Official UK procurement notice
West Midlands First Contact Assessment and Referral, Restorative Justice, and Hate Crime Victims Services
Authority: Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands (Police & fire)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionMARKET ENGAGEMENT EVENT - THURSDAY 14th MAY 2026 - 4pm.
Slides and Q & A: www.westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk/grants-contracts/wes… ↗
The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands, Simon Foster is embarking on an ambitious transformation of victim services across the region. This service specification invites applicants to submit innovative and creative proposals aimed at enhancing support for victims of crime, ensuring that victims’ needs are at the core of service delivery. The goal is to achieve positive, sustainable outcomes at the local level, where victims feel supported, heard, and empowered throughout their journey, whether they are going through the criminal justice system.
The West Midlands has a diverse and growing population, and the PCC is keen to ensure that services are tailored to the specific needs of all individuals. The aim is to create a centre of excellence in victim support, where collaboration, empathy, and responsiveness are at the forefront of service delivery. This approach will contribute to a cohesive and effective system, where all partners, ranging from policing; Local Authorities; Health Services, and voluntary sector organisations work together to provide high-quality, trauma-informed care and support.
CPV: General public services · Justice services · Legal advisory and information services · Legal advisory and representation services · Other community, social and personal services · Police services · Provision of services to the community · Rehabilitation services · Services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published valueLot #1First Contact Assessment and ReferralPlannedRenewalPublished value£0
Lot #2Restorative JusticePlannedRenewalPublished value£0
Lot #3Hate Crime ServicesPlannedRenewalPublished value£0
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up
Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands’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: Social work services (CPV 8531) →
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 registered in West Midlands (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside West Midlands.
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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 57 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.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
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 bid20% / 22%
2–380% / 25%
4–60% / 19%
7+0% / 34%
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 estimate50% / 33%
Within ±2%50% / 67%
Above estimate0% / 0%
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 #1First Contact Assessment and ReferralCPV 85312500No real estimate
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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 64 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid22%
2–325%
4–619%
7+34%
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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.
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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRANSTOUNEarlier contract | West Midlands Arrest Referral Servicestarted Oct 2025 | — | £4.2m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #2Restorative JusticeCPV 85312500No real estimate
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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 64 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid22%
2–325%
4–619%
7+34%
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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.
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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRANSTOUNEarlier contract | West Midlands Arrest Referral Servicestarted Oct 2025 | — | £4.2m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #3Hate Crime ServicesCPV 85312500No real estimate
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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 64 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid22%
2–325%
4–619%
7+34%
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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.
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.
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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRANSTOUNEarlier contract | West Midlands Arrest Referral Servicestarted Oct 2025 | — | £4.2m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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.
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
- 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 Apr 2026, 10:57 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Jul 2026, 17:08 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Dec 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-062997- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067b89Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
will be added at a later date
Timeline
2 Apr 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 6 dates- Planning notice published203 days ago2 Apr 2026, 10:57 BST
- Latest notice published111 days ago3 Jul 2026, 17:08 BST
- Tender notice expected108 days ago6 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline51 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 40 days1 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 160 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
7 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Apr 2026- Planned procurement notice published2 Apr 2026, 10:57 BSTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published2 Apr 2026, 15:33 BSTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published23 Apr 2026, 19:31 BSTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published1 May 2026, 15:38 BSTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published18 May 2026, 11:28 BSTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published3 Jul 2026, 17:08 BSTUK3
- Deadline moved to 1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST3 Jul 2026, 17:08 BST+62 days · was 1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Published amendments (3)
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Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-04: 3 releases · 2 Apr 2026, 23 Apr 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
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