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Published 4 Apr 2025, 15:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of National Sift Renewal

Official notice

Authority: COLLEGE OF POLICING LIMITED (Education)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 1 Oct 2030 · up to 1 Oct 2035 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The College requires the renewal of it psychological assessment tool/s that can be used to sift applicants.

The College is seeking a supplier to provide an online assessment offering a national sift consisting of a minimum of two sifting tests. The existing product is made up of a behavioural style questionnaire (BSQ) and a situational judgement test (SJT).

CPV: Assessment centre services for recruitment · Database software package · Programming services of systems and user software · Software consultancy services · Software integration consultancy services · Software support services · Systems support services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 1 Oct 2030 (5 yrs) · up to 1 Oct 2035 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
48611000 Database software package72211000 Programming services of systems and user software72227000 Software integration consultancy services72253200 Systems support services72261000 Software support services72266000 Software consultancy services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
4 Apr 2025, 15:51 BST
Last source update
4 Apr 2025, 16:16 BST
Authority reference
COP52_2024
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013207
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Assessment centre services for recruitmentDatabase software packageProgramming services of systems and user softwareSoftware consultancy servicesSoftware integration consultancy servicesSoftware support servicesSystems support services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fd97 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 Apr 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    4 Apr 2025, 15:51 BST
  2. Market engagement
    23 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST

    Deadline and other dates are detailed within the opportunity documents.

    You can respond to this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice via the Home Office e-Souring platform.

    Suppliers that are not already registered on the platform can do so by following this link

    homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/esop/toolkit/registr… ↗

    If you are already registered please follow the following link to access the exercise

    homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/go/57498489019601480260 ↗

    All correspondence will be through the Home Office e-Sourcing Portal. Any correspondence outside of that platform will not be answered.

    Kindest

    College of Policing

  3. Contract starts392 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Apr 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Apr 2025, 15:51 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Apr 2025, 16:16 BST
    UK2

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

COLLEGE OF POLICING LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: 08235199 · GB-PPON: PJNL-2763-PVHM Leamington Road, Coventry, West Midlands, CV8 3ENContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure