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PoliceNow

Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

This public procurement record has 8 releases in its history.

ContractAmendment

30 Jul 2026 at 09:24

UK10 - Contract Change Notice
ContractAmendment

26 May 2026 at 10:36

UK10 - Contract Change Notice
ContractAmendment

11 Mar 2026 at 09:26

UK10 - Contract Change Notice
ContractAmendment

10 Mar 2026 at 15:52

UK10 - Contract Change Notice
Award

05 Mar 2026 at 16:30

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

25 Sep 2025 at 09:57

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

10 Jul 2025 at 15:22

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

12 Jun 2025 at 15:45

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Metropolitan Police Service and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime procured police direct-entry recruitment and training services. The requirement covers recruiting candidates into policing and providing training facilities and training in defence and security materials, including the National Detective Programme CT Stream. Delivery is across the United Kingdom. The buyer is the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, with the Metropolitan Police Service also identified as a buyer. The selected supplier, Police Now, is a large voluntary, community and social enterprise. The requirement is relevant to organisations that can combine specialist recruitment with structured training delivery for police forces and candidates, rather than to general recruitment or training providers without policing capability.

The procurement has been awarded and the contract is active. It used a single-lot open procedure. Police Now was awarded the contract on 25 September 2025 following evaluation of two bids. The award value was £1,198,999.90 excluding VAT (£1,438,799.88 including VAT). The signed contract is valued at £1,760,000 excluding VAT (£2,112,000 including VAT), was signed on 28 November 2025, and runs from 5 March 2026 to 31 October 2027, with an optional one-year extension to 31 October 2028. Evaluation weighted price at 35%, technical quality at 45%, commercial assessment at 10% and social value at 10%. The lot was identified as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Subsequent proposed changes describe additional services and values of £2,640,000 and £3,960,000 excluding VAT.

This procurement demonstrates demand for a supplier able to manage end-to-end police recruitment and training at national scale, including candidate attraction or selection, cohort administration and delivery of a structured detective training programme. A credible competitor would need experience working with police forces or similarly regulated public-service employers, the operational capacity to recruit against agreed cohort targets, and the ability to provide or manage training facilities and specialist defence and security training. Performance capability would need to support reporting on recruitment against minimum and maximum targets, cohort diversity and academy completion, including reasons for participant resignations. Strong technical delivery, commercial management and measurable social value would matter alongside price. SME and VCSE suitability indicates that capable specialist providers, including mission-led organisations, may be well placed.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

PoliceNow

Notice Description

Provision of police direct recruitment and training services

Planning Information

Market Engagement Questionnaire was published for interested companies to complete.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0547e9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071995-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK10 - Contract Change Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

79600000 - Recruitment services

80520000 - Training facilities

80600000 - Training services in defence and security materials

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,200,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,200,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£1,198,999 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£1,760,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Jul 20264 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
7 Aug 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
20 Jun 2025Expired
Award Date
25 Sep 202511 months ago
Contract Period
5 Mar 2026 - 31 Oct 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime
Additional Buyers

Metropolitan Police Service

The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SE1 0LL
Postcode Area
South East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Southwark
Electoral Ward
Borough & Bankside
Westminster Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

POLICE NOW

Further Information

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