BlueLight Commercial: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

BlueLight Commercial has published 62 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 12 CPV divisions, most often security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment.

Across 14 awarded contracts the median value is £8m.

Its published awards total £1.6bn.

How to win their contracts

Measured from BlueLight Commercial's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 32 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 22 of their tenders.
They publish about 1.4 tenders a month, measured over 44 months of history.
Half of their 14 awarded contracts are worth £8m or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment, administration, defence and social security services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security.
Their most frequent suppliers are Cooneen Protection Ltd (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Framework for the Provision of Auction and Disposal of End-o...	BCA Marketplace Plc	1 August 2023	£180m
Framework for the Provision of Uniform All Climate Shirts (A...	Tailored Image Ltd	23 May 2023	£8m
Provision of General Patrol and Firearms Body Armour	Cooneen Protection Ltd	20 January 2023	£132m
Framework for the Provision of Headwear and Accoutrements	Try and Lilly	26 September 2022	£7m
National blue light e-Procurement System Framework Agreement	In-tend Ltd	14 June 2022	£1.7m
CONTINGENT LABOUR SERVICES	Adecco UK Ltd	12 April 2022	£800m