Official UK procurement notice
Mixed Media Processing and Case Analysis
Authority: The Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales (Police & fire)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UKWales (UKL)
Awarded value£300,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 22 Jun 2026no call for competition
Awarded to CCL Forensics Ltd2 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOutsource the data extraction from digital devices when the internal Digital Forensics Unit are at capacity or have a backlog of devices requiring extraction.
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
- 22 Jun 2026, 13:54 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jul 2026, 14:03 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-068257- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ba2bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Switching Direct Award
- Published justification
Lack of capacity in the marketplace and the specialist nature of the services required. The urgency of the requirement in terms of the risk of delaying examination of some of the devices due to the backlog, and the effect this could have on cases / victims
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
16 Jul 2026 → 20 Jul 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends96 days ago16 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Notice published92 days ago20 Jul 2026, 14:03 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Jun 2026- Transparency notice published22 Jun 2026, 13:54 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published6 Jul 2026, 08:52 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected17 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published20 Jul 2026, 14:03 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £300,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Jul 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCL Forensics LtdSME17 Jul 2026 – 31 Jul 2027 · up to 31 Jul 2029Extensions: 2 x 12 month extensions. | £300,000 | 22 Jun 2026standstill to 16 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
| CCL Forensics LtdSME | £375,000 inc. VAT † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Mixed Media Processing and Case Analysis · CCL Forensics LtdSME
- Signed
- 17 Jul 2026
- Value
- £375,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 17 Jul 2026 – 31 Jul 2027 · up to 31 Jul 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 x 12 month extensions.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CCL Forensics LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender