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
E-mail: PPPTCommercial@homeoffice.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.gov.uk/homeoffice
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
Hosting and Support of the Intelligence Driven Integrated Offender Management (IDIOM) Application
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72253200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The scope of the requirement is to maintain the live service hosting and provide application support of the IDIOM application to maintain capability while police reform activities decide on the future of the Integrated Offender Management capability. There will be a need to support some form of transition and decommissioning. This may be to support an Authority migration to an alternative solution, a move to in-house management or a network hosting migration, subject to strategic decisions currently being considered. Due to the dependency on this strategic decision, there may to be a need to make use of early exit provisions and to undertaken the transition and decommissioning activities prior to the end of the initial term.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
32424000
72212482
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The overall scope of the requirement is to source, implement and successfully transition the IDIOM application to its hosting platform by 26/06/2026, with an accredited PSN connection already in place. Live service should be maintained, and work with the current supplier to enable a service cut-over must be supported. The supplier must support the application and hosting environment through both platform and security maintenance, and also the change cycle. Any service, system or solution provided to the Home Office must be able to meet the Police Digital Service (PDS) Security Accreditation requirements and obtain an Approval to Operate (ATO) alternatively called, Approval to Proceed (ATP). Once a strategic decision is made, there will be a requirement to support some form of transition, which may include a networking changes or migration (to maintain PSN compliance through the life of the contract), a move to in-house management by the Authority and support of a data migration and dual-run in line with transition to an alternative solution.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
30/06/2025
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
Following the PIN the Authority shall enter into a period of Request for Information (RFI) circa 30/06/2025
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/05/2025