Buyer profile · Police and fire
Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside & Chief Constable for Merseyside tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 7
- About one every 52 days
- Contracts awarded
- 43
- To 40 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £4.3m
- 39 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £53k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 2 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £5mestimated
- £3mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £150kestimated
- 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).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)13%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)4%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)4%
- Direct award (no competition)80%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside & Chief Constable for Merseyside has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 35 days
- Longer than 89% of police and fire services
- Based on 7 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 13%
- Lower than 68% of police and fire services
- Based on 55 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 56%
- Higher than 54% of police and fire services
- Based on 43 winning suppliers
- Split into lots
- 43%
- Higher than 89% of police and fire services
- Based on 7 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 80%
- Higher than 88% of police and fire services
- Based on 55 procurements
- Cancelled
- 29%
- Higher than 89% of police and fire services
- Based on 7 tenders
Compared with other police and fire services
This buyer: 35 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 1 |
| 25–30 days | 12 |
| 30–35 days | 11 |
| 35–40 days | 4 |
| 40–45 days | 0 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 13%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 15 |
| 10–20% | 10 |
| 20–30% | 7 |
| 30–40% | 4 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 2 |
| 60–70% | 3 |
| 70–80% | 3 |
| 80–90% | 2 |
| 90–100% | 3 |
This buyer: 56%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 0 |
| 20–30% | 1 |
| 30–40% | 4 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 16 |
| 60–70% | 10 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 5 |
| 90–100% | 1 |
Each column is a group of police and fire services with similar figures. The coloured column holds Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside & Chief Constable for Merseyside.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Replacement ANPR Cameras | Siemens plc | £57k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| Community Fund Management | Community Foundations for Lancashire and Merseyside | £350k | 31 Dec 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Supply and Distribution of Sandwiches and Associated products | Simply Lunch | £320k | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Innkeeper - Liquor Licensing System S&M | WPC Software Limited | — | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Openscape software upgrade | Virgin Media Business Limited | — | 22 Oct 2026 |
| STORM Support and Maintenance | Sopra Steria Limited | £1.47m | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Chips Firearms support and license renewal | C.h.i. (UK) Limited | — | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Gridsmart | Gridsmart Limited | — | 14 Sept 2026 |
| Scality upgrade | Softcat plc | — | 11 Sept 2026 |
| Supply of ORBIS Annual License | Simunix Limited | — | 11 Sept 2026 |
| Supply and support of servers | GBM Digital Technologies Ltd (Trading as Sync) | — | 4 Sept 2026 |
| E-Safe Software licenses | Esafe Global Limited | — | 1 Sept 2026 |