Lot 1
No lot description published.
Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Oct 2027 to 30 Sept 2032
planningFind a Tender · planning Update
Forensic Net
BuyerThe Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC)
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£47,000,000
Published19 Aug 2026
What is being bought
A single, scalable digital forensics platform supporting evidence ingest, examination, AI‑enabled analysis, case management, reporting and court submission, with high‑performance compute and specialist environments.
Delivery location
UKC, GB · UKD, GB · UKE, GB · UKF, GB · UKG, GB · UKH, GB · UKI, GB · UKJ, GB · UKK, GB
Categories
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 72000000
Lot details
What is included
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support | Not published |
Comparable-procurement analytics
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (72000000); 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 set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 72 | 3,550 | 1 median · 8 average (1,118 of 3,550 with a bid count) | 1.7 average (1,274 of 3,550 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Same buyer | 17 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UKC | 256 | 1 median · 8.4 average (102 of 256 with a bid count) | 1.4 average (108 of 256 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 125 | 15.5 median · 15.5 average (2 of 125 with a bid count) | 5.5 average (2 of 125 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 agreementNot published
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
| Milestone | Type | Due | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expressions of interest should be submitted via the commercial mailbox. There is an initial market engagement being presented via TechUK on Tuesday 28th April. If interested suppliers should contact the Authority to be registered for the Tech UK event. Further PME engagements will be handled via the Authority's Coupa sourcing portal as will any resulting competitive process. | engagement | 15 Oct 2026 | scheduled |
Related procurements
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Documents & submission route
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender planning · marketEngagementNotice
Source data inventory
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-068985 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 078848-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Wed Aug 19 2026 09:44:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | Not published |
| Tender status | planning |
| Procurement method | Not published |
| Procurement method details | Not published |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | Not published |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | Not published |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £47,000,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 0 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
Notice history
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Aug 2026 | planningUpdate | 078848-2026 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | planning | 037043-2026 |
All source data
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
Complete current OCDS release JSON
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