Official UK procurement notice
VOLUNTARY SATELLITE TAGGING DEVICE / SYSTEM
Authority: West Yorkshire Combined Authority (or such other successor body, company, organisation who shall have the responsibility of being the contracting authority of the National Police Air Service or any part or parts thereof) (Local council)·On behalf of: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA competitive flexible procurement was undertaken to award a contract for Voluntary Satellite Tagging System/Device.
The Supplier will provide a voluntary satellite tagging devices along with a system in which the tracking devices and associated equipment can be fitted to wearers safely, comfortably, and durably. "Associated equipment" refers to on body chargers and any other equipment related to the monitoring device.
Although there are no minimum requirements the expected annual usage per force is below;
- West Yorkshire Police: Approx 20-30
- North Yorkshire Police: Approx 10-20
- Humberside Police: Approx 20-40
- South Yorkshire Police: Approx 10-20
- Cleveland Police: Approx 10-15
The supplier will supply all software required to support monitoring, alerting, data transfer, reporting, analytics, and device configuration.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1 - ITT Stage Stage 2 - Preferred Supplier Stage
CPV: Global navigation and positioning systems (GPS or equivalent) · Police equipment · Police services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£850,000
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Jun 2025, 10:08 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2026, 13:10 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 22 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
091-CORP-25- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-034242- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052a4bFind a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1 - ITT Stage
Stage 2 - Preferred Supplier Stage
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 May 2026, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Apr 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Jun 2025 → 6 Oct 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published2 Jun 2025, 10:08 BST
- Market engagement23 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
West Yorkshire Police are getting ready to tender for the Electronic Monitoring Tags requirements. The current contractual arrangements are due to expire 31/01/2026.
As part of our preparations, we are wanting to undertake pre-market engagement with you, potential providers and partners to ensure we get our approach and specification right and that the tender opportunity is attractive to the market.
Please note this preliminary market engagement is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. We are issuing this preliminary market engagement to assess the reaction of the market in order to ensure the procurement process is well-framed, focused, feasible and likely to be of interest to the market.
Please note the following general conditions:
This preliminary market engagement will help us to refine our requirements.
We reserve the right not to proceed with the tender opportunity.
We will not be responsible for, or pay, any costs or losses or expenses which you or others incur during the preparation and submission of your preliminary market engagement response.
We expect that all responses to this preliminary market engagement will be provided by potential suppliers in good faith to the best of their ability in the light of information available at the time of their response.
No information provided by a potential Supplier in response to this preliminary market engagement will be carried forward, used, or acknowledged in any way for the purpose of evaluating the Supplier in any subsequent formal procurement process.
We would also like to take this opportunity to encourage you to register on the West Yorkshire Polices e-procurement portal. If you are interested in tendering for this opportunity once live, you will only be able to access the opportunity here sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/home ↗ . Details on how to register are on the portal. Should you have any difficulties or require further help information support is available (and contact details are provided on the portal)
Please ensure responses are submitted by 23rd June 2025
- Tender notice published188 days ago15 Apr 2026, 14:01 BST
- Clarification questions by175 days ago28 Apr 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline154 days ago19 May 2026, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by119 days ago22 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent91 days ago21 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends80 days ago31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts80 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published14 days ago6 Oct 2026, 13:10 BST
Notice history
11 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Jun 2025, 10:08 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published15 Apr 2026, 14:01 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £850,00015 Apr 2026, 14:01 BST
- Status changed to active15 Apr 2026, 14:01 BST
- Procurement method changed15 Apr 2026, 14:01 BST
- Deadline published: 19 May 2026, 13:00 BST15 Apr 2026, 14:01 BST
- Contract award notice published21 Jul 2026, 14:35 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete21 Jul 2026, 14:35 BST
- Buyer details updated21 Jul 2026, 14:35 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published6 Oct 2026, 13:10 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-06: 1 release · 2 Jun 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buddi LtdSMEWest Yorkshire - Voluntary Satellite Tagging Devices / System1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2030 · up to 31 Jul 2032Extensions: 2 X 12 Months | £356,400 | 21 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
| Buddi LtdSMESouth Yorkshire - Voluntary Satellite Tagging Devices / System1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2030 · up to 31 Jul 2032Extensions: 2 X 12 Months | £237,600 | 21 Jul 2026standstill to 31 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
| Buddi LtdSMENorth Yorkshire - Voluntary Satellite Tagging Devices / System1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2030 · up to 31 Jul 2032Extensions: 2 x 12Months | £237,000 | 21 Jul 2026standstill to 31 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
| Buddi LtdSMEHumberside Police - Voluntary Satellite Tagging Devices / System1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2030 · up to 31 Jul 2032Extensions: 2 x 12months | £475,200 | 21 Jul 2026standstill to 31 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
| Buddi LtdSMECleveland - Voluntary Satellite Tagging Devices / System1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2030 · up to 31 Jul 2032Extensions: 2 x 12months | £178,200 | 21 Jul 2026standstill to 31 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
Contracts
VOLUNTARY SATELLITE TAGGING DEVICE / SYSTEM · Buddi LtdSME
- Signed
- 22 Sept 2026
- Value
- £356,400
- Period
- 22 Sept 2026 – 31 Jul 2030 · up to 31 Jul 2032 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 x 12months
No agreed KPIs: Under 5M Not required
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders · 15 at stage one | 5 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
6 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined AuthorityProcuring entityPublic authority - sub-central governmentContracting Authority included as part of this procurement Exercise
- The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for ClevelandProcuring entityPublic authority - sub-central governmentContracting Authority included as part of this procurement Exercise
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for HumbersideProcuring entityPublic authority - sub-central governmentContracting Authority included as part of this procurement Exercise
- West Yorkshire PoliceContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- York and North Yorkshire Combined AuthorityProcuring entityPublic authority - sub-central governmentContracting Authority included as part of the procurement exercise
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BUDDI LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender