Published date: 14 February 2025

Last edited date: 14 February 2025

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 20 February 2025, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Industry specific software package - 48100000

  • Business intelligence software package - 48482000

  • Trust and custody services - 66160000

    • Industry specific software development services - 72212100

    • Business intelligence software development services - 72212482

Location of contract

B4 6DG

Value of contract

£20,000,000 to £60,000,000

Procurement reference

IT-547-53-BLC0218

Published date

14 February 2025

Closing date

20 February 2025

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

21 December 2025

Contract end date

21 December 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

BlueLight Commercial are working in collaboration with UK policing and government organisations and agencies to seek information from the digital asset software and services market to inform a procurement process. The procurement is to establish a two-lot framework. Lot 1: Storage and Realisation is for a software as a service custody solution to store seized digital assets and to realise these asset. Lot 2: Track and Trace is for software for blockchain forensic analysis. The purpose of this engagement is to obtain information about licensing, pricing models and insurance. The procurement process will commence in the first quarter of the 2025 financial year.

BlueLight Commercial is looking to assess the market with respect to:
1. Licensing models-flexible approach to user licenses.
2. Hierarchy of users-are the solutions compatible with use by law enforcement where different permissions may be granted, and cases can be reviewed by senior management.
3. Pricing model and insurance requirements.

It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express interest in any future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published in Find a Tender Service (FTS) or the Central Digital Platform. This PIN is not a pre-qualification questionnaire and is not part of any pre-qualification or selection process and is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise only to help inform a subsequent procurement exercise.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Emma Barksby

Address

Colmore Circus Queensway
Birmingham
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B4 6DG
United Kingdom

Telephone

00000000000

Email

emma.barksby@bluelight.police.uk