Official UK procurement notice
Crown DMS Re-Deployment Consultancy
Authority: Northumbria Police (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionConsultancy/ professional services from Crown to update the Crown Duties Management System (DMS).
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This notice covers the consultancy and professional services from Crown to update the…
This notice covers the consultancy and professional services from Crown to update the Crown Duties Management System (DMS).
The current version of Crown DMS utilised by Northumbria Police is now out of support with the supplier, as it hasn't been updated for over 10 years (since the system was first implemented in Northumbria Police). The way the system was originally implemented is not aligned with best practice and Northumbria Police is not utilising all of the available functionality in the system.
In order to update the system to the latest version and deploy the best practice configuration, Northumbria Police require the assistance of Crown through use of their professional services. Northumbria Police do not have the in-depth knowledge of the system to be able to carry out this work alone, without adding significant risk to both the timeliness and the quality of the deployment of the latest version.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Feb 2025, 14:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Feb 2025, 14:41 GMT
- Authority reference
NP0420- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007083- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e79bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The award is lawful in accordance with regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) because the competition is absent for technical reasons.
The system is owned, managed and distributed by Crown Computing Limited and there are no other organisations that have the knowledge of the software as Crown do not partner with other organisations. Therefore competition is absent as there is only Crown who would be able to support the works required from a technical perspective.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Computing Limited | £206,175 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 007083-2025-1 · Crown Computing Limited
- Signed
- 24 Jan 2025
- Value
- £206,175
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Crown Computing LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.