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title: "Forensic vehicle identification and comparison services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078134"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime"
published: "2026-10-06"
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# Forensic vehicle identification and comparison services

Buyer: The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078134

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## Summary

The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, for the Metropolitan Police Service, is exploring specialist digital forensic vehicle identification and comparison services. The work is to provide expert identification and comparison of vehicles for forensic investigations. It is a niche service rather than a general vehicle maintenance requirement; the listed classifications also refer to forensic equipment and precision-equipment maintenance. Delivery is in the United Kingdom. The buyer’s early market engagement is intended to establish which suppliers may be capable of meeting the requirement and to understand the supplier landscape. This is a planned procurement, not an invitation to tender: the engagement is to inform the buyer’s approach before it takes the requirement to market.

The process is at planning stage and the buyer is conducting early market engagement; no tender invitation has been issued. Suppliers are expected to use the Metropolitan Police Service’s Coupa e-sourcing portal, event 2914, to register interest and find requirement information. The engagement is expected to end at noon GMT on 13 November 2026. The buyer’s indicative date for the next notice is 2 February 2027. The estimated requirement value is £45,000 excluding VAT (£54,000 including VAT). The planned contract period is 1 May 2027 to 30 April 2028, with an option to extend to 30 April 2029. It is a single-lot service, and the buyer has indicated that small and medium-sized enterprises are suitable. No procurement procedure or evaluation basis is set out yet.

This requirement is best suited to specialist forensic providers with the expertise and methods to identify vehicles and compare them for investigative purposes. The buyer is specifically testing whether suppliers in this narrow market can deliver expert vehicle identification and comparison services, so relevant forensic experience and the ability to produce defensible comparative findings are likely to be central to a future competition. The stated suitability for small and medium-sized enterprises makes the requirement potentially accessible to specialist SMEs, rather than only large multidisciplinary contractors. Suppliers offering general vehicle repair alone may not match the core need; the listed precision-equipment maintenance classification does not change the described focus on forensic services. Interested firms can use the planned engagement to explain their capability and help the buyer understand the available market before the tender is developed.

## Notice

This early market engagement notice seeks to understand the landscape of potential vendors in a highly specialised/niche forensic investigation market: Digital Forensic Vehicle Identification and Comparison Services. The MPS is interested in understanding whether any vendors may be capable of fulfilling an expert vehicle identification and comparison services. For more information about the requirement and how to register an interest, potential suppliers should register on the MPS e-sourcing portal at: https://supplier.coupahost.com/quotes/public_events?customer=metpolice The opportunity is available under event #2914. The requirement value is a high level estimate.

### Planning Information

The early engagement process ends at noon (GMT) on Friday 13 November 2026.
For more information about the requirement, visit the Authority's e-tendering platform (Coupa) - https://supplier.coupahost.com/quotes/public_events?customer=metpolice -
Coupa event number: #2914.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094029-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 2 Feb 2027 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 May 2027 - 1 May 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £45,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 0LL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| Electoral ward | Borough & Bankside |
| Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 33950000 - Clinical forensics equipment and supplies
- 50400000 - Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment

## Release History

- 6 Oct 2026 at 07:41 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094029-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094029-2026
  6th October 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://supplier.coupahost.com/quotes/public_events?customer=metpolice
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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