Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Supplier
- Softcat Plc
- Value
- £147,000
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- IT services · System and support services (CPV 72250000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Dec 2025
- Published8 Jan 2026Published 30 days after the contract date
Description
To establish a new DFU operating model, the NHSCFA requires a forensic tool and integrated review platform to operate as part of the unit's primary digital forensic examination and eDiscovery workflow. This solution shall: Process forensic acquisitions taken of computer devices, removable storage, data captured from cloud and remote storage. Process mobile device data previously captured and processed by common mobile forensic tools for review alongside computer data. Provide a suite of analytical tools for the analysis, interpretation, filtering, searching, categorisation and reporting of data of relevance. Enable the presentation of data of potential relevance to a secure internet-accessible platform for the review and categorisation of data by the DFU's customers. Enable the export of relevant data and production of forensic reports for submission to the Criminal Justice System.
About the supplier
Softcat Plc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).