Planning

Healthcare & Forensic Services in Custody for South Yorkshire & Humberside Police

SOUTH YORKSHIRE MAYORAL COMBINED AUTHORITY

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Planning

11 Dec 2025 at 09:40

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process for the "Healthcare & Forensic Services in Custody" contract, intended for South Yorkshire and Humberside Police. This service-oriented contract falls under the health services industry category and is primarily concerned with providing healthcare and forensic services in police custody. The contracting opportunity is located in Sheffield, United Kingdom, with a particular focus on building collaborative approaches. As of 11th December 2025, the process involves a Market Engagement Questionnaire, due on 19th December 2025, to engage suppliers and refine the procurement specifications. The contract, which features a planned contract period from 28th September 2026 to 27th September 2036, indicates future communication through a notice on 28th February 2026.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in health and community services, particularly those adept in providing healthcare and forensic support within custody environments. Suppliers that can offer innovative solutions and demonstrate a strong capacity for collaboration will find this engagement promising, as it seeks to build a well-framed and market-attractive procurement process. The engagement presents a prime chance for businesses to influence the final tender specifications, ensuring alignment with industry capabilities and expectations. Such proactive involvement could materially benefit business growth within the public sector health services domain.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Healthcare & Forensic Services in Custody for South Yorkshire & Humberside Police

Notice Description

South Yorkshire Police on behalf of South Yorkshire & Humberside Police are progressing with scoping out requirements for a collaborative Healthcare and Forensic Services in Custody contract. As part of our preparations, we are undertaking preliminary market engagement with potential suppliers to ensure we get our contractual approach and specification right, and to ensure the tender opportunity is attractive to the market. Please note this preliminary market engagement is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. We are issuing this preliminary market engagement to assess the reaction of the market in order to ensure the procurement process is well-framed, focused, feasible and likely to be of interest to the market. Please send all questions and responses via the correspondence capability on the Intend portal.

Planning Information

Market Engagement Questionnaire

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f357
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081767-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

85323000 - Community health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Dec 20252 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
28 Feb 20265 days to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
27 Sep 2026 - 27 Sep 2036 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SOUTH YORKSHIRE MAYORAL COMBINED AUTHORITY
Contact Name
Diane Holland & Dean Medcalf
Contact Email
diane.holland@southyorkshire.police.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
SHEFFIELD
Postcode
S1 2BQ
Post Town
Sheffield
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE3 South Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE32 Sheffield
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Sheffield
Electoral Ward
City
Westminster Constituency
Sheffield Central

Further Information

Notice Documents

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)

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