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The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex

Accident Bodyshop repairs

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 50111000
Value£9.0m
Deadline17 Aug 2026
Published13 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 13 Jul 202624 days leftCloses 17 Aug 2026
Who to contact
ryan.lee-hagger@suffolk.police.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£9.0mtotal contract value
median £130k
this tender£0£9.7m

This is a large award for Repair & Maintenance — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,278 valued Repair & Maintenance tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

This Tender has been issued by The Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk, The Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk, The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, The Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent, The Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire who are seeking to award a Contract for the provision of Accident Bodyshop Repairs.

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What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c96d
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
065558-2026
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