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The Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey

Joint DBS System

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48000000
Value£2.8m
Deadline2 Oct 2026
Published28 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 28 Aug 202635 days leftCloses 2 Oct 2026
Who to contact
Alyce O'Connor
JointProcurementService@Surrey.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
£2.8mtotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£3.0m

This is a large award for Software & IT Systems — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey publishes Software & IT Systems work continuously — 18 notices, roughly one every 1 day. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

33% of The Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

This Invitation to Tender (“ITT”) has been issued by The Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey and Sussex who are seeking to award a Contract for the provision of a joint DBS system.

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%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
  • Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
  • 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-06eea3
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
082220-2026
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