Official UK procurement notice
NPCC EV Mobilisation Transition Project (BLC0358)
Authority: BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED (Public body)
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£75,750published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 25 Sept 2026
Awarded to Cenex (Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon & Fuel Cell Technologies)2 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCall-Off Order Awarded Without Competition (AWOC)) in accordance with the provisions within the GCA RM6347 TTS Framework. The Home Office has provided funding to the NPCC Sustainability Portfolio (Via Blue Light Commercial (BLC)) to provide advice and support to forces, act as a central point for discussions with HM Government regarding funding of charging infrastructure and with the private sector in respect of technology development.
This first stage of activity will deliver services to:
- Establish the NPCC EV Strategic Transition Advisory Board.
- Assess the service continuity risk that the EV Transition poses to policing along with relevant mitigations; and
- Deliver a Programme Definition Document to assess the governance, scope and costs of any future EV Programme Team within the NPCC Sustainability Portfolio (Stage 2).
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Sept 2026, 11:21 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2026, 14:06 BST
- Authority reference
C21980- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091463- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077b55Find a Tender
Related procedures1
- Call-off under framework Transport Technology
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Sept 2026- Contract award notice published28 Sept 2026, 11:21 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published28 Sept 2026, 14:06 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected29 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £75,7501 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cenex (Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon & Fuel Cell Technologies)SMENPCC EV Mobilisation Transition5 Oct 2026 – 27 Nov 2026 | £75,750 | 25 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
| Cenex (Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon & Fuel Cell Technologies)SME | £75,750 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
Contracts
NPCC EV Mobilisation Transition · Cenex (Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon & Fuel Cell Technologies)SME
- Signed
- 28 Sept 2026
- Value
- £75,750
- Period
- 5 Oct 2026 – 27 Nov 2026
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: KPI 1: Deliver all outputs within the agreed programme budget and timescale. · KPI3: Produce an implementation roadmap, benefits framework and funding requirements for future national programme function. · KPI 2: Complete engagement with representatives from at least 75% of police forces and national stakeholders by Week 6.
- KPI 1: Deliver all outputs within the agreed programme budget and timescale., Milestones achieved on schedule Deliverables accepted first time or with only minor amendments Deliverables accepted first time or with only minor amendments
- KPI3: Produce an implementation roadmap, benefits framework and funding requirements for future national programme function.
- KPI 2: Complete engagement with representatives from at least 75% of police forces and national stakeholders by Week 6., Interviews/workshops completed with agreed stakeholder groups. Representation from NPCC, PCCs/APCC, force fleet leads, procurement leads and operational representatives
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CenexAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender