Scope
Reference
715696457
Description
Professional Standards Case Management System for the Defence Serious Crime Cmd. A secure IT system.
Contract 1. Professional Standards Case Management System
Supplier
Contract value
- £275,689 excluding VAT
- £330,826.80 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
31 January 2026
Contract dates (estimated)
- 2 February 2026 to 1 February 2029
- 3 years
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 72268000 - Software supply services
Contract locations
- UK - United Kingdom
Other information
Description of risks to contract performance
Head Office Commercial, as part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to Force Information Systems Ltd for a Professional Standards Case Management System (Centurion) to be used by the Service Police. The Contract will be for a term of 3 years and has an estimated value of £275,689 (exclusive of VAT).
It is considered that this contract can be awarded under Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 because the direct award justification specified in paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 (single supplier – technical reasons) applies.
This is because the Centurion system is the only professional standards software recommended by the College of Policing that can be fully integrated with software used by the Home Office and all territorial police forces in England and Wales and the only tool from which Police Professional Standards national statistics are calculated. There are no other reasonable alternatives.
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Direct award justification
Single supplier - technical reasons
necessary in order to ensure the proper functioning of a sector on which the defence, security or economic stability of the United Kingdom relies
Supplier
Force Information Systems
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PGTX-3738-TTQG
101b Park Drive, Milton Park,
Abingdon,
OX14 4RY
United Kingdom
Region: UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. Professional Standards Case Management System
Contracting authority
Ministry of Defence
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ
65 Brown Street
Glasgow
G13 2EX
United Kingdom
Email: ewen.burton339@mod.gov.uk
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
Region: UKM82 - Glasgow City
Organisation type: Public authority - central government