CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Next Generation Predictive Policing - SBRI Innovation Competition

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The ‘Next Generation Predictive Policing Project’ is a new national competition launched by South Wales Police in conjunction with Gwent Police, to identify and develop innovative solutions that maximise the effectiveness of resources and enhance the service provided to the communities of Southern Wales.

This competition is jointly funded by the Police Forces,Welsh Government and Innovate UK.

The competition process is being run by South Wales Police as part of the Fusion Programme, which aims to change policing through the innovative and dynamic use of technology.

The contest is seeking to develop innovative solutions that utilise predictive analytic tools, methods and processes to integrate, interpret, visualise and forecast using existing and future police and partner data sets.

Organisations are invited to compete for a share of a total £250,000 fund for the further development and commercialisation of innovative technologies, processes and business models.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=21196.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

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Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

The overall purpose of any solution will be to facilitate effective crime and disorder prevention and detection, through efficient tasking of police resources. This will need to be done in real-time as an automated, proactive process that fits with existing infrastructure, procedures and legislative requirements to assist operational decision makers to prioritise, allocate resources and manage risk.

The added value that any solution may provide would include automated holistic interpretation of available information to identify what has happened, what we know about the situation (who, what, where, when, why and how), the resources we have available, what is likely to happen in the future (prediction) and suggestions for a potential course of action. In order to maximise benefit any solution would need to be intuitive to use and provide the outcomes in a real time and visual format.

The project would realistically expecting any successful solution to assist in delivering the following outcomes:

• Improved prevention, detection and disruption of criminal activity and disorder.

• More efficient use of staff and resources to ensure we have the right people in the right place, at the right time.

• Improved planning and forecasting to ensure best value is obtained from our staff and resources.

• Provide greater information and intelligence to front line officers enabling them to provide an improved and more efficient service to the public of Southern Wales.

• An improvement in public confidence and customer satisfaction for the local communities we police.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

SBRI Competitions are open to all organisations that can demonstrate a route to market for their solution

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

SWP SBRI

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Application Process

To apply for this competition you must first register with us. You can do this by going to the web page for this competition at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/

When you register you will get access to all the supporting information you need, including the Guidance for Applicants and the application form.

Completed applications must be downloaded to the competition at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/

PLEASE DO NOT SEND APPLICATIONS BY POST OR ANY OTHER MEANS THAN AS DIRECTED

The feasibility study phase of the competition opens on the 19th January 2015 and closes at noon on Monday the 16th March 2015. The deadline for registration is noon on Friday the 6th March 2015

(WA Ref:21196)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice