Official UK procurement notice
New Defence Serious Crime Command Senior Investigating Officer for Major Incident Room
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Senior Investigative Officer (SIO) on specified crime investigations. They are accountable to chief officers for the conduct of the investigation.
They manage the investigative response, and all resources associated with the investigation. They develop and implement strategies, procedures and systems that underpin the investigation and ensure the management and assessment of threat, risk and harm.
- How the procedure runs: F1. Please note that prospective suppliers must express their interest via returning a completed Project Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) initially. This will be evaluated and only those suppliers deemed to have the experience, and the capability will be down selected to be formally Invited To Tender. Please note also, that the Authority reserves the right in the event of receiving more than expected PSQ responses, to down select to the top 10 scoring responses. Any bids submitted prior to the PSQ evaluation being completed and prospective suppliers being invited to tender, will be discarded. The Authority will endeavour to provide feedback to unsuccessful suppliers not down selected form the PSQ exercise, but this is not obligatory. Once prospective suppliers have been invited to tender and submit their bids, they must insert the priced and unpriced copies through the DSP in the correct envelopes. Please note also, that the number of days effort being proposed must be included in the unpriced version as this will form an important element of the technical evaluation. At the PSQ stage, please ensure that all selection criteria questions are answered and if invited to tender and submitting a bid please ensure that the Certificate is signed and that all award criteria questions are in bespoke format and self-identifying without reference to other answers and devoid of corporate literature.
- No preliminary market engagement: Pre market enagagement has been conducted by publication of this notice and completion of the PSQ
CPV: Investigation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CancelledPublished value£275,000
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 (2)
- Technical criteria: 70%
- Pricing criteria: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical criteria: See DEFFORM 47
- Pricing criteria: See DEFFORM 47
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Jul 2025, 10:45 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Nov 2025, 09:13 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Nov 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-041535- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0562b1Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
CP&F
- How it runs
F1. Please note that prospective suppliers must express their interest via returning a completed Project Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) initially. This will be evaluated and only those suppliers deemed to have the experience, and the capability will be down selected to be formally Invited To Tender. Please note also, that the Authority reserves the right in the event of receiving more than expected PSQ responses, to down select to the top 10 scoring responses. Any bids submitted prior to the PSQ evaluation being completed and prospective suppliers being invited to tender, will be discarded.
The Authority will endeavour to provide feedback to unsuccessful suppliers not down selected form the PSQ exercise, but this is not obligatory.
Once prospective suppliers have been invited to tender and submit their bids, they must insert the priced and unpriced copies through the DSP in the correct envelopes. Please note also, that the number of days effort being proposed must be included in the unpriced version as this will form an important element of the technical evaluation.
At the PSQ stage, please ensure that all selection criteria questions are answered and if invited to tender and submitting a bid please ensure that the Certificate is signed and that all award criteria questions are in bespoke format and self-identifying without reference to other answers and devoid of corporate literature.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 21 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline
- 21 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
21 Jul 2025 → 26 Nov 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published21 Jul 2025, 10:45 BST
- Submission deadline21 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published356 days ago7 Nov 2025, 09:13 GMT
- Award decision expected by341 days ago21 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts337 days ago26 Nov 2025
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Jul 2025- Tender notice published21 Jul 2025, 10:45 BSTUK4
- Procurement termination notice published7 Nov 2025, 09:13 GMTUK12
- Status changed to cancelled7 Nov 2025, 09:13 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 30 Oct 2025 | CancelledNo suitable tender |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications DEFFORM 47
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Via DSP
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender