Equipment and Uniform

Supporting blue light services with operational requirements

Our expert team is establishing a suite of national frameworks to support the next generation of National Uniform, supporting the operational needs of police officers whilst driving standardisation, improving contract management, increasing supply chain resilience and optimising garment quality.

We work across all areas, including supporting specification development and working closely with procurement teams and operational officers to ensure equipment and uniform is operationally sound and compliant with relevant EN, HO and ISO standards.

Our Headwear and Accoutrements, Body Armour and All Climate Shirt frameworks are now live and we are actively working to ensure continuity of supply and growth in the supplier base.

How we help

The results of the first national National Police Uniform Survey have been published reinforcing our current understanding of the uniform landscape and validating the strategic direction taken by BlueLight Commercial since 2022, namely to:

Improve the consistency and quality of uniform across forces through national frameworks that adhere to standardised specifications, incorporating the most up-to date safety and performance standards and frameworks.
Ensure the provision of fit-for-purpose uniform and equipment to operational officers and uniformed staff, with products undergo rigorous user trials and evaluations, involving a representative sample of both male and female operational officers from multiple forces.
Nationally agreed frameworks and contracts that ensure maximum value can be achieved for all forces and the taxpayer.

The insights from this national survey support our current strategic priority of projects and development of our evaluation criteria.

We remain committed to supporting the ongoing development and innovation of suppliers on our framework, encouraging them to bring forward new products that meet the evolving needs of front-line officers.

National sub working group

On a monthly basis our working group brings together uniform personnel from each force. We provide updates on central BlueLight Commercial projects and forces share their feedback or raise any concerns or areas where we can support. If you are not part of the working group but would like to be involved email us to register.

Equipment and uniform categories

Below you will find some of the areas we can assist with, many of which link to individual pages which will provide additional information. If you can’t find what you need, or would like to speak to us, please email our team (uniform@bluelight.police.uk).

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