Notice Information
Notice Title
Healthcare and Forensic Services in Custody (Ref. 049-POL-24)
Notice Description
West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) as the contracting authority for West Yorkshire Police (WYP) wish to invite Suppliers for the provision of healthcare and forensic services in custody. The Supplier is required to deliver a high quality and cost effective service, which meets the healthcare requirements of detainees and assists with the recovery of forensic evidence, whilst working to reduce re-offending. The Supplier must deliver a 24/7/365 embedded service in all Force custody suites, at; Elland Rd (Leeds DHQ) Stainbeck (Leeds) Trafalgar House (Bradford) Halifax (Calderdale) Dewsbury (Kirklees) (New station opening 2026) Havertop (Wakefield DHQ) There is also an Overspill Suite at Pudsey (Leeds) which is occasionally used. Plus the North East Counter Terrorism Unit is based in West Yorkshire. The Force requires one HCP to be embedded at each of the six custody suites. One additional HCP is required as peripatetic cover, referred to locally as resilience cover, to work across all custody suites providing additional assistance and support as required by fluctuations in demand for service. The peripatetic HCP will predominantly be based at Trafalgar House Bradford custody suite when not required to provide cover/assistance at any of the other custody suites. The service will be supported by an online booking system for the request of healthcare services, triaging & prioritising the order of calls and allocation of assessments to the correct HCP.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The Contract is anticipated to commence 27th September 2026 and expire 30th September 2031, with the provision to extend for a further period, or successive periods, up to 30th September 2036.
Planning Information
A previous round of market engagement took place earlier this year, in March 2025, on behalf of West Yorkshire Police, South Yorkshire Police and Humberside Police for the current regional Healthcare and Forensic Services in Custody contract. The decision has now been ratified that West Yorkshire Police (WYP) will undertake a standalone procurement for a single force contract. Note. South Yorkshire Police and Humberside Police will proceed on a collaborative basis for a new joint contract. The current regional contract expires 26th September 2026 and planning work has commenced on the new contract delivery model and service specification. As a result of this planning activity we wish to test our assumptions with the market and therefore invite you to participate in this second round of market engagement, on behalf of WYP only. In order to assist WYP in developing the re-procurement of our service we would appreciate responses to this PME from interested parties. You should request a copy of the preliminary market engagement document by email to: yb.procurement@westyorkshire.police.uk. Please note the deadline for the engagement is by COB Friday 17th October 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ebac
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076867-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £20,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Nov 20251 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Feb 20263 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- 6 Jan 20262 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 26 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- yb.procurement@westyorkshire.police.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WAKEFIELD
- Postcode
- WF1 3QP
- Post Town
- Wakefield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE4 West Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE45 Wakefield
- Delivery Location
- TLE1 East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire, TLE3 South Yorkshire, TLE4 West Yorkshire
-
- Local Authority
- Wakefield
- Electoral Ward
- Wakefield North
- Westminster Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076867-2025
25th November 2025 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/064764-2025
13th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008786-2025
11th March 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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