AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside awarded a managed service for explosive substances, firearms and weapons disposal to SAME DAY PLC. The published contract record is for £101,861 and explicitly records signature on 7 March 2025. A later recorded variation added disposal of NOS canisters.
Published outcomeContract record 095572-2026-3130-2024-1 is active and linked to lot 1, with SAME DAY PLC as the verified legal supplier.
Market significanceThis is a specialist weapons and ammunition disposal services procurement awarded through a procedure without prior competition notice.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
2 supplier records analysed
SAME DAY PLC
91% confidenceAward 014244-2025-1 · Lots 1 · Unknown · active
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Supplier record for award 014244-2025-1 is matched by company number 02098086 to verified company name SAME DAY PLC. No value is supplied for this award record.
SAME DAY PLC
98% confidenceAward 095572-2026-3130-2024-1 · Lots 1 · 101861 GBP · active
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Contract 095572-2026-3130-2024-1 links to award 095572-2026-3130-2024-1 and names supplier Same Day PLC T/A Guardian Services; verified company number 02098086 maps to SAME DAY PLC. Contract value is GBP 101,861.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published status
96% confidenceAwarded / contract record active
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Process display_status is "awarded"; the award and contract 095572-2026-3130-2024-1 each have status "active".
Contract signature
99% confidence7 March 2025
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Contract 095572-2026-3130-2024-1 has dateSigned "2025-03-07T00:00:00Z".
Recorded variation
96% confidenceVariation completed to add disposal of NOS canisters
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Contract amendment states: "Variation completed to add into the services - Disposal of NOS cannisters".
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract value
99% confidence£101,861 GBP
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Contract 095572-2026-3130-2024-1 value is amount 101861, currency GBP.
Value scope
96% confidenceContract-level value linked to award 095572-2026-3130-2024-1 and lot 1
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The contract is linked to awardID 095572-2026-3130-2024-1 and its item is related to lot 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence7 March 2025
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dateSigned is 2025-03-07.
Initial compiled notice publication
97% confidence10 April 2025
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Release history records a compiled release dated 2025-04-10T11:43:49+01:00.
Award and contract update publication
97% confidence9 October 2026
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Release history records notice 095572-2026, tagged awardUpdate and contractUpdate, dated 2026-10-09T11:32:38+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceManaged service for explosive substances (Class 1), firearms and weapons
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Tender and contract title: "Managed Service for Explosive Substances (Class 1), Firearms and Weapons".
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 90523100 — Weapons and ammunition disposal services
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Tender and contract item classification is CPV 90523100.
Lot structure
97% confidenceOne lot (lot 1)
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Tender lists lot 1; the contract item and both award records relate to lot 1.
Delivery geography
94% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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Contract item delivery address region is UK.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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Process procurement_method is "limited" and procurement_method_details states this procedure.
Competition information
99% confidenceBid count and evaluation results unknown
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No bid count, tender responses, scores or evaluation information is supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract duration
98% confidence1,440 days
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Contract period and tender lot contractPeriod each specify durationInDays 1440.
Contract start date
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract start date is supplied; dateSigned is supplied separately.
Variation rationale
93% confidenceAdditional services from the original contractor; a quote process reportedly identified the lowest cost provider for NOS canister disposal
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Amendment rationale states that a quote process was run and Same Day PLC T/A Guardian Services was the lowest-cost provider.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Additional scope
96% confidenceThe recorded variation expands services to include disposal of NOS canisters.
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Amendment description explicitly adds disposal of NOS canisters.
Award route
99% confidenceThe buyer used a limited procedure without a prior call for competition.
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Published procurement method details state this route.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Multiple award identifiers
98% confidenceTwo active award records are supplied for the same lot and verified supplier, but only award 095572-2026-3130-2024-1 is explicitly linked to the published signed contract and value.
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Awards list 014244-2025-1 and 095572-2026-3130-2024-1; contract awardID is 095572-2026-3130-2024-1.
Supplier name normalisation
99% confidenceThe source name differs from the verified legal company name. This analysis uses SAME DAY PLC as the supplier and retains "Same Day PLC T/A Guardian Services" as the source trading name.
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Supplier verification records nameMismatch true and verifies company number 02098086 as SAME DAY PLC.
Published information gaps
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes award dates, contract start and end dates, lot-level value, bid count, scoring, and detailed pricing.
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Relevant supplied fields are null or absent.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The relationship between active award 014244-2025-1 and the later signed-contract award record is not explained in the supplied data; no contract value is attributed to award 014244-2025-1.
- No award date is supplied for either award record.
- No explicit contract start or end date is published, so an end-date or renewal estimate cannot be calculated.
- The variation has no published date or value impact.
- No individual lot value, bid count, bidder list, evaluation scores, pricing breakdown or extension terms are supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
SAME DAY PLCHumberside Police and Crime Commissionerweapons disposal servicesammunition disposalexplosive substancesCPV 90523100
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Humberside weapons disposal services contract?
SAME DAY PLC, verified by company number 02098086. The source names the supplier as Same Day PLC T/A Guardian Services.
What is the published contract value?
The contract record linked to award 095572-2026-3130-2024-1 states £101,861 GBP.
Was the contract signed?
Yes. The published contract record explicitly gives a signature date of 7 March 2025.
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