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# Paper River Software Support for NPU

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/paper-river-software-support-for-npu-ocds-h6vhtk-030cc9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service: "Paper River Software Support for NPU". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/crown-office-and-procurator-fiscal-service-GB-FTS-2817)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Software support services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £66,130 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-030cc9`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/paper-river-software-support-for-npu-ocds-h6vhtk-030cc9#tl-md)

## Description
This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) is entering into a contract with Paper River Consulting Ltd to renew the support, maintenance and development of its National Print Unit (NPU) scanning solution. This includes maintaining and updating the bespoke forms and workflows developed on behalf of COPFS which enable the NPU to provide output from business critical systems such as the National Database. As the system is fully integrated with other business critical systems across COPFS and is a proprietary application from Paper River competition is absent for technical reasons.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 72261000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) is entering into a contract with Paper River Consulting Ltd to renew the support, maintenance and development of its National Print Unit (N...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 001584-2022-COPFS-2021-151-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Paper River Consulting Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-41327`
  - Value: £66,130 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 001584-2022-COPFS-2021-151-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £66,130
  - Signed Date: 18/01/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001584-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-01-19T12:25:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T06:46:08.541Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-030cc9