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The Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent

Asset Tool Management - Kent & Essex Police

IT ServicesCPV 72268000
Value£180k
Deadline
Published8 Jan 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Lovejoy Mutizwa
lovejoy.mutizwa@beds.police.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£180ktotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the IT Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

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The Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent has published 6 IT Services notices, about every 9 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around December 2026.

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The brief

Software Asset Management (SAM) is a strategic business discipline focused on maximizing the value and minimizing the risk associated with an organization’s software assets.

It encompasses the end-to-end lifecycle management of software covering procurement, deployment, maintenance, utilization, and retirement to ensure compliance, cost-efficiency, and operational effectiveness.

The primary objectives of Software Asset Management (SAM) are to drive down IT expenditure, mitigate legal and compliance risks associated with software ownership and usage, and enhance operational agility and end-user productivity across the organization.

At Kent and Essex Police we have a solution we are currently using and have been using for many years.

We are now undertaking a strategic review to assess whether a more cost-effective solution is available that can deliver equivalent or enhanced functionality without compromising the capabilities currently provided by the current solution We are looking to establish communication with potential suppliers and initiate preliminary discussions regarding possible solution offerings.

Please reach out to: Lovejoy.Mutizwa@beds.police.uk to discuss.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

It encompasses the end-to-end lifecycle management

It encompasses the end-to-end lifecycle management of software covering procurement, deployment, maintenance, utilization, and retirement to ensure compliance, cost-efficiency, and operational effectiveness.

02

We are now undertaking a strategic review

We are now undertaking a strategic review to assess whether a more cost-effective solution is available that can deliver equivalent or enhanced functionality without compromising the capabilities currently provided by the current solution.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060248
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
001636-2026
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