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BlueLight Commercial

BLC0109 - Digital Forensic Services DPS

Government ServicesCPV 75240000
Value£60.0m
Awarded28 Feb 2027
Published30 Jan 2025
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£60.0mtotal contract value
median £400k
this tender£0£64.8m

This is a large award for Government & Public Administration — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,438 valued Government & Public Administration tenders in our corpus.

The brief

This is a republication of OJEU reference 2020/S 203-494905 ( https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/494905-2020 ) which was originally published by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset.

The Dynamic Purchasing System has novated from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset to Bluelight Commercial.

Bluelight Commercial are leading a Digital Forensics Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), which will be in place for an eight-year period from commencement of the DPS.

The Authority and its Customers are seeking to award multiple Service Agreements through the following structure of requirements:- Lot 1A Digital Data Retrieval - Mobile Device Lot 1B Digital Data Retrieval - Computers Lot 2A Complex Digital Data Retrieval - Mobile Device Decrypt & Acquire Lot 2B Complex Digital Data Retrieval - Chip / Data Restoration Lot 2C Complex Digital Data Retrieval - Mobile Device Bespoke Lot 2D Complex Digital Data Retrieval - HDD/Peripheries Repair & Data Restoration Lot 2E Complex Digital Data Retrieval - Mobile Device Peripheries Lot 3 Digital Forensic Investigation & Evaluation Lot 4A Digital Forensic Case Evaluation - Cell Site Analysis Lot 4B Digital Forensic Case Evaluation - Still / Video Image Enhancement Lot 4C Digital Forensic Case Evaluation - Video Production and Presentation Lot 4D Digital Forensic Case Evaluation - Image Comparison - Face Lot 4E Digital Forensic Case Evaluation - Image Comparison - Clothing Lot 4F Digital Forensic Case Evaluation - Image Comparison - Vehicles Lot 4G Digital Forensic Case Evaluation - Image Comparison - Other Lot 4H Digital Forensic Case Evaluation - Audio Enhancement Lot 4I Digital Forensic Case Evaluation - Audio Analysis Lot 4J Digital Forensic Case Evaluation - Audio Voice Comparison Lot 5A Digital Forensics Quality Assurance - PT Trial - Mobile Device DDR Lot 5B Digital Forensics Quality Assurance - PT Trial - Computer DFI Lot 5C Digital Forensics Quality Assurance - GTD / Test Data Production Lot 5D Digital Forensics Quality Assurance - ISO 17020 / 17025 Training Lot 5E Digital Forensics Quality Assurance - Other Training e.g.

Crim.PR / Expert Witness Lot 5F Digital Forensics Quality Assurance - Tool Training Lot 5G Digital Forensics Quality Assurance - Method Validation Lot 5H Digital Forensics Quality Assurance - Quality Assurance Consultancy Lot 6 Collection & Delivery (Lots 2A - E & 4A - J only) This is a strategic collaborative national (pan force) procurement, buying once for many, driving quality, standardisation, compliance with legislation and innovation, whilst increasing market capacity and capability.

The DPS will provide opportunities for Forensic Service Providers to win business and provide a range of services which are compatible with operational capabilities at any given time.

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Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The DPS will provide opportunities for Forensic

The DPS will provide opportunities for Forensic Service Providers to win business and provide a range of services which are compatible with operational capabilities at any given time.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Frameworks & routes to market
The Dynamic Purchasing System has novated from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset to Bluelight Commercial.
ISO 17020 (inspection bodies)Standards you certify to
Lot 5D Digital Forensics Quality Assurance - ISO 17020 / 17025 Training

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Source & provenance
OCID
d01b3b0e-1813-44f9-9e33-f72dd1f53c30
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
IT-547-49-BLC0109
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