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Physical Forensic Services

Awarded United Kingdom Public administration services

Buyer Hampshire and isle of wight constabulary

€22.3M awarded value · €22,282,534

Key facts

Awarded
decided 66 days after the deadline
Procedure
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Awarded to

Forensic Access Limited; Key Forensic Services Limited; Orchid Cellmark Ltd (t/a Cellmark Forensic Services)

Awarded value
€22,282,534
Record with this buyer
1 first contract from this buyer in the register

Summary

Machine-generated summary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary has awarded a contract for physical forensic services to support policing and the criminal justice system. The procurement, run as a further competition under a dynamic purchasing system, uses a nationally standardised specification and terms and conditions and aims to build a sustainable marketplace with a collaborative approach and value for money. The contract was awarded to three suppliers: Forensic Access Limited, Key Forensic Services Limited and Orchid Cellmark Ltd (t/a Cellmark Forensic Services). The awarded value is EUR 22,282,534.29, the same as the estimated value within 1%. The award date was 4 November 2025, and the bid deadline was 29 August 2025.

Timing

  1. Deadline
  2. Awarded decided in 66 days
  3. Published

Description

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). This further competition procurement will enable a balanced approach to stabilisation of the marketplace, whilst delivering Value for Money (VfM) for policing, through embedding a culture of collaborative working and partnerships.

Official source

Source: Contracts Finder (UK Cabinet Office)

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Last verified against Contracts Finder (UK Cabinet Office) 1 month ago

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Market

Public administration services in United Kingdom

median award in this market
€186,611
More figures

What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 59 awards for Public administration services in United Kingdom.

This award
€22.3M
Median award
€186,611
Middle half of past awards
€83,052 to €1.3M

The award is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Market context

open now in Public administration services
291
median open notice
€607,136

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Public administration services

different companies won awards here
67
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
12%
buyers awarded contracts here
49

Based on 77 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

The buyer in figures

Hampshire and isle of wight constabulary

notices in the register
6
awards
6
awarded in total
€25.2M

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

Hampshire and isle of wight constabulary

United Kingdom

Awards most often to

  1. Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited (trading as Consultancy+) 2 awards €376,018
  2. Forensic Access Limited; Key Forensic Services Limited; Orchid Cellmark Ltd (t/a Cellmark Forensic Services) 1 award €22.3M
  3. Nationwide windscreen services LTD 1 award €1.5M

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