Become a supplier to the Swedish Police

The Police's purchases – a key component in combating crime

We want to conduct trade with both large enterprises and small companies, as this will ensure that the Police can obtain what is necessary to both prevent and reduce  crime and increase safety in a cost-efficient and legitimate manner. Each year, the Police spends around SEK 9 billion on products and services. By opening up for competition and making it easier for companies to do business with us, we make sure that the Police's budget – our tax money – is used properly and efficiently.

All of our purchases are made in competition on the open market and comply with the Public Procurement Act (LOU).

Detailed information about public procurements and what they  involve for existing or prospective suppliers to a public authority is available on the National Agency for Public Procurement's website.

The majority of purchases are made from The Police's own framework agreement or have been procured by the National Procurement Services.

Useful information about the Police's purchases

Orders from The Police's agreement are primarily submitted through our purchasing system. Our suppliers should therefore be registered with our e-commerce service whenever possible. Read more on our page about our e-commerce.

E-commerce at the Police Authority

Our purchasing categories

• Police equipment and specialist services such as uniforms, weapons and vehicle towing services.
• Forensic materials and services including cameras, specimen collection kits and laboratory equipment.
• Vehicles, such as cars, boats and roadworthiness tests.
• Properties and service including contractors, construction services, cleaning ervices and furniture.
• Indirect/other products and services, such as travel, consultants and office materials.
• IT equipment and services including hardware and software, systems solutions and IT services.

Ongoing procurements

Ongoing procurement projects are available in the Police's supplier portal and the Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) database.

The Police's supplier portal also includes our RFIs (request for information) and external consultations. An RFI is a written request for potential suppliers that we use when we need more information about a specific market or segment. When necessary we circulate our preliminary procurement documents for external consultation.

Becoming our supplier – step by step

An efficient purchasing process is essential for doing good business. It involves everything from the preparation phase to conducting the procurement and implementing the agreement in the best way possible to meet the targets that have been set.

1. Browse our procurements/tenders

Current and upcoming procurements at the Police:

• Police supplier portal
• Tenders Electronic Daily (TED).

The Police supplier portal for procurements is free of charge for those working in the private sector. You can access procurements, receive direct requests and submit e-tenders or simple quotes through the portal.

TED is a database of public sector procurements within the EU and EEA.

2. Prepare and plan

Review the requirements and terms of the procurement your company is interested in. Contact us in good time if you have any questions. The questions and answers relating to the procurement are asked and answered in the Police supplier portal under the relevant procurement.

3. Submit a tender

Submit your tender through the Police supplier portal. To be eligible for consideration, tenders must have been submitted before the deadline.

4. The Police will assess the tenders and issue an award decision

Once we have evaluated all the tenders against the requirements we have set, we will issue an award decision for the supplier or suppliers we will enter into an agreement with.

5. Sign the agreement

Once the Police has issued the award decision and the standstill period has expired, we will sign the agreement. The standstill period is usually 10 days and is when the suppliers who were not awarded the procurement can appeal the decision.

6. Implement the agreement

We will implement the agreement together. The products and services that can be purchased via electronic order will be entered into our purchasing system. We will spread information about the agreement, and offer training to people where necessary.

Read more about e-commerce and invoicing:

E-commerce at the Police

Invoicing the Police

Contact details

Please contact us if you have questions about purchasing.

• If you have questions relating to a specific tender or procurement, you can ask them directly to the person in charge of the process via the Police supplier portal.
• If you have any general questions relating to purchasing products and services, you can email the Purchasing Department on inkop-ea.kansli@polisen.se. Please note they will be unable to answer IT-related questions.
• If you have any general questions about purchasing IT products and services, you can email the Police Authority registrar on it-inkop-kansli.it-kansli@polisen.se.
• Request access to public information, see accessing public information.