Official UK procurement notice
Intelligence Analyse and CIS (Chorus) Software
Authority: Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands (Police & fire)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£1,081,900published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 31 Mar 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Chorus Intelligence Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionChorus Analyse Software Empowers analysts, investigators, open-source experts and front-line officers with data cleansing, analysis, search and entity enrichment tools to support improved crime detection rates, optimised resourcing, increased efficiency and seamless collaboration and sharing.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Mar 2026, 17:14 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Mar 2026, 17:23 BST
- Authority reference
WMP0509- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-030020- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067a05Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
CCS GCloud 14 Framework will be utilised for 3 year period with an option to extend by 12 months as a direct award against the PCR2015 Regulations.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
31 Mar 2026 → 13 Apr 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published205 days ago31 Mar 2026, 17:23 BST
- Standstill ends192 days ago13 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published31 Mar 2026, 17:14 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published31 Mar 2026, 17:23 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected14 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £1,081,9001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chorus Intelligence Limited14 Apr 2026 – 31 Jan 2029 · up to 31 Jan 2030Extensions: 12 month extension | £1,081,900 | 31 Mar 2026standstill to 13 Apr 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CHORUS INTELLIGENCE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender