Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Capability Partner Services for the DFP
Authority: Police Digital Service (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPDS have procured a Capability Partner to support the delivery of the Digital Forensics Programme. This Capability Partner is a single supplier with internal cross-functional expertise to oversee, deliver and support a defined set of capabilities and
outcomes for the DFP and the following component workstreams:
i. Selective Extraction & Examination
ii. Automation
iii. Validation Services
iv. Enduring Capability (encompassing i., ii., and iii. above)
It should be noted that PDS have procured the Capability Partner service initially to support the Digital Forensics programme and its requirements, and that there is the potential for the Capability Partner service to support other PDS programmes. The scope of Services is considered a starting point and the volume and spend of this Call Off Contract likely to expand over its term.
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of Capability Partner Services for the DFPAwarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Dec 2022, 16:54 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Nov 2023, 15:50 GMT
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-032354- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0394a9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The procurement exercise was a mini-competition under the CCS Management Consultancy Framework 3, therefore a prior notice was not necessary.
Publisher note: It should be noted that PDS have procured the Capability Partner service initially to support the Digital Forensics programme and its requirements, and that there is the potential for the Capability Partner service to support other PDS programmes. The scope of Services is considered a starting point and the volume and spend of this Call Off Contract likely to expand over its term. The pricing will be based on the rate card procured and not change throughout the contract.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracts
Provision of Capability Partner Services for the DFP · Deloitte
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2022
- Value
- £15,500,000
- Period
- 2 Dec 2022 – …
- Status
- active
- Change The scope of Services is considered a starting point and the volume/spend of this Contract likely to expand over its term. The estimated contract value provided for the initial team, has been updated to reflect full contract value including all permittable extensions., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Please refer to II.2.14) Additional information It should be noted that PDS procured the Capability Partner service initially to support the Digital Forensics programme. There is potential for the Capability Partner to support other PDS programmes. The scope of Services is considered a starting point and the volume/spend of this Contract likely to expand over its term. The procured rate card will be used and unchanged throughout the contract.
Provision of Capability Partner Services for the DFP · Deloitte
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2022
- Value
- £2,310,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- CEDRReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Deloitte LLPAwarded supplier
- Deloitte LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.