Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 21 Aug 2025, 15:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

BLC0223 - Critical Event Management Solution

Official notice

Authority: BlueLight Commercial Limited (Public body)

Framework agreementGoodsSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 15 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 31 Dec 2029 · starts 1 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Policing require a Critical Event Management System to declare a Critical Event / Major Incident to communicate this to partner organisations.

This can include Fire, Ambulance, NHS, Highways and others.

When declaring a Major Incident, Forces need to ensure this communication goes to the correct organisations. Internal resources may need to be allocated to a major incident and integration with a resource management system would aid the efficiency of the solution.

We are performing market engagement to determine the market capability with managing a Critical Event / Major Incident declaration in a Police Force and communicating this with partner organisations. If you would like to participate in the market engagement and demonstrate your capabilities, please express an interest in this opportunity on In-Tend, read the documentation provided and submit a clarification with contact information and a time slot will be offered for you to present.

CPV: Software package and information systems

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs from 1 Jan 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2029 (4 yrs)
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “BLC0223 - Critical Event Management Solution” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 Aug 2025, 15:01 BST
Last source update
26 Aug 2025, 11:23 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051190
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058c3c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

21 Aug 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 Aug 2025, 15:01 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    26 Aug 2025, 11:23 BST
  3. Market engagement
    2 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

    Submit an expression of interest and raise a clarification with your contact name and email address.

  4. Tender notice expected349 days ago
    15 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts303 days ago
    1 Jan 2026

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Aug 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 Aug 2025, 15:01 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    26 Aug 2025, 11:15 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    26 Aug 2025, 11:23 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 12517649 Lower Ground 5-8 The Sanctuary, London, London, SW1P 3JSContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure