TENDER · HIGH_PRIORITY
Garage Equipment - Maintenance, Service, Repair and Calibration
Dorset Police
What happened?
Pipeline notice from Dorset Police. Relevance is supported by notice evidence.
Value
KNOWN · HIGH
KNOWN · HIGH
Urgency
PREPARE
PREPARE
Confidence
HIGH
HIGH
Recommended action
PREPARE CAPABILITY PACK
PREPARE CAPABILITY PACK
Facts
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"buyer": "Dorset Police",
"buyer_reference": "C21047 / 1399",
"contact_email": "sara.callow@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk",
"contact_name": "Sara Callow",
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},
{
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"organisation": "Avon and Somerset Constabulary",
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},
{
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"organisation": "Gloucestershire Constabulary",
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},
{
"email": "sara.callow@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk",
"name": "Sara Callow",
"organisation": "Wiltshire Police",
"telephone": "07977519438"
},
{
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"contract_terms": [
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"endDate": "2031-07-01T23:59:59+01:00",
"startDate": "2027-07-02T00:00:00+01:00"
}
],
"cpv": [
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"description": "Repair and maintenance services",
"id": "50000000",
"scheme": "CPV"
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{
"description": "Calibration services",
"id": "50433000",
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},
{
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"id": "43800000",
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},
{
"description": "Repair and maintenance services of electrical machinery, apparatus and associated equipment",
"id": "50532000",
"scheme": "CPV"
},
{
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"id": "71630000",
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}
],
"currency": "GBP",
"days_to_deadline": 26,
"deadline": "2026-10-30T23:59:59Z",
"deadline_conflict": false,
"deadline_kind": "ENGAGEMENT",
"deadline_narrative": "",
"deadline_structured": "2026-10-30T23:59:59Z",
"deadline_time_unpublished": false,
"demo_evidence": [
"Initial market engagement, via a staged approach, is expected to involve suppliers presenting their proposed service offering to relevant regional stakeholders, supported by a PowerPoint presentation."
],
"direct_contact_evidence": [],
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"estimated_value": 750000.0,
"expansion_scope": "Complete official OCDS release; linked restricted documents require separate verification.",
"extensions": [],
"fully_expanded": true,
"geographic_scope": [
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"region": "UKK"
},
{
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"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UKK1"
},
{
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{
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},
{
"country": "GB",
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},
{
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{
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]
],
"hidden_opportunity": true,
"historical_engagement_evidence": "",
"incumbent_evidence": [],
"linked_documents": [
{
"datePublished": "2026-09-30T15:11:53+01:00",
"description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
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"format": "text/html",
"id": "092470-2026",
"noticeType": "UK2",
"url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092470-2026"
}
],
"lot_count": 1,
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{
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"id": "1",
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"value": null
}
],
"meeting_evidence": [],
"notice_type": "PIPELINE",
"procurement_method": "UNKNOWN",
"procurement_status": "planning",
"publication_date": "2026-09-30T15:11:53+01:00",
"published_corrections": [],
"published_notice_types": [
"UK2"
],
"published_requirement": "Contract for the provision of Garage Equipment, Maintenance, Service, Repair and Calibration for the region's in-house Fleet Vehicle Workshops.",
"questionnaire_evidence": [
"Initial market engagement, via a staged approach, is expected to involve suppliers presenting their proposed service offering to relevant regional stakeholders, supported by a PowerPoint presentation."
],
"reference": "092470-2026",
"registration_evidence": [],
"relevance_evidence": {
"FLEET": [
"vehicle workshop"
],
"INSPECTION": [
"inspection and testing"
]
},
"requirement_items": "\n",
"selection_requirements": [],
"sme_suitability": [
{
"sme": true
}
],
"submission_method": "Initial market engagement, via a staged approach, is expected to involve suppliers presenting their proposed service offering to relevant regional stakeholders, supported by a PowerPoint presentation. This will be followed by a question-and-answer session to explore any areas requiring further clarification or discussion. Further engagement may include supplier visits to Force workshops, where considered appropriate and by invitation. Any queries should be directed to Sara Callow at Devon and Cornwall Police in the first instance.\n(sara.callow@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk)\nPlease note this procurement also encompasses the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.",
"value_excluding_vat": 750000.0,
"value_including_vat": 900000.0,
"value_minimum": null,
"value_scope": "TOTAL_NOTICE_NOT_PURA_ADDRESSABLE",
"vat_basis": "excl. VAT"
}Commercial inferences
[
{
"basis": {
"FLEET": [
"vehicle workshop"
],
"INSPECTION": [
"inspection and testing"
]
},
"type": "HIDDEN_ADDRESSABLE_ELEMENT"
}
]Unknowns
[]
Possible services
[
{
"confidence": "HIGH",
"rationale": "vehicle workshop",
"service": "FLEET"
},
{
"confidence": "HIGH",
"rationale": "inspection and testing",
"service": "INSPECTION"
}
]Provenance
{
"licence": "http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
"ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-077caf",
"release_id": "092470-2026"
}Related signals
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