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title: "Provision of a Digital Evidence Management System"
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# Provision of a Digital Evidence Management System

Buyer: CHESHIRE CONSTABULARY ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR CHESHIRE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8c49275d-b7f2-4dee-bc96-afedcbb7446f

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## Summary

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire and the Chief Constable of Cheshire have awarded a contract for the provision of a Digital Evidence Management System. The contract, valued at GBP 3,000,000, was awarded to NICE Systems UK Limited. The contract period is from September 29, 2022, to April 1, 2028. The tender was in the "Award" stage, and the contract value exceeds GBP 1,300,000. The procurement method used was an open procedure, with the tender period ending on July 1, 2022. The industry category for this contract is Software package and information systems.

This procurement process for the Digital Evidence Management System presents business growth opportunities for companies specialising in IT services, software development, and consulting. Businesses providing electronic data management (EDM) solutions, compliance software packages, and industry-specific software packages are well-suited to compete in this tender. The buyer, Cheshire Constabulary on behalf of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire, sought a system capable of ingesting, processing, and delivering playable digital media from multiple sources. The contract aims to modernise the criminal justice process and enhance evidence sharing efficiency with key criminal justice practitioners like the Crown Prosecution Service.

## Notice

***THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE*** The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire (the "PCC") and the Chief Constable of Cheshire (CC)are working on a project to implement a reliable and robust Digital Evidence ManagementSystem (DEMS) to support the investigative process and best evidence to support prosecutions. The DEMS will provide capabilities and functionality currently unavailable to officers and investigators and represents an opportunity to modernise its end to end criminal justice process (from point of initial investigation through to positive justice outcome) and in doing so provide a range of business benefits. The DEMS should be capable of ingesting, processing and delivering playable digital media from multiple sources. The system should allow for simultaneous working with multiple users logging in, searching, accessing, media playback, editing and exporting of evidence in a highly reliable, auditable and timely manner. This functionality is required if the media has been grouped under one case with multiple users being able to access the case and work with the media simultaneously. It is important that PCC and CC are able to gather, review and action media quickly. The agreed service levels should be consistently maintained. The new system should have a proven and established ability to integrate with third party policing systems e.g. Records Management System, Command and Control, Digital Video Interview Recording and meet the Design Principles Digital Evidence Sharing Blueprint. The DEMs will provide a direct digital secure interface with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and other key recognised criminal justice practitioners for digital evidence sharing, significantly reducing the volume of manual activities and discs produced. This will lead to a reduction of risk to the Force (data breaches) and efficiency savings (reduced time spent burning and transporting discs).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc6f5f8e-6a8c-4733-ad7b-d6ce9b91ee9a |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 1 Jul 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Sep 2022 |
| Contract period | 28 Sep 2022 - 1 Apr 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £3,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,554,728 |
| 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 | CHESHIRE CONSTABULARY ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR CHESHIRE |
| Locality | WINSFORD, CHESHIRE |
| Post town | Crewe |
| Postcode | CW7 2UA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Electoral ward | Winsford Over & Verdin |
| Westminster constituency | Mid Cheshire |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NICE SYSTEMS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48100000 - Industry specific software package
- 48170000 - Compliance software package
- 48600000 - Database and operating software package
- 48610000 - Database systems
- 48611000 - Database software package
- 48612000 - Database-management system
- 48613000 - Electronic data management (EDM)
- 48614000 - Data-acquisition system
- 48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 11 Oct 2022 at 11:26 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc6f5f8e-6a8c-4733-ad7b-d6ce9b91ee9a

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc6f5f8e-6a8c-4733-ad7b-d6ce9b91ee9a
  11th October 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=46598&B=BLUELIGHT
  Additional data
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/33132
  User / Company

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cheshire.police.uk

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