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British Transport Police: public contracts, suppliers and opportunities

British Transport Police has published 189 contract awards on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender since 1 Nov 2023, worth £63.6m in total as published. Most of its spending is on software, it services, telecoms equipment. Below: what it buys, who wins, what ends soon and what is coming up.

189contract awards since 1 Nov 2023
£59kmedian award value
131different suppliers
15ending soon or upcoming

What British Transport Police buys

Contract awards by CPV category (Common Procurement Vocabulary division), from 1 Nov 2023 to 16 Oct 2026.

CategoryCPVAwardsValue
Software4800000081£25.7m
IT services7200000018£3.2m
Telecoms equipment3200000017£11.8m
Office & IT equipment3000000014£2.8m
Security & safety equipment3500000010£814k
Business services (HR, legal, marketing, admin)7900000010£1.6m
Education & training800000005£889k
Medical equipment & supplies330000004£303k
Postal & telecoms services640000004£2.1m
Insurance & banking services660000004£203k
Most used CPV codesNotices
48000000 Software package and information systems69
30200000 Computer equipment and supplies9
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support7
72222300 Information technology services7
32412100 Telecommunications network4
35200000 Police equipment4
32000000 Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment3
35000000 Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment3
71317200 Health and safety services3
79600000 Recruitment services3

Recent contract awards

The latest awards with a company or organisation named as supplier. Values are as published and may be framework or multi-year totals.

AwardedContractSupplierValue
16 Oct 2026Provision of Microsoft Unified SupportMicrosoft Limited£498k
15 Oct 2026Provision of VR training SoftwareLearnPro Efire Service Limited£167k
7 Sept 2026High Retention High Capacity BatterySepura Limited£41k
2 Sept 2026PPL PRS Music Licence 2026-27PPL PRS Ltd£36k
23 Aug 2026HR and Duty Management SystemSSS Public Safety Limited£2m
20 Jul 2026Server Storageboxxe Limited£1.2m
10 Jul 2026Finance SystemTechnology One UK Limited£654k
10 Jul 2026Covert Management System SoftwarePhoenix Software Limited£316k
1 Jul 2026iPatrol SoftwareSoftcat Plc UK£591k
30 Jun 2026Cisco LicensingVirgin Media Business Limited£1.1m
29 Jun 2026Cority OH Management SoftwareCority Software Inc.£104k
23 Jun 2026Axon Taser CartridgesAxon Public Safety UK Limited£47k
23 Jun 2026Microsoft surface hub purchaseBallicom Limited£30k
3 Jun 2026Demographic Community SurveysCDW Limited£144k
2 Jun 2026Provision of carbine replacementViking Arms Limited£293k

Top suppliers to British Transport Police

Companies and organisations named most often in its award notices since 1 Nov 2023. 13% of awards went to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

SupplierAwardsValue
Softcat PLC14£2.4m
Phoenix Software Limited7£9.3m
boxxe Limited5£2.2m
Virgin Media Business Limited4£11.3m
SSS Public Safety Limited4£3m
Computacenter (UK) Limited4£1.2m
British Telecommunications PLC4£1m
Capita Business Services Ltd3£861k
Ired Limited3£350k
CDW Limited3£211k

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

27 contracts end by 23 Oct 2027. Buyers usually re-tender 6 to 12 months before the end date, so these are the next opportunities to prepare for. End dates are as published and exclude optional extensions.

EndsContractCurrent supplierValue
1 Nov 2026Microsoft Unified SupportMicrosoft Limited£506k
20 Dec 2026Service Management Tool - Support HubsFreshworks Inc£479k
7 Jan 2027Orinoco 365 Implementation, Licensing & On-Going SupportIntelogy Limited£142k
31 Jan 2027Experian Evaluate Vetting Reports and Investigator Online (IOL) LicencesExperian Limited£33k
16 Feb 2027Digital Forensics Software SuiteSoftcat PLC£66k
20 Feb 2027Articulate 360 Teams and Vyond Enterprise LicencesOmniplex Group Limited£30k
28 Feb 2027Crisis Management Application (CMA)BlackBerry UK Limited£190k
8 Mar 2027Oracle LicencingOracle Corporation Uk Limited£305k
14 Mar 2027Promaps Software LicencePromat ID Ltd£33k
17 Mar 2027Provision of Insider Threat Monitoring & Audit Software (ITMAS)2. Corporate IT Systems Limited£207k
23 Mar 2027Internet Intelligence and Investigation (i3) Monitoring ToolCdw Limited£42k
31 Mar 2027Cell Site Analysis Suite (CSAS)Forensic Analytics Ltd£251k
31 Mar 2027Records Management and Archiving SoftwareGeoff Smith Associates Limited£41k
31 Mar 2027QAS Name Tracer and QAS MobileNEC Software Solutions Ltd£35k
5 Apr 2027Niche Support and MaintenanceSpecialist Computer Centres PLC£1.4m

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Source: Contracts Finder (Crown Commercial Service) notices published 23 Oct 2023 to 23 Oct 2026, and Find a Tender (Cabinet Office) notices published 16 Sept 2026 to 22 Oct 2026. Figures are our own summary of those notices. Award counts include notices with a named organisation as supplier; notices naming individuals are left out and no individual's name is shown.

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Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only; check the official notices before acting. Brightbench is not connected to British Transport Police.