Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-12-11
Buyer: Thames Valley Police
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 30210000 | 30236200 | 32260000 | 32580000 | 35200000: Police equipment

Technical requirements: Thames Valley Police as the authority is interested in suppliers that can provide a forensic mobile device examination tool to replace our existing hardware for both Thames Valley Police and Hampshire Constabulary.
We require expressions of interest from suppliers that are able to provide a mobile device examination tool for Thames Valley Police and Hampshire Constabulary.
We are looking to replace our current Lv1 frontline digital forensic extraction kiosks with a an up to date forensic mobile device examination tool that can be used to facilitate the recovery of digital data from mobile devices to provide evidential results and intelligence data for volume offences, and early actionable intelligence for serious and major crime.
This could be in the form of kiosks, but there is potential for this to also be a mobile platform as well. There is also a requirement that a networked solution is obtained with an ability to remotely monitor and manage the terminals themselves to provide support to both forces moving towards accreditation under ISO 17025 and/or 17020. These systems should also be capable of integrating with a centralised data storage system. If you are interested in the above please express your interest by emailing alison.jerred@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk no later than midday on Friday 8 January 2021. You will be required to write a short summary of your offering to include:
The name of your organisation, company size (e.g. if an SME), and contact details for the individual(s) who will participating in the supplier engagement.
Pleases state if you have been involved in integrating your system into a centralised storage system.
TVP will use an eSourcing system for this competition. The eSourcing system we will use is https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=UK
Please be advised that in preparation to participate in this competition for this contract that: The Cyber essentials scheme is mandatory for central government contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services.
Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
There are no documents attached to this PIN to download. We require expressions of interest at this stage.
Thames Valley Police is one of the 43 police forces in England and Wales and is the largest non-metropolitan force. It covers over 2 200 square miles and three counties: Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
We serve a diverse population of over 2.34 million people. The force has 12 local policing areas, each with a command structure led by a Superintendent. The population has grown by 10 % in the last 10 years. The force is also responsible for policing 196 miles of motorway.
Thames Valley Police works closely with Hampshire Constabulary and since 2011 we have shared a Joint Operations Unit (JOU). The JOU includes our roads policing unit, firearms capability, operational support, dogs unit, mounted unit (Thames Valley) and marine unit (Hampshire).
Thames Valley Police also collaborates on a regional basis for Counter Terrorism (Counter Terrorism Policing South East) and Serious and Organised Crime (South East Region Organised Crime Unit). For these regional structures we work with the forces of Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex.