Buyer profile · Police and fire

Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham tenders and contracts

North EastDurhamWebsite

Tenders published
3
About one every 122 days
Contracts awarded
70
To 50 different suppliers
Value awarded
£22m
69 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£56k
Median value awarded
Open now
1
5 contracts end in 90 days

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

  1. BLC0360 - Drug Test on Arrest (DToA) Referral and Intervention Service

    North EastSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    OpenNew10 days leftSmall contract

    £220kestimated

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. The Drive Project Market Engagement

    North EastSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 3 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).

  1. 2 contracts
  2. 4 contracts
  3. 5 contracts
  4. 4 contracts
  5. 3 contracts
  6. 4 contracts
  7. 3 contracts
  8. 2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)6%
  • Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)6%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)2%
  • Direct award (no competition)86%
Based on 65 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Advertised openly
6%
Lower than 84% of police and fire services
Based on 65 procurements
Won by small firms
49%
Lower than 70% of police and fire services
Based on 70 winning suppliers
Direct awards
86%
Higher than 91% of police and fire services
Based on 65 procurements

Compared with other police and fire services

Advertised openly, 58 police and fire services
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%13
10–20%10
20–30%7
30–40%5
40–50%3
50–60%7
60–70%3
70–80%2
80–90%4
90–100%4
Won by small firms, 54 police and fire services
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%1
10–20%1
20–30%3
30–40%7
40–50%7
50–60%11
60–70%13
70–80%7
80–90%4
90–100%0

Each column is a group of police and fire services with similar figures. The coloured column holds Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham.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.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
SBC Software Assurance and UC SupportCorporate Project Solutions Limited£19k11 Oct 2026
DVR Examiner SubscriptionPhoenix Software Limited£4,64231 Oct 2026
CLIO Software Maintenance & SupportAltia Solutions Ltd£9,22224 Nov 2026
Durham PUP Additional Oracle Licences with S&MOracle Corporation UK Limited£15k29 Nov 2026
Duty Sheet SoftwareAccess UK Limited£11k19 Dec 2026

22 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards