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Role Play Acting Services

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

30 Jul 2026 at 16:36

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

22 Dec 2025 at 10:23

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria is procuring professional role-play acting services for Northumbria Police’s investigative training programmes. The work involves providing role players to support practical training and simulated investigative scenarios. It is a services requirement, classified under entertainment services, delivered in the North East of England. The buyer is a sub-central public authority based in Newcastle. The requirement is suited to organisations able to provide professional actors or trained role players for police training, with the flexibility and availability to support the authority’s operational training needs. The selected supplier is Jo Haydock Theatre and Training, an SME based in Manchester, showing that the requirement can be delivered by a specialist small business serving the North East.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Jo Haydock Theatre and Training on 30 July 2026, subject to a standstill period ending on 12 August 2026. The award value is £240,000 gross (£200,000 excluding tax). The awarded contract is due to run from 17 August 2026 to 16 August 2027, with two possible 12-month extensions at the authority’s discretion, allowing a maximum end date of 16 August 2029. The estimated tender value was £218,000 gross. This was a single-lot open competitive flexible procedure. Enquiries closed on 19 January 2026 and tenders on 23 January 2026. Three bids reached the final stage. Evaluation combined price and quality with a recorded video audition; the highest overall score determined the most advantageous tender.

This award demonstrates established demand from Northumbria Police for specialist role players supporting investigative training. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need to provide professional acting or role-play capability suited to realistic police training, including the ability to perform consistently in simulated investigative scenarios. The evaluation route shows that written quality and price evidence must be supported by performance in a recorded video audition, so suppliers should be able to demonstrate both delivery quality and acting range on camera. The competition attracted three final-stage bidders, all of which were SMEs, indicating that the scale and delivery model can be accessible to specialist small businesses. Relevant suppliers are likely to be theatre, acting, role-play or training providers able to organise suitable personnel for work in the North East.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Role Play Acting Services

Notice Description

Provision of professional role player services to support Northumbria Police in its investigative training programs.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fb3b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072387-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

CPV Codes

92300000 - Entertainment services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£218,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£218,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
£200,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Jul 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
23 Jan 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
30 Jul 20264 weeks ago
Contract Period
17 Aug 2026 - 16 Aug 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWCASTLE
Postcode
NE12 8EW
Postcode Area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC43 Tyneside
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England)
Local Authority
North Tyneside
Electoral Ward
Longbenton & Benton
Westminster Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Jo Haydock Theatre and Training

Further Information

Notice Documents

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