Official UK procurement notice
BLC0302 Headwear and Accessories
Authority: BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought8 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe procurement aims to provide various requirements under a single compliant framework, which will be structured into the following seven lots:
Lot 1: Traditional Caps
Lot 2: Custodian Helmets & Traditional Bowlers – Fully Certified
Lot 3: Custodian Helmets & Traditional Bowlers – Non-Certified
Lot 4A: Leather and Split Leather Accessories
Lot 4B: Textile Accessories
Lot 5: Baseball Caps, Bump Caps and Woolly Hats.
Lot 6: Handcuffs
Lot 7: Front Line Officer Torches.
- No preliminary market engagement: UK2 Notice was issued but not on Atamis. Link provided https://atamis-7459.my.site.com/s/Welcome
CPV: Police uniforms
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Places
- up to 14 suppliers
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 27 Sept 2026
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- 1.50% of call-off value
Who may buy through it
This framework is available to a wide range of UK public-sector and BlueLight organisations, including police forces and commissioners, fire and rescue services, local and combined authorities, relevant government departments and agencies, NHS bodies, transport and specialist police organisations, and any public-sector organisation that joins BlueLight Commercial membership.
Published description of the framework
Forces will Call off the framework via a Call off agreement.
Lots and requirements (8)Procurement structure
8 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £3,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Traditional CapsPublished value£1,200,000
Provision of Traditional Uniform Caps
Lot #2Custodian Helmets and Bowlers CertifiedPublished value£800,000
Provision of Custodian Helmets and Bowlers Certified
Lot #3Custodian Helmets and Bowlers Non CertifiedPublished value£900,000
Provision of Custodian Helmets and Bowlers Non Certified
Lot #4Leather and Split Leather AccessoriesPublished value£1,500,000
Provision of Leather and Split Leather Accessories
Lot #5Baseball Caps, Bump Caps and Woolly Hats.Published value£400,000
Provision of Baseball Caps, Bump Caps and Woolly Hats
Lot #6Handcuffsceiling above
Provision of Handcuffs
Lot #7Front Line Officer Torchesceiling above
Provision of Front Line Officer Torches
Lot #8Textile AccessoriesPublished value£1,200,000
Provision of Textile accessories
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Desk Top Evaluation: 20%
- Technical Ability: 20%
- Pricing: 50%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Desk Top Evaluation: Evaluation of Submitted Samples.
- Social Value: Response to Social Value Questions.
- Pricing: Overall Submitted Price
- Technical Ability: Response to Technical Questions
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “BLC0302 Headwear and Accessories” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 14 suppliers, not a single contract: each call-off is a further competition, so the pricing contest starts after appointment.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- This framework is available to a wide range of UK public-sector and BlueLight organisations, including police forces and commissioners, fire and rescue services, local and combined authorities, relevant government departments and agencies, NHS bodies, transport and specialist police organisations, and any public-sector organisation that joins BlueLight Commercial membership.
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Jun 2026, 14:17 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jun 2026, 15:13 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
C20371- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-058550- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ba32Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 21 Jul 2026, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 15 Jul 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- call-off levy · 1.50% of call-off value
All responses must be submitted through the National BlueLight E-Commercial Portal, using the “Submit” function, for the avoidance of doubt, submissions made by any other method (including via correspondence on the e-commercial portal) will not be accepted. atamis-7459.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗
Timeline
22 Jun 2026 → 27 Sept 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published127 days ago22 Jun 2026, 14:17 BST
- Latest notice published119 days ago30 Jun 2026, 15:13 BST
- Clarification questions by104 days ago15 Jul 2026, 13:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends98 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown21 Jul 2026, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by55 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts30 days ago27 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Jun 2026- Tender notice published22 Jun 2026, 14:17 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published30 Jun 2026, 15:13 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Following supplier clarification questions, the lot structure has been modified and the lot values have been updated. Statement of requirements has been updated and published on the Atamis Supplier Portal. The submission date has been changed to the 6th of August 2026 at 1pm.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender