How to win: National Homicide Service

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National Homicide Service providing support to bereaved families and eyewitnesses of homicide. Please note: The contract value is presented as £24.4m exclusive of VAT and we will require tenders to be submitted with proposed costs excluding VAT to allow fair comparison.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Ministry of Justice scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £24,442,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 3 July 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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