Notice Information
Notice Title
Transforming Command & Control Project
Notice Description
Police Scotland wishes to engage potential Suppliers to obtain appropriate information in advance of an Invitation to Tender being issued. The supplier engagement will enable us to: -Gain greater clarity on the services and solutions currently available. - Consider best practice and innovation. - Consider potential costs for the solution. - Identify the most effective procurement route. - Establish timescales that would be required for: - ITT process - Solution delivery The initial scope of the anticipated procurement exercise will be to deliver a modern, stable and future proof Computer Aided Despatch (CAD) application for Police Scotland. Police Scotland are aware that many modern CAD applications also contain options such as Integrated Communication Control System (ICCS), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and other Command & Control functionality. Whilst the primary purpose of the procurement exercise is presently focused on a CAD application, Police Scotland are open to discussions around procuring additional integrated functionality. Further information is contained within a Request for Information document which will be made available to Suppliers on request. The planned timescales for the RFI stage are: - Prior Information Notice published on 01/12/2025 - Suppliers to request RFI document and submit any clarifications by 19/12/2025. - Suppliers to submit RFI responses by 30/01/2026. Suppliers wishing to participate at this stage should request the RFI document via the Public Contracts Scotland website.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The forthcoming procurement exercise will include all required software, hardware, project management, installation, testing, test reporting, migration of live and archived data, licensing, support & maintenance, training and any other associated goods or services required to deliver the solution. The current estimated timescale for an ITT being issued is November 2026. This will be confirmed following the supplier engagement stage and assessment of Request for Information responses received from participating suppliers.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ec38
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078601-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
42 - Industrial machinery
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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- CPV Codes
35710000 - Command, control, communication and computer systems
35712000 - Tactical command, control and communication systems
42961000 - Command and control system
72500000 - Computer-related services
72590000 - Computer-related professional services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Dec 20253 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 19 Nov 202612 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH POLICE AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurementtenders@scotland.police.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLASGOW
- Postcode
- G40 4EH
- Post Town
- Glasgow
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM32 Glasgow City
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
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- Local Authority
- Glasgow City
- Electoral Ward
- Calton
- Westminster Constituency
- Glasgow East
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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