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
{
"award_values": [],
"buyer": "Dorset Police",
"buyer_reference": "C21047 / 1399",
"contact_email": "sara.callow@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk",
"contact_name": "Sara Callow",
"contact_restrictions": [],
"contacts": [
{
"email": "sara.callow@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk",
"name": "Sara Callow",
"organisation": "Dorset Police",
"telephone": "07977519438"
},
{
"email": "sara.callow@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk",
"name": "Sara Callow",
"organisation": "Avon and Somerset Constabulary",
"telephone": "07977519438"
},
{
"email": "sara.callow@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk",
"name": "Sara callow",
"organisation": "Gloucestershire Constabulary",
"telephone": "07977519438"
},
{
"email": "sara.callow@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk",
"name": "Sara Callow",
"organisation": "Wiltshire Police",
"telephone": "07977519438"
},
{
"email": "sara.callow@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk",
"name": "Sara Callow",
"organisation": "Devon and Cornwall Police",
"telephone": "07977519438"
}
],
"contract_terms": [
{
"endDate": "2031-07-01T23:59:59+01:00",
"startDate": "2027-07-02T00:00:00+01:00"
}
],
"cpv": [
{
"description": "Repair and maintenance services",
"id": "50000000",
"scheme": "CPV"
},
{
"description": "Calibration services",
"id": "50433000",
"scheme": "CPV"
},
{
"description": "Workshop equipment",
"id": "43800000",
"scheme": "CPV"
},
{
"description": "Repair and maintenance services of electrical machinery, apparatus and associated equipment",
"id": "50532000",
"scheme": "CPV"
},
{
"description": "Technical inspection and testing services",
"id": "71630000",
"scheme": "CPV"
}
],
"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": [],
"engagement_route": "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.",
"estimated_value": 750000.0,
"expansion_scope": "Complete official OCDS release; linked restricted documents require separate verification.",
"extensions": [],
"fully_expanded": true,
"geographic_scope": [
[
{
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UKK"
},
{
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UKK1"
},
{
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UKK13"
},
{
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UKK2"
},
{
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UKK25"
},
{
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UKK3"
},
{
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UKK4"
}
]
],
"hidden_opportunity": true,
"historical_engagement_evidence": "",
"incumbent_evidence": [],
"linked_documents": [
{
"datePublished": "2026-09-29T14:53:16+01:00",
"description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
"documentType": "marketEngagementNotice",
"format": "text/html",
"id": "091959-2026",
"noticeType": "UK2",
"url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091959-2026"
}
],
"lot_count": 1,
"lot_scope": [
{
"description": null,
"id": "1",
"title": null,
"value": null
}
],
"meeting_evidence": [],
"notice_type": "PIPELINE",
"procurement_method": "UNKNOWN",
"procurement_status": "planning",
"publication_date": "2026-09-29T14:53:16+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": "091959-2026",
"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.",
"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": "091959-2026"
}Related signals
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