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title: "Digital Forensics Provision"
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# Digital Forensics Provision

Buyer: Kent & Essex Police  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-505303f9-67d4-4d20-b395-38d2c82e8fb7

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## Summary

Kent and Essex Police’s Digital Forensics Platform programme is intended to modernise the digital forensics technical environment used by Kent Police and Essex Police. The procurement is for digital forensics provision, classed as a service, with associated information systems and technology planning. Delivery is in the South East of England. The buyer is Kent and Essex Police. The requirement concerns the technical environment supporting digital forensic work across both forces, rather than a general policing or forensic investigation service.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Boxxe. Kent and Essex Police used a selective call-off from a framework agreement. The award was made on 22 October 2026, for £265,400. The contract period runs from 23 October 2026 to 22 October 2029. The original tender deadline was 16 October 2026. The procurement was presented as a single requirement, with no separate lots identified. It was marked as unsuitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. The published information does not give a detailed evaluation breakdown, so the specific scoring or award criteria cannot be described.

For suppliers that did not win, this award demonstrates that Kent and Essex Police procure a shared digital forensics technical environment through a framework call-off. A credible competitor for a comparable requirement would need to show it can supply and support technology for a programme spanning two police forces, and understand the demands of a digital forensics operating environment. The work is positioned as modernisation of the technical platform, with information systems and technology planning also part of the procurement. The buyer’s stated SME and VCSE suitability indicates that this was not framed for those supplier types. Suppliers with relevant public-sector framework access, delivery capacity across the South East and evidence of serving policing digital forensics requirements would be well placed to compete when this specific requirement returns to market.

## Notice

The Digital Forensics Platform (DFP) programme was established to modernised the Digital Forensics (DF) technical environment across Kent Police and Essex Police (KEP)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ec633fb2-bc7f-4d25-a2f0-7e0c45cd9c41 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 23 Oct 2026 - 22 Oct 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £265,400 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £265,400 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Kent & Essex Police |
| Locality | CHELMSFORD |
| Postcode area | Chelmsford |
| Postcode | CM2 6DA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH36 Heart of Essex |
| Local authority | Chelmsford |
| Electoral ward | Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park |
| Westminster constituency | Chelmsford |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | boxxe Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 32546000 - Digital switching equipment
- 72222200 - Information systems or technology planning services

## Release History

- 26 Oct 2026 at 15:42 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ec633fb2-bc7f-4d25-a2f0-7e0c45cd9c41

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ec633fb2-bc7f-4d25-a2f0-7e0c45cd9c41
  26th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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