Buyer profile · Police and fire
Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 16
- About one every 23 days
- Contracts awarded
- 36
- To 38 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £61.3m
- 31 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £76k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 3 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands has no tenders open right now.
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £2.5mestimated
- £25mestimated
- £1.94mestimated
- £14mestimated
- £4.58mestimated
- £4mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 9 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)42%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)2%
- Direct award (no competition)56%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 25 days
- Shorter than 93% of police and fire services
- Based on 14 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 42%
- Higher than 70% of police and fire services
- Based on 45 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 56%
- Higher than 57% of police and fire services
- Based on 39 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- Fewer than 67% of police and fire services
- Based on 7 awards
- Split into lots
- 19%
- Higher than 63% of police and fire services
- Based on 16 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 56%
- Higher than 70% of police and fire services
- Based on 45 procurements
- Cancelled
- 6%
- Lower than 56% of police and fire services
- Based on 16 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: 3
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 3 |
| 2–4 bids | 5 |
| 4–6 bids | 8 |
| 6–8 bids | 3 |
| 8–10 bids | 2 |
| 10–12 bids | 0 |
| 12–14 bids | 0 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 0 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
This buyer: 42%
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 and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of Software and Licences-LAZERi-X Semantics | Semantics 21 Ltd | £164k | 12 Jan 2027 |
| Fleet Management System - Licence, Support & Maintenance | Civica UK Limited | — | 31 Jan 2027 |
| Cyber Response Service | Nettitude Ltd | £34k | 9 Feb 2027 |