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title: "POLICE CYBERALARM"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04fadc"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "THE MAYOR AND COMMONALTY AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF LONDON"
published: "2025-03-31"
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# POLICE CYBERALARM

Buyer: THE MAYOR AND COMMONALTY AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF LONDON  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04fadc

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## Summary

The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London are preparing to launch a procurement for the Police Cyber Alarm, a national cyber threat detection and reporting platform under a Competitive Flexible Procedure. This procurement, currently in the planning stage, invites early engagement from suppliers between 31 March 2025 and 21 April 2025, including an online Supplier Engagement Day on 15 April 2025. The platform aims to enhance the existing Police Cyber Alarm system, promising improved threat detection, alerting, scalability, and integration with law enforcement services. Key dates include the Selection Questionnaire publication on 30 April 2025 and the contract award expected by September 2025. The procurement falls under the industry category of Software package and information systems, primarily targeting goods, with the potential contract period extending from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026, and could be renewed up to 31 August 2028.

This tender presents opportunities for businesses specialising in cybersecurity solutions, cloud-based technologies, and software development. It is particularly well-suited for SMEs due to the emphasis on inclusive and proportionate procurement processes. Engaging in this preliminary market engagement (PME) allows suppliers to influence the final tender documents through feedback, ensuring that their capabilities and innovations are considered. Companies participating in this PME will have the chance to showcase their expertise, explore collaboration possibilities and secure a substantial role in the development of a pivotal national cyber threat detection system, thereby promoting significant business growth.

## Notice

1. Purpose of this Notice This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Notice is issued in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 to inform the market of an upcoming procurement and to invite early engagement via Teams meeting. The authority is preparing to launch a procurement for a national cyber threat detection and reporting platform under a Competitive Flexible Procedure. This service will replace and enhance the existing Police Cyber Alarm system. This notice serves to: * Signal the intent to launch a formal procurement in Q2 2025. * Invite suppliers to participate in early engagement activities. * Gather insights to help finalise the tender documents. 2. Summary of Requirement The future platform will: * Collect and enrich inbound external network security device metadata from UK member organisations. * Support threat detection, alerting and pattern recognition. * Provide scalable and secure cloud-based processing, storage and querying capabilities. * Offer dashboards, reporting tools, and scheduled vulnerability scanning. * Integrate with law enforcement and threat intelligence services 3. Supplier Engagement Activities Engagement Period: 31 March 2025 - 21 April 2025 Supplier Engagement Day: Tuesday 1pm 15 April 2025 (Online) Activities will include: * Presentation of the draft high-level requirements and delivery timeline. * Q&A session with the project team. * Opportunities for suppliers to submit feedback and suggestions. To register for the session, please email Jonathan.green2@cityoflondon.police.uk by 12 April 2025. 4. Indicative Procurement Timeline Milestone Target Date PME Period 31 Mar - 21 Apr 2025 Supplier Engagement Day 15 Apr 2025 Selection Questionnaire (SQ) Published 30 Apr 2025 SQ Submission Deadline 23 May 2025 Shortlisting and Notifications Early June 2025 Invitation to Tender (ITT) Issued 6 June 2025 ITT Clarifications & Demos June-July 2025 Evaluation & Moderation July-Aug 2025 Contract Award September 2025 Go-Live November 2025 5. Next Steps Following the engagement period: * Supplier feedback will be reviewed and may inform the final SQ and ITT documentation. * A Selection Questionnaire will be published by end of April 2025, followed by an Invitation to Tender in June 2025. 6. Important Notes * This PME is not part of the formal selection process. * Participation is voluntary and will not affect future procurement decisions. * All materials and outputs from the engagement will be shared fairly with all prospective bidders. * The authority encourages suppliers to share views to help shape the procurement in a way that is accessible, proportionate, and inclusive.

### Planning Information

This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Notice is issued in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 to inform the market of an upcoming procurement and to invite early engagement via Teams meeting.
The authority is preparing to launch a procurement for a national cyber threat detection and reporting platform under a Competitive Flexible Procedure. 
This service will replace and enhance the existing Police Cyber Alarm system.
This notice serves to:
• Signal the intent to launch a formal procurement in Q2 2025.
• Invite suppliers to participate in early engagement activities.
• Gather insights to help finalise the tender documents.
Supplier Engagement Activities
Engagement Period: 31 March 2025 - 21 April 2025
Supplier Engagement Day: Tuesday 1pm 15 April 2025 (Online)
Activities will include:
• Presentation of the draft high-level requirements and delivery timeline.
• Q&A session with the project team.
• Opportunities for suppliers to submit feedback and suggestions.
To register for the session, please email Jonathan.green2@cityoflondon.police.uk by 12 April 2025.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012088-2025 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 31 Mar 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 15 Apr 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2026 |
| 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 | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE MAYOR AND COMMONALTY AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF LONDON |
| Additional buyers | META PROCUREMENT LTD |
| Locality | CITY OF LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | EC2P 2EJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF14 Nottingham |
| Local authority | Nottingham |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Nottingham East |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 31 Mar 2025 at 15:25 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012088-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012088-2025
  31st March 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.metaprocurement.org
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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