Violence Reduction Partnership Research and Evaluation

Business ServicesCPV 73000000

Value£250k

Deadline28 Aug 2026

Published11 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 11 Aug 20269 days leftCloses 28 Aug 2026

Who to contact

Rachel Stephenson

commissioning@westmidlands.police.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

https://www.westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk/grants-contracts/violence-reduction-partnership-research-and-evaluation-procurement-exercise/ Please see link to application via the OPCC website

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Contract value in context

£250ktotal contract value

median £66k

this tender£0£561k

This is a large award for Research & Development — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Violence Reduction Partnership are seeking support to deliver Research and Evaluation projects until 31st March 2027, with the potential of extending arrangements for a further year.

There are 3 opportunities to bid for: Service Name (s): Lot 1 - Violence Reduction Partnership Community Research Lot 2 - Violence Reduction Partnership Research and Evaluation Support Lot 3 - Violence Reduction Partnership Habitual Knife Carriers Evaluation.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

Violence Reduction Partnership Research and Evaluation Support

Violence Reduction Partnership Research and Evaluation Support.

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12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

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

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