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Provision of OSINT Screening for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)

The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

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28 Sep 2026 at 10:38

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
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20 Jul 2026 at 10:27

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, on behalf of the Metropolitan Police Service, bought open-source intelligence (OSINT) software for social media screening. The system is intended to search public online sources comprehensively and automatically for adverse activity, using identifying information supplied by users, and to check across whatever historical period each source retains. This is a software and information-systems requirement, with delivery in London. BlueLight Commercial conducted the procurement for the authority. The requirement is for an operational screening capability rather than general-purpose IT: suppliers need to offer software that can search social media and other open sources at scale and support investigative checks based on user-provided identifiers.

The procurement is complete and a contract has been awarded to NEOTAS LIMITED. The award was made on 17 July 2026, and the contract was signed on 24 August 2026. Its stated value is £6,761,250 excluding VAT (£8,113,500 including VAT). The signed contract period runs from 24 August 2026 to 13 December 2029, with two optional 12-month extensions and a maximum end date of 13 December 2031. The buyer used a competitive further competition under an existing OSINT social-media-screening framework, using a selective, framework-based route. There was one lot. The published data does not set out the scoring or evaluation criteria.

For suppliers considering similar work with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime and the Metropolitan Police Service, this award shows demand for an established OSINT screening product capable of automated, comprehensive searches across social media and other public sources. A credible competitor would need to search adverse activity across the full period retained by each source and use identifying details supplied by users to target checks. The delivery model also requires the software to be implemented to an agreed plan, accepted as operational, and supported through ongoing service management. The contract’s performance measures cover system availability, timely management information, prompt initial responses and resolution of service requests, including priority incidents. Suppliers would also need to evidence and report social-value commitments. The route used was a competitive further competition through an OSINT framework.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of OSINT Screening for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)

Notice Description

BlueLight Commercial (Tendering Authority) on behalf of The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (Contracting Authority) (together the Authorities) issued a Further Competition to award a Call-Off Contract for the Provision of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Social Medial Screening Capabilities. This Further Competition was conducted under the Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Software for Social Media Screening Framework Reference BLC0288. The Metropolitan Police are looking to purchase Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) software to conduct open source checks. The Open Source Analysis will need to conduct comprehensive and automated open-source searching for adverse activity over any time frame retained by the source, using identifying application information provided by users. The Contract Term will be for a period of 3 years with two x 12 month optional extensions.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ce87
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091308-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Award under framework
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£6,761,250 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£6,761,250 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
17 Jul 20262 months ago
Contract Period
24 Aug 2026 - 13 Dec 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SE1 0LL
Postcode Area
South East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Southwark
Electoral Ward
Borough & Bankside
Westminster Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

NEOTAS LIMITED

Further Information

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