Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply of Protective Body Armour
Notice Description
Supply of Protective Body Armour Awarded under Provision of General Patrol and Firearms Body Armour BLC-0023 BlueLight Commercial | Equipment and Uniform | Body Armour
Lot Information
Provision of General Patrol Body Armour
Supply of Protective Body Armour
Provision of Firearms Body ArmourFirearms Body Armour to the Home Office 2017 Standard HO2 and KR1 with HO3 and SG1 upgrade plates.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03503c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005564-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
-
- CPV Codes
35121000 - Security equipment
35815000 - Garments for anti-ballistic protection
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £44,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £44,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £47,682,770 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 12 Aug 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 20 Jan 20233 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Hayley Cairns
- Contact Email
- hayley.cairns@bluelight.police.uk, mojprocurementsecurity@justice.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 02033343555, +44 7811028231
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BIRMINGHAM
- Postcode
- B4 6DG
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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