Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Police Digital Service · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Bays Consulting Limited SME
- Value
- £660,000
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- IT services · Database and operating software development services (CPV 72212600)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Jan 2026
- Published9 Feb 2026Published 30 days after the contract date
Description
The policing approach to the operational running of football events remains largely analogue, relying heavily on traditional intelligence assessments and risk categorisation to inform match planning, resource allocation and costs. This approach is widely utilised and relies heavily on the match commander assigned to the policing operation, their planning teams using an analogue risk management matrix along with their skills and experience to inform their judgement of the level of risk that each football match presents. This generic approach, however, presents a margin of risk, owing to the historically manual interpretation of the available intelligence, which can therefore lack the precision and adaptability offered by modern data-driven solutions. Policing seeks to provide more efficient processes to lessen the impact on resourcing and costs and to therefore ensure that the service offered to the public is as cost effective as it can be. Being able to be more specific with resourcin…
About the supplier
Bays Consulting Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06995557).