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Provision of National Driver Offender Retraining Schemes (NDORS) for North, South and West Yorkshire Police Forces (309-POL-26)
West Yorkshire Combined Authority · Local authority
In brief
West Yorkshire Combined Authority has announced plans to buy training work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £48,000,000 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 5 years, up to 8 years with extensions, starting 29 November 2027.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Usually high: a median of 11 bids per contract for this buyer (from 47 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
North Yorkshire Police, South Yorkshire Police and West Yorkshire Police have commenced scoping for the re-procurement of our National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS) contracts. The current contracts expire 28th November 2027, and the forces will be undertaking a joint tender exercise to facilitate the award of three new contracts, one contract per force, to one supplier for all three contracts. We plan to publish the tender February/March 2027, with contract award in July 2027 and allowing 4 months mobilisation prior to contract commencement on 29th November 2027. As part of our preparations, we are conducting this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) with potential suppliers to…Read the full description
North Yorkshire Police, South Yorkshire Police and West Yorkshire Police have commenced scoping for the re-procurement of our National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS) contracts. The current contracts expire 28th November 2027, and the forces will be undertaking a joint tender exercise to facilitate the award of three new contracts, one contract per force, to one supplier for all three contracts.
We plan to publish the tender February/March 2027, with contract award in July 2027 and allowing 4 months mobilisation prior to contract commencement on 29th November 2027.
As part of our preparations, we are conducting this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) with potential suppliers to ensure we get our contractual approach and service specification accurate and clear, and to ensure the tender opportunity is attractive to the market.
If you wish to participate in this tender when it goes live please ensure that you are registered, before February 2027, with our e-tendering portal (the Blue Light National E-Commercial System) which can be accessed via the following link:
https://atamis-7459.my.site.com/s/Welcome
You are also required to register your organisation on the Government’s Central Digital Platform (CDP) – see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-short-guides/suppliers-how-to-register-your-organisation-and-first-administrator-on-find-a-tender-in-three-easy-steps-html for guidance.
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 104112-2026
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 104226-2026
About the buyer
West Yorkshire Combined AuthorityLast 12 months
Procurements
91Awards
48Suppliers it has used most for training
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From notice 104112-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 3 November 2026, last updated 3 November 2026. We last checked for changes on 3 November 2026.