The Chief Constable for Devon and Cornwall Police

How to win their contracts

Measured from The Chief Constable for Devon and Cornwall Police's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 27 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 8 of their tenders.
• They publish about 2.4 tenders a month, measured over 9 months of history.
• Half of the tenders where they publish a value are estimated at £876k or less.
• Most of their buying falls in transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation, software package and information systems, sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services.
• Their most frequent suppliers are NEC (UK) LTD. (3), Victim Support (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.