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# Command and Control System - Refinement, Delivery and Maintenance Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/command-and-control-system-refinement-delivery-and-maintenance-services-ocds-h6vhtk-07859a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Mayor's Office For Policing And Crime: "Command and Control System - Refinement, Delivery and Maintenance Services". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Mayor's Office For Policing And Crime](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/mayor-s-office-for-policing-and-crime-GB-PPON-PTMT-7816-YCQG)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £297,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/command-and-control-system-refinement-delivery-and-maintenance-services-ocds-h6vhtk-07859a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07859a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/command-and-control-system-refinement-delivery-and-maintenance-services-ocds-h6vhtk-07859a#tl-md)

## Description
This Transparency Notice relates to the award of an Interim Contract for the provision of services for the completion of implementation, interim operational run (maintenance services) and exit/transition of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime/Metropolitan Police (the Contracting Authority) integrated Command and Control system (the System) which constitutes critical national infrastructure underpinning the emergency response and operational dispatch capability of the largest police force in the United Kingdom. This direct award of an Interim Contract is justifiable under Schedule 5, paragraphs 13 and 14 of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) (the Interim Contract), on grounds of extreme and unavoidable urgency. 
Under the Interim Contract, following acceptance into service, maintenance services will be provided by Frequentis and Octave (the Sub-contractors/-contracts).
These Sub-contracts are for maintenance of software components which are subject to exclusive rights and locked-in rates to ensure value for money. The Sub-Contracts have a term of ten years after exit from the Interim Contract (targeted for 9-months post go live of final production release 'Drop 3'). The Interim Contract will provide for these Sub-contracts to be novated to the Contracting Authority or the Successor Managed Service Provider (the SMSP) on expiry of the Interim Contract.
Value (excluding VAT)
•	£297m       Total Contract Value
Consisting of:
•	£165m       Interim Contract (duration approx. 3.5 years)
Sub-contracts
•	£30m          Frequentis 10-year maintenance agreement 
•	£102m       Octave 10-year maintenance agreement

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48000000, 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **LEIDOS INNOVATIONS UK LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-42157`
  - Value: £297,000,000 (exc. VAT)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F096067-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-12T12:12:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T07:57:46.933Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-07859a