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BLC0223 - Critical Event Management Solution

Buyer: BlueLight Commercial Limited →

BuyerBlueLight Commercial Limited
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published26 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Policing require a Critical Event Management System to declare a Critical Event / Major Incident to communicate this to partner organisations. This can include Fire, Ambulance, NHS, Highways and others. When declaring a Major Incident, Forces need to ensure this communication goes to the correct organisations. Internal resources may need to be allocated to a major incident and integration with a resource management system would aid the efficiency of the solution. We are performing market engagement to determine the market capability with managing a Critical Event / Major Incident declaration in a Police Force and communicating this with partner organisations. If you would like to participate in the market engagement and demonstrate your capabilities, please express an interest in this opportunity on In-Tend, read the documentation provided and submit a clarification with contact information and a time slot will be offered for you to present.

Categories

Software package and information systems 48000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2026 to 31 Dec 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Software package and information systemsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 486,8371 median · 9.6 average (2,488 of 6,837 with a bid count)1.8 average (2,928 of 6,837 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer14Not published1 average (2 of 14 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Submit an expression of interest and raise a clarification with your contact name and email address.engagement2 Sept 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-058c3c
Latest release ID051190-2025
Latest release timestampTue Aug 26 2025 10:23:33 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
26 Aug 2025planningUpdate051190-2025
26 Aug 2025planningUpdate051182-2025
21 Aug 2025planning050576-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
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