Quick answer — The Police and Crime Commissioner for BedfordshireLast refreshed 26 Mar 2026

At a glance

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire has awarded £4.2m across 21 suppliers, with 26 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 31% · 2 open notices now · 6 awards in last 90 d (£1.3m) · SME share 15% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration31%
Modifications · 90 d2
SME spend share15%
Pipeline · open now2
Awards · 90 d6

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire is a contracting authority, based in UKH24. Tracks 38 published notices and 30 awards on PublicSupply.

38
Notices published
30
Awards
21
Suppliers engaged
2023
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£1.4m
12 m spend
£1.1m
Prior 12 m
+31%
YoY change
£238k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

12

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

2

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

6

£1.3m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services7 · £915.1m
works1 · £20.0m
Unspecified23 · £2.6m
goods7 · £2.2m

Instrument type

contract37 · £939.9m
call off1 · £0
Source:Find a Tender: 28Contracts Finder: 10

Awarded contracts · 26 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Building Works & Associated Services Framework45453100£20.0mest.planning
Forensic Histology ServicesForensic Access Ltdactive
Oracle Premier Licence Support Renewal- BedfordshireOracle Corporation UK Limited72268000£183k26 Mar 2026active
Countywide Independent Domestic Abuse Advisor (IDVA) Service for Bedfordshire_ME85323000£5.0mest.planning
FootwearCooneen Protection Ltd£360k19 Mar 2026pending
FootwearMI HUB LIMITED£40k19 Mar 2026active
FootwearAltberg Limited£656k19 Mar 2026pending
FootwearTask Force Distribution£56k19 Mar 2026active
FootwearFuture Garments Limited£40k19 Mar 2026active
Countywide Independent Domestic Abuse Advisor (IDVA) Service for Bedfordshire_ME85323000£5.0mest.planning
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
AL
2 contracts · 19 Mar
£1.3m
31% of total
New
2
OY
1 contract · 09 Dec
£1.0m
24% of total
▼ 100%
3
CP
2 contracts · 19 Mar
£720k
17% of total
New
4
RS
£298k
7% of total
5
OC
1 contract · 26 Mar
£183k
4% of total
New
6
TF
2 contracts · 19 Mar
£112k
3% of total
New
7
MH
2 contracts · 19 Mar
£80k
2% of total
New
8
FG
2 contracts · 19 Mar
£80k
2% of total
New
921
···
13 other suppliers
long tail · 4 SMEs
£164k
4% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
3 contracts
£900.0m
96%
Construction works
1 contract
£20.0m
2%
Health & social work
6 contracts
£15.0m
2%
Other
21 contracts
£2.5m
0%
Other community services
2 contracts
£1.1m
0%
Security, emergency equipment
1 contract
£1.0m
0%
Software packages, IT
2 contracts
£545k
0%
Clothing, footwear
4 contracts
£400k
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
Construction works
Health & social work
Other
1
Other community services
0
Security, emergency equipment
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 2 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 2 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

15%
SME supplier share
target 33%
4
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
21
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 15% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKH24
Contact
David Steward
Email
david.steward@norfolk.police.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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