Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-17
Buyer: Cheshire Constabulary on behalf of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire
Country: UK
Region: Cheshire
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30200000 | 31640000 | 32500000 | 38000000 | 72610000: Computer support services
Estimated value: 200000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Cheshire Constabulary is experiencing an increase in demand for front line policing to examine mobile devices and associated hardware such as SIM cards. Demand for this facility is expected to continue to rise. It is important to meet this demand and to empower front line investigators to carry out these examinations 24/7. The vision for Cheshire Constabulary is that frontline investigators will have access to mobile device examination equipment at a number of local sites including Custody Suites, Local Police Stations and Headquarters. A number of trained frontline investigators will carry out mobile device examinations on behalf of their colleagues. These trained frontline investigators will advise colleagues on what information may be obtained from mobile devices, how to preserve the evidence and how to use it to develop lines of enquiry.
Cheshire Constabulary is experiencing an increase in demand for front line policing to examine mobile devices and associated hardware such as SIM cards. Demand for this facility is expected to continue to rise. It is important to meet this demand and to empower front line investigators to carry out these examinations 24/7. This will ensure that:
— The minimum number of suspects have to be bailed pending the examination of their mobile devices and that when it is necessary, the duration of their bail is minimised;
— Victims and witnesses are not unduly inconvenienced when it is necessary to examine their mobile devices;
— Submissions to the e-Forensics unit are reduced, enabling skilled staff to focus on more complex technical examinations.
The vision for Cheshire Constabulary is that frontline investigators will have access to mobile device examination equipment at a number of local sites including Custody Suites, Local Police Stations and Headquarters. A number of trained frontline investigators will carry out mobile device examinations on behalf of their colleagues.
These trained frontline investigators will advise colleagues on what information may be obtained from mobile devices, how to preserve the evidence and how to use it to develop lines of enquiry. This will ensure that:
— Wasteful examinations will be prevented by a formalised decision-making process that also ensures force-wide consistency;
— There will be strong governance of the equipment and procedures, with an operational manager who is accountable for sustaining and promoting the proper use of the equipment; and
— This vision is consistent with the Police & Crime Plan Priority of ‘building on the use of innovative technology to deliver better services to the communities of Cheshire’.
There will be an option to renew for twelve [12] months at the discretion of the PCC and with the agreement of the successful Supplier. The duration of the contract will cover the support and maintenance of any equipment and it is anticipated that this element of the contract will be in place until the equipment is taken out of use, which could be up to ten [10] years.
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire and Cheshire Constabulary are inviting tenders for four [4], seven [7] and twelve [12] pieces of mobile device examination equipment to include support and maintenance.
All contact should be via the Bluelight e-Sourcing portal https://bluelight.eu-supply.com/ under reference 26180.


Award value: 200000