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Socrates - Forensic Case Management Software - Licence, Support & Maintenance

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Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands: "Socrates - Forensic Case Management Software - Licence, Support & Maintenance". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityPolice and Crime Commissioner for West MidlandsScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands
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Published history for Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
2.2Bids / Report
16.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Avision for Employment CICTop vendor: 49% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 25 active published awards; 6 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Avision for Employment CIC1 win£409,918
Brake the road safety charity1 win£251,101
NEC (UK) LTD.1 win£70,657
MAPCHESTER LTD2 wins£42,000
SOCRATES SOFTWARE LIMITED1 win£37,877
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityPolice and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published31 Mar 2026, 15:43 BST
Last source update31 Mar 2026, 15:43 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0679aa
What is being bought
Socrates is used by the majority of UK police forces for secure forensic evidence handling, case management, matching of evidence, modus operandi matching, and pattern recognition between apparently unrelated cases. The application manages crime scene samples collected by FSI officers and onward tracking through the investigation process. Samples include photographs, fingerprints and DNA.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    31 Mar 2026, 15:43 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    31 Mar 2026, 15:33 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    31 Mar 2026, 15:33 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    31 Mar 2026, 15:33 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    31 Mar 2026, 15:43 BST
  2. Award active
    31 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST · £37,877
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
SOCRATES SOFTWARE LIMITED
£37,877 · 31 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST · active
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PHLH-1699-TDLT
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  • Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PHLH-1699-TDLT
    Lloyd House, Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham, UKG31, B4 6AT, GB
    procurement@westmidlands.police.uk

  • SOCRATES SOFTWARE LIMITED
    supplier

    GB-COH: 07485918 · GB-PPON: PCPX-2966-PWJG
    The Old Granary Suite 3a, Westwick, Cambridge, UKH12, CB24 3AR, GB
    accounts@socrates-software.com
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