AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Scottish Police Authority has published a pending award to J P Bond & Co for general-duty operational footwear for Police Scotland, using the Bluelight Commercial Framework (BLC0210). The notice describes the supplier as preferred; it does not evidence a signed or active contract.
Published outcomePending award announced to J P Bond & Co under a framework call-off.
Market significanceThe published award value is £999,999 excluding VAT (£1,199,998.80 including VAT) for footwear, subject to standstill and planned signature.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
J P Bond & Co
94% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £999,999 excluding VAT; £1,199,998.80 including VAT (shared only within this single-supplier award). GBP · Pending award; source-listed supplier identity is unverified.
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Award 1 names “J P Bond & Co” as supplier and gives amount £999,999 and gross amount £1,199,998.80.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
98% confidenceContract award notice published; tender marked complete.
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The process is labelled “Contract award notice on Find a Tender”; tender status is “complete”.
Award status
100% confidencePending.
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Award 1 has status “pending”.
Contract conclusion
99% confidenceNot evidenced as signed or active.
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The award is pending and the notice records a scheduled future signature date of 21 October 2026.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value excluding VAT
100% confidence£999,999
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Award 1 value.amount is 999999 GBP.
Award value including VAT
100% confidence£1,199,998.80
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Award 1 value.amountGross is 1199998.8 GBP.
Value allocation
97% confidenceThe notice provides one award and one named supplier; no separate lot-level value is published.
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Lot 1 has no value, while Award 1 covers related lot 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award decision date
100% confidence7 October 2026
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Award 1 date is 2026-10-07.
Award notice publication
100% confidence9 October 2026
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The award notice publication timestamp is 2026-10-09T14:39:16+01:00.
Standstill end
100% confidence20 October 2026, 23:59:59 BST
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Award 1 standstillPeriod.endDate is 2026-10-20T23:59:59+01:00.
Scheduled signature date
100% confidence21 October 2026, 23:59:59 BST
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A futureSignatureDate milestone is scheduled for 2026-10-21T23:59:59+01:00.
Planned contract period
99% confidence22 October 2026 to 21 October 2029
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Award 1 contractPeriod starts 2026-10-22 and ends 2029-10-21.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceGeneral-duty operational footwear for Police Scotland.
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The title is “Operational Footwear - General Duty” and the description refers to general duty operational footwear for Police Scotland.
Procurement category
100% confidenceGoods — footwear (CPV 18800000).
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is goods; its item has CPV 18800000, Footwear.
Delivery area
97% confidenceScotland (UKM).
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The award item delivery address region is UKM.
Lot
100% confidenceLot 1; no lot title or description published.
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Award 1 is related to lot 1; the lot record has no title or description.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Route to market
100% confidenceSelective procedure; award under framework.
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The tender lists procurementMethod “selective” and procurementMethodDetails “Award under framework”.
Framework
98% confidenceBluelight Commercial Framework, reference BLC0210; related framework process references lot LOT-0003.
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The notice description cites BLC0210; relatedProcesses identifies framework OCID ocds-h6vhtk-0552e1 and related lot LOT-0003.
Competition information
98% confidenceThe notice marks the procurement as non-competitive; bid numbers and evaluation information are not supplied.
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Tender competitive is false; no bid count, scores or award rationale are published.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Planned term
99% confidenceThree years, from 22 October 2026 to 21 October 2029.
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Published contractPeriod dates run from 2026-10-22 to 2029-10-21.
Call-off status
100% confidencePending award, with signature scheduled after standstill.
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Award status is pending; standstill ends 20 October 2026 and future signature is scheduled for 21 October 2026.
Extensions and pricing
99% confidenceNot published.
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No extension options, pricing schedule or price-adjustment terms are included in the supplied notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award position
99% confidenceThe source describes approval to appoint the supplier as preferred, but the recorded award remains pending through the standstill and scheduled signature stages.
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Description says “preferred supplier”; award status is pending, with standstill and future signature milestones.
Commercial scale
98% confidenceThe notice reports a £999,999 excluding-VAT award value for the planned three-year period.
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Award 1 amount is £999,999 and its published contract period is 22 October 2026 to 21 October 2029.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award versus contract status
100% confidenceThe notice is a contract award notice, but the underlying award is pending. It should not be presented as a signed, concluded or active contract.
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Award 1 status is pending and the signature milestone is scheduled for 21 October 2026.
Supplier identity
100% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: a verified legal company name and company number. J P Bond & Co is retained as the source-listed, unverified supplier name.
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No legal_name, verified_company_name, source company number or verified company number is provided.
Lot detail
100% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: a title, description and individual value for lot 1.
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Lot 1 contains no title, description or value.
Competition and evaluation
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: bidder numbers, evaluation scores, ranking and detailed award rationale.
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No such fields are present in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The pending award and scheduled signature do not evidence a concluded, signed or active contract.
- The supplier has no supplied verified legal company name or company number; J P Bond & Co is an unverified source-listed name.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- Bid counts, evaluation results, pricing detail, extension options and renewal provisions were not supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Operational Footwear - General DutyScottish Police AuthorityPolice ScotlandJ P Bond & CoBluelight Commercial FrameworkBLC0210footwear tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is named in the pending award?
J P Bond & Co is the source-listed supplier for award 1. No verified legal company name was supplied.
Is the contract signed?
No. The award is recorded as pending, with a future signature date scheduled for 21 October 2026.
What is the published value?
£999,999 excluding VAT, or £1,199,998.80 including VAT.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.