Buyer profile · Police and fire
Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 6
- About one every 61 days
- Contracts awarded
- 46
- To 45 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £17.3m
- 38 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £71k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 2 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £6mestimated
- £937kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £140kestimated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 5 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)19%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)8%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)6%
- Direct award (no competition)67%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 25 days
- Shorter than 96% of police and fire services
- Based on 6 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 19%
- Lower than 57% of police and fire services
- Based on 36 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 55%
- Higher than 52% of police and fire services
- Based on 47 winning suppliers
- Split into lots
- 0%
- Lower than 74% of police and fire services
- Based on 6 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 67%
- Higher than 80% of police and fire services
- Based on 36 procurements
- Cancelled
- 17%
- Higher than 63% of police and fire services
- Based on 6 tenders
Compared with other police and fire services
This buyer: 25 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: 19%
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: 55%
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 and Crime Commissioner for South Wales.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.
No contracts we hold from Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales end in the next 90 days.
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle conversion | Safeguard VP Ltd | — | 6 Nov 2026 |
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| Softshell Jackets | Cooneen Defence Ltd | — | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Microfleeces | Hunter Apparel Solutions Limited | — | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Compass IOT Limited | Compass Iot Limited | — | 9 Oct 2026 |
| Independent Review of Public Space CCTV Provision in South Wales | Global MSC Security Ltd | — | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Onsite Catering Services | Compass Contract Services Ltd | — | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Consultancy services to design Technology Operating Model and Roadmap | Deloitte MCS Limited | — | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Evidential Breath Testing Instruments - Intoxilyzer 9000 | Lion Laboratories Limited | £343k | 20 Aug 2026 |
| Wide Area Network (WAN) Services | BT plc | — | 20 Aug 2026 |