Contract award · 24 Mar 2025

SWF Socrates Contract

South West Police Procurement Service awarded “SWF Socrates Contract” to NEC Software Solutions UK Limited for £290k. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionIT servicesSouth West

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Value
£289,980
Procedure
Direct award
Sector
IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date24 Mar 2025
  2. Published25 Mar 2025Published 1 day after the contract date

Description

South West Police Procurement Service provides procurement services to Avon & Somerset, Devon & Cornwall, Dorset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Police. Together with South West Forensics, the PCC for Dorset has awarded the contract for the purchase of a Forensics Case Management System. It was undertaken under the CCS RM6259 Vertical Applications Solutions framework via a direct award, this framework includes a PCR15 compliant option. - This award notice is for information purposes only.

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