Secure Data Hosting for Police Scotland East Data Centre

Official notice

Authority: Scottish Police Authority (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Scotland (UKM)

Awarded value£2,275,911published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 31 Mar 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Pulsant Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Colocation services, power consumption and storage capabilities.

CPV: Data services · Data storage services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Secure production colocation services for Police Scotland’s East Data CentreAwarded

Delivery: Scotland

72300000 Data services

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: 22 Apr 2025, 13:10 BST
Last source update: 22 Apr 2025, 13:10 BST
Authority reference: PROC-25-2850
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-016222
Classification (CPV): Data servicesData storage services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050598 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: As a migration of this complexity and scale has never been carried out before by Police Scotland, this makes the risk profile very high. A market review and internal assessment has identified substantial risks associated with migrating to a new supplier, including:

Publisher note: (SC Ref:796859)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £2,275,9111 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 31 Mar 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Pulsant Limited	£2,275,911 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 016222-2025-PROC-25-2850-1 · Pulsant Limited
Signed
31 Mar 2025
Value
£2,275,911
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Scottish Police Authority

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawPublic order and safety 1 Pacific Quay, 2nd Floor, Glasgow, Scotland, G51 1DZContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body Glasgow

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Pulsant LimitedAwarded supplier Blue Square House, Priors Way, Maidenhead, UK, SL6 2HP

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.