PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Forensic Services

Greater Manchester Police · published 21 Sept 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID05758c20-645b-4a17-810d-accd701d0188-914838
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-f255647b-6164-46d5-9dc9-73412cabcd93
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/5BfD6u3j
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£37,747,925
award field
Tender value
£38,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Category
services
CPV
90700000
Environmental services
Delivery
North West, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The provision of physical forensic services covering RT Tox, CW Tox, Drugs, Subject DNA, CSDNA, Firearms & Ammunition, Fire Investigation, Noxious Substances, Questioned Documents, Ecology, Marks & Traces, CW Biology. Procured using the BLC DPS: The aim of the Physical Forensic Services DPS is to deliver a collaborative approach to the next generation of forensics contracts for physical forensics services, providing a nationally standardised specification and terms & conditions to build a cohesive sustainable marketplace environment, where service delivery and capacity meet both the current and future needs of policing and the criminal justice system (CJS).

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release21 Sept 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published31 Mar 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published25 Aug 2025End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2031
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 21 Sept 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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