MPS Commercial

The Met spends over £840 million each year on a diverse range of goods and services, from uniform and complex IT services, to response vehicles and forensics equipment. Managing that expenditure well enables us to make it go further, with better outcomes, underpinning the delivery of our service to London and beyond.

The Commercial Services team is working to deliver the following strategic aims:

• Maintain an ethical high performing commercial capability

• Deliver sustainable value through engagement with our suppliers, customers, partners and markets

• Improving and simplifying how we work

• Realising positive outcomes through commercial policy

Our commercial activity covers procurement where we buy goods and services as effectively as possible. We also manage the commercial relationships with all outsourced suppliers, working in partnership and through modern contract management practices.

Additionally, we maximise revenue from third parties, such as Transport for London and London based airports, and generate income by leveraging our intellectual property and optimising the commerciality of our assets – we even have an online shop selling gifts and memorabilia (www.newscotlandyardshop.uk. We collect data and analyse our spend, as well as identify trends in all our markets and this ensures we make best use of our scarce and valuable resources.

We also support the provision of Grants across the organisation ensuring we are providing the necessary visibility and governance both internally and to City Hall.

The Commercial Services team is organised to work in partnership with the different business areas across the Met, providing excellent service to our internal customers and stakeholders. The team is made up of around 88 commercial colleagues (full strength), deployed into six different pillars aligned with our customers. These are:

• Corporate and Professional Services

• Counter Terrorism and Covert

• Enablement and Performance

• Operational

• Property

• Technology

Maximising revenue and ensuring value for money from the Met's overall budget is our focus and this drives us to work with the business to define new ways of working that are more efficient, effective and affordable. Like most organisations the Met is transforming the way we both police London and run the business in order to meet ever more, demanding challenges, Commercial Services is a key enabler of these changes.