Official UK procurement notice
Conductive Energy Devices (CED)
Authority: Home Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Home Office, working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council Less Lethal Weapons function, is undertaking market engagement regarding the potential future procurement of Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs) and associated equipment, consumables and support services for UK policing.
The potential requirement covers overt and covert CED capability and may include complete CED systems and/or individual component parts. Goods may include CED devices, holders and carriage systems, operational and training cartridges, batteries and other power components, associated software and secure data-management capability, training equipment and other ancillary equipment required to provide an operational CED capability.
Associated services may include maintenance and through-life support, software and firmware support and updates, provision of technical and safety documentation, warranty and replacement support, and assistance with the development of operational procedures, training manuals and user manuals. The potential requirement may also include inert training devices and training cartridges suitable for scenario-based training.
Solutions would be required to be suitable for use within UK policing and capable of delivery to the UK. The Authority is interested in existing, emerging and alternative CED technologies, including solutions suitable for routine overt operational policing and solutions or adaptations supporting discreet carriage and deployment.
Indicative quantity: Historic overt CED demand across forces was 23,322 devices in 2024/25 and 31,628 devices in 2025/26. These figures are provided as an indication of historic demand only and should not be interpreted as a commitment or guaranteed future volume. The RFI does not currently provide a confirmed quantity for any future procurement or for covert CED demand.
CPV: Miscellaneous weapons · Police equipment
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 26 Feb 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “Conductive Energy Devices (CED)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Home Office buys Police equipment (CPV 3520), and who usually turns up
Home Office’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Police equipment (CPV 3520) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 66 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid13% / 4%
2–325% / 31%
4–663% / 27%
7+0% / 39%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 35Published estimate£146m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 35. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 109 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–331%
4–627%
7+39%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Axon Public Safety UK LtdEarlier contract | Conductive Energy Devices Framework Agreementnotice published Oct 2023 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
53% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
53% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (53% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Conductive Energy Devices Framework Agreement — held by Axon Public Safety UK Ltd; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Oct 2026, 14:19 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2026, 14:19 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095711- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0784d8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
9 Oct 2026 → 26 Feb 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published17 days ago9 Oct 2026, 14:19 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 3 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
This market engagement exercise is intended to support the Authority’s understanding of the market and potential solutions available in relation to the future provision of Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs) and associated equipment and services.
Suppliers interested in participating should email the Collaborative Procurement inbox, (CollaborativeProcurement@homeoffice.gov.uk), quoting the Market Engagement Reference, (4399), and “CED” in the subject line and confirming their interest in receiving the Request for Information (RFI).
Interested suppliers will initially be issued with a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). The NDA must be completed, signed and returned to the Authority before the RFI will be released.
Following receipt of a satisfactorily completed NDA, the Authority will issue the supplier with the RFI. Suppliers wishing to participate in the market engagement exercise must complete and return the RFI in accordance with the instructions provided and by the stated deadline.
Any clarification questions relating to the market engagement exercise should be submitted to the Collaborative Procurement inbox, quoting the Market Engagement Reference and “CED”. Suppliers should not approach other individuals within the Authority regarding this exercise.
Participation in this market engagement exercise does not constitute participation in any subsequent procurement process and does not commit the Authority to undertake a procurement or award a contract.
- Tender notice expectedin 34 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 121 days26 Feb 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Oct 2026, 14:19 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender