Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Home Office
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
UK
Contact person: PND Commercial Team
E-mail: PNDCommercial@homeoffice.gov.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Public order and safety
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Procurement of the Police National Database
Reference number: C24378
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72320000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This PIN for the Police National Database re-procurement is for information purposes only.
On 14 November 2023, techUK hosted a market engagement event in conjunction with the National Police Chief’s Council and the Police National Database (PND) programme team.
The purpose of this PIN is to update the market on the progress the Department is making and to note that this includes a delay to any future competitive procurement for the Police National Database re-procurement. The Department is continuing to explore delivery options following feedback from the market.
In addition we encourage the market to keep an eye on the Home Office's procurement pipeline, published at regular intervals, and for future Prior Information Notices from the PND team for any additional market engagement sessions held in the future.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48610000
72212600
72227000
72228000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
N/A
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
10/04/2025
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The PND continues to make progress in relation to its transformation programme (to bring PND into the Home Office Law Enforcement Cloud Platform and update legacy technology) and remains confident that full transformation will be completed according to its original schedule.
The market engagement was very successful in terms of level of attendance, engagement and feedback received. We have identified that there is a healthy appetite and market capability in relation to this opportunity and feel that to make the most of this interest a period of revision is required. As a result of the quality of both the engagement and the feedback received, the Home Office will invest additional time to review its requirements and the associated commercial approach. This will naturally include assessing additional CCS Framework Agreements, alongside the Procurement Act 2023 competition procedures to ensure any procurement exercise is optimised to achieve success. We hope to run further market engagement sessions following completion of our assessment activities and successful navigation of the internal and external governance gateways, to encourage market members’ cooperation and networking.
The revised timescales contained within this notice are estimates and indicative only. Any procurement will still be subject to the appropriate internal governance and approvals which could affect estimates provided.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
17/04/2024