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Buyer profile · Police and fire
Metropolitan Police Service tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime
- Tenders published
- 34
- About one every 11 days
- Contracts awarded
- 64
- To 63 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £149m
- 41 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £150k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 7
- 4 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £650kestimated
- £4.79mestimated
- £1.77mestimated
- £4.5mestimated
- £1.26mestimated
- £1.82mestimated
- £11.2mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £7.75mestimated
- £350mestimated
- £2.9mestimated
- £11.5mestimated
- £8mestimated
- £3.68mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £24mestimated
- £7.5mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 11 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)52%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)4%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)13%
- Direct award (no competition)31%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Metropolitan Police Service has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 31 days
- Longer than 50% of police and fire services
- Based on 26 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 52%
- Higher than 75% of police and fire services
- Based on 91 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 64%
- Higher than 68% of police and fire services
- Based on 67 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 2
- Fewer than 75% of police and fire services
- Based on 36 awards
- Split into lots
- 18%
- Lower than 60% of police and fire services
- Based on 34 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 31%
- Lower than 56% of police and fire services
- Based on 91 procurements
- Cancelled
- 3%
- Higher than 57% of police and fire services
- Based on 34 tenders
Compared with other police and fire services
Metropolitan Police Service: 31 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 0 |
| 25–30 days | 11 |
| 30–35 days | 15 |
| 35–40 days | 3 |
| 40–45 days | 0 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Metropolitan Police Service: 2
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 2 |
| 2–4 bids | 6 |
| 4–6 bids | 6 |
| 6–8 bids | 3 |
| 8–10 bids | 3 |
| 10–12 bids | 0 |
| 12–14 bids | 0 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 0 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
Metropolitan Police Service: 52%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 13 |
| 10–20% | 11 |
| 20–30% | 7 |
| 30–40% | 4 |
| 40–50% | 3 |
| 50–60% | 7 |
| 60–70% | 3 |
| 70–80% | 3 |
| 80–90% | 3 |
| 90–100% | 4 |
Metropolitan Police Service: 64%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 1 |
| 10–20% | 1 |
| 20–30% | 4 |
| 30–40% | 6 |
| 40–50% | 4 |
| 50–60% | 15 |
| 60–70% | 12 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 3 |
| 90–100% | 1 |
Each column is a group of police and fire services with similar figures. The coloured column holds Metropolitan Police Service.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Police Service's Progress Review - Consultancy Support | Suzanne Jacob Consulting | £90k | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Vehicle Glass and Windscreen Replacement | Cary UK Ltd | £100k | 21 Oct 2026 |
| London Race Action Plan (LRAP) Next Phase Support | Mahogany Inclusion Partners Limited | £117k | 13 Nov 2026 |
| EV Transition | Dynamon Ltd | — | 1 Dec 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOPAC: Training Provider for the Community Scrutiny Transformation Programme | Enlighten Training & Consultancy Limited | — | 15 Sept 2026 |
| Contingent labour contract | Evisa Solutions Limited | — | 15 Sept 2026 |
| DNA Reagents and DNA Equipment Servicing | Qiagen Limited | — | 15 Sept 2026 |
| Provision of standalone processing server and AI service for Metropolitan Police Forensic Services | XMA Limited | — | 10 Sept 2026 |
| VRU - Expert Partner for Youth Digital Safety in London | Public IO, Social Development Direct Ltd | — | 8 Sept 2026 |
| Glue Cabinets - servicing (ForenteQ Limited NINcha M31, MEGAfumes, and MOBIfume) | Forenteq Limited | — | 4 Sept 2026 |
| Provision of OSINT Screening for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) | Neotas Limited | £6.76m | 24 Aug 2026 |
| Metropolitan Police Service Value Added Reseller (VAR) Framework | Softcat plc, Computacenter | — | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Workforce Development Programme | London Youth (The Federation of London Youth Clubs) | £1.2m | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Protect and Prepare Capability (Role Player) | Crisiscast Ltd | — | 10 Aug 2026 |