB-PPON-PQWX-7678-NJGQ)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Police uniforms
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-public-order-personal-protective-equipment-and-ancillary-items-ocds-h6vhtk-068859#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-068859`

## 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/pre-market-engagement-public-order-personal-protective-equipment-and-ancillary-items-ocds-h6vhtk-068859#tl-md)

## Description
Thames Valley Police (TVP) is the largest non-metropolitan police force in the country and polices the counties of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. It also provides services to a number of other forces under collaborative arrangements. The force employs nearly 10,000 officers and staff. 
TVP, like many organisations is looking to improve the quality and efficiency of the goods and services purchased for the various force departments, in this instance, the kit, equipment and ancillary items the Public Order Department are issued with in support of their various training, support and operational requirements.
This, if not already having done so, will require you registering on Sell2BlueLight (https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/home), you will also need to connect to the Thames Valley portal. 
To do this, please navigate to the "Portals" page, locate Thames Valley, and select "Register with Organisations". 
This is a one-click action, you do not need to complete a full registration again. Once this is completed you should be able to access the project (OP26008 /system ID 70) and any associated documents and create and respond to correspondence and add attachments.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 35811200

- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2027 to 31/01/2032

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036531-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-22T11:05:30.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:24:33.487Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-068859