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Published 17 Jun 2026, 11:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

The Provision of The Drive Project (Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Intervention)

Authority: The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire (Police & fire)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 8 Jul 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Sept 2028 · starts 1 Oct 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire would like to partner with a Provider to deliver the Drive Project (domestic abuse perpetrator intervention) across Northamptonshire.

The Drive Project is a response to domestic abuse that aims to reduce the number of child and adult victims of domestic abuse by disrupting and changing perpetrator behaviour. It implements a whole-system approach through an intensive individual case management intervention alongside a co-ordinated multi-agency response to drive perpetrators to change their behaviour. The Drive Project focuses on increasing victim safety alongside the crucial protective work of victims' services.

The Drive Project focuses on priority high-risk or serial perpetrators, both male and female, aged 16 and over, as this group carries the greatest risk of serious harm and engage poorly in available services. By addressing perpetrators' behaviour Drive targets the root cause of domestic abuse and improves outcomes for victims and children. The key objectives are to:

  • Reduce the number of serial perpetrators of domestic abuse
  • Reduce the number of repeat and new victims
  • Reduce the harm caused to victims and children

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 2 yrsVCSE
Contract period: 1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2028 (2 yrs)
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: VCSE eligible

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up

The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire’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 and social work services (CPV 85) →

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How the contest usually goes

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

Question for the bid
The marketHealth and social work services (CPV 85) · East Midlands
What 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: 3 of 8 known-size awards · market: division 85 · East Midlands, n=905
38%47%

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.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in East Midlands.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 5 known-location awards · market: division 85 · East Midlands, n=1,210
20%49%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 decided notices · market: division 85 · East Midlands, n=124
90 days46 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 90 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.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: exactly 6 of 8 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 85 · East Midlands, n=917
75%69%

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer9 lots with bid counts · all categories
11% had one bid
The market215 lots with bid counts · division 85 · East Midlands
18% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid11% / 18%
Buyer: 1 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 39 of 215 lots with published bid counts.
2–322% / 34%
Buyer: 2 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 73 of 215 lots with published bid counts.
4–644% / 24%
Buyer: 4 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 51 of 215 lots with published bid counts.
7+22% / 24%
Buyer: 2 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 52 of 215 lots with published bid counts.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyerToo few to chart: 2 lots with estimate and award, 5 needed · broad CPV 85
The market158 lots with estimate and award · division 85 · East Midlands
32% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate32%
Market: 51 of 158 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%59%
Market: 94 of 158 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate8%
Market: 13 of 158 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 8524 monthsEstimate not published

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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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. The bar shows 215 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet18% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 215 similar lots
1 bid18%
39 of 215 similar past lots received 1 bid (18%).
2–334%
73 of 215 similar past lots received 2–3 (34%).
4–624%
51 of 215 similar past lots received 4–6 (24%).
7+24%
52 of 215 similar past lots received 7+ (24%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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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.

—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?
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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.

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
Procedure method
Open procedure
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
17 Jun 2026, 11:36 BST
Last source update
17 Jun 2026, 11:36 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 10 Sept 2026
Authority reference
CR202604025
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-057030
Latest notice
Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b6ce Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
12 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
29 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

17 Jun 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 6 dates
  1. Planning notice published129 days ago
    17 Jun 2026, 11:36 BST
  2. Tender notice expected108 days ago
    8 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Clarification questions by87 days ago
    29 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Submission deadline73 days ago
    12 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
  5. Award decision expected by44 days ago
    10 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract starts24 days ago
    1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    17 Jun 2026, 11:36 BST
    UK3

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, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQZB-4253-GCQD Darby House, Darby Close, Park Farm Industrial Estate, Wellingborough, East Midlands, NN8 6GSContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

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