--- title: "CAID Hosting and Associated Services" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03351d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03351d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03351d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03351d.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "HOME OFFICE" published: "2022-05-06" --- # CAID Hosting and Associated Services Buyer: HOME OFFICE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03351d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03351d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03351d.json) ## Summary The Home Office is currently planning a procurement process for "CAID Hosting and Associated Services," aimed at supporting the Child Abuse Image Database (CAID), a critical tool for law enforcement in the UK. This procurement, identified under the industry category of IT services, will involve the bidding of various lots, including secure hosting, networking solutions, and protective monitoring services. Key dates include an anticipated release of the Selection Questionnaire around September 2022, an Invitation to Tender (ITT) expected in November 2022, and a projected contract commencement in April 2023. Meetings will be facilitated via Microsoft Teams in late May and early June 2022 for potential suppliers to engage with the Home Office and discuss the services required. This procurement presents significant growth opportunities for firms specialising in IT services, particularly those experienced in secure hosting, data management, and cybersecurity. Businesses offering expertise in the development of resilient IT systems, database management, and encryption technologies would be ideally positioned to compete for this contract. Suppliers aiming to assist in public safety and child protection initiatives may find a valuable niche within this tender process, particularly with the potential for contracts spanning three years, plus two one-year extensions. ## Notice We are seeking to procure hosting and associated services for the operation of the Child Abuse Image Database (CAID). CAID is the UK national media and hash store that supports the identification of the victims depicted in indecent images and videos of children and offenders that possess, distribute, and produce such media. CAID originally went live in 2014 and continues to be expanded and improved through an ongoing transformation programme. The current contractual arrangement for CAID Hosting and associated services, is due to expire and in order to obtain value for money, CAID is looking at establishing contracts with relevant providers for the following services, and the intention is to divide the requirements into lots. The length of the contracts are anticipated to be three years with two possible single year extensions, i.e., 3+1+1 years. It is intended that: * Selection Questionnaire shall be issued approx. September 2022 * The Invitation to Tender (ITT) shall be issued approx. November 2022, * Contract Go-Live shall be approx. April 2023, and * The new service shall be in operations before September 2023. Procedure: The Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 Restricted Procedure (with NDA completion). If you can see the following text anywhere within this PIN, it is not correct: "The contract(s) will be awarded without publication of a further call for competition.:" This is correct: "The Authority will issue a "call for competition" notice in due course. ### Lot Information Secure Hosting and Associated Operations and Service Management The secure hosting and associated operations and service management of the CAID environments. This includes: o Highly available and resilient Live, and live-like, environments that contain Indecent Images of Children (IIoC) and other data, which must be held according to applicable laws and which are sensitive personal data. o Development and Test environments that are functionally representative, but do not contain sensitive data. It is likely that optional additional capabilities will be desired that will be requested separately from the core, mandatory capabilities. Networking and Associated Encryption Technology The wide-area networking and associated encryption technology to communicate between CAID hosted environments, other partners in the overall solution, and suppliers. The wider secure connectivity used for Police Force communications with the system is not part of this procurement. Protective Monitoring Services and Security Incident Management for the CAID Hosting Services The protective monitoring services and Security Incident Management for the CAID hosting services Sourcing of Hardware, Software and Third-Party Services necessary for the contract. Sourcing of hardware, software and third-party services necessary for the contract. Note this is a provisional service that may be procured via a separate procurement or incorporated into the respective lots above. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011904-2022 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 6 May 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 4 Sep 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | HOME OFFICE | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1P 4DF | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment - 44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) - 48 - Software package and information systems - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 75 - Administration, defence and social security services ### Codes - 35120000 - Surveillance and security systems and devices - 44316400 - Hardware - 48000000 - Software package and information systems - 48210000 - Networking software package - 48214000 - Network operating system software package - 48216000 - Network connectivity terminal emulation software package - 48517000 - IT software package - 48611000 - Database software package - 48800000 - Information systems and servers - 48810000 - Information systems - 48820000 - Servers - 48821000 - Network servers - 48822000 - Computer servers - 48825000 - Web servers - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72212210 - Networking software development services - 72510000 - Computer-related management services - 72600000 - Computer support and consultancy services - 72700000 - Computer network services - 75241100 - Police services ## Release History - 6 May 2022 at 15:51 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011904-2022 ## Notice URLs - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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