Official UK procurement notice
Long Arm Software Renewal
Authority: The Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police (Police & fire)·On behalf of: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£477published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 29 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to INTERNET INVESTIGATION SOLUTIONS LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLongarm allows investigations on the internet using a secure platform that cannot be tracked back to the police. It also allows for open-source intelligence gathering. This service replaced the previous Spectrum capability.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
48000000 Software package and information systems
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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Sept 2026, 13:19 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2026, 13:19 BST
- Authority reference
TVP00528- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ef02
- Why no open competition
- Switching Direct Award
- Published justification
This solution has been in force since 2020 with several hundred users trained and using this solution daily. This solution is our non-attributable internet searching capability which has been embedded into the organisation for a number of years and therefore a large number of users trained. There is not another supplier of a similar product and therefore a significant amount of work would be required to change the more…
product. Any new product would not provide the current range of services available from Long Arm.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £4771 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNET INVESTIGATION SOLUTIONS LTDSME3 Oct 2026 — 29 Aug 2029 | £477 | 29 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Aug 2026- Contract signature expected3 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published23 Sept 2026, 13:19 BSTUK6
- Transparency notice published29 Aug 2026, 12:21 BSTUK5
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight ConstabularyProcuring entityJoint Procurement
- The Chief Constable for Hampshire and the Isle of WightContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- INTERNET INVESTIGATION SOLUTIONS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender