The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is building a new platform and set of applications for its 'Core Policing' functions. These will support delivery of an end to end digital criminal justice process with capabilities to support the following business activities:

— Record and Investigate Crime

— Manage Custody

— Manage Prosecutions

— Record and Manage Intelligence

— Manage risks associated with vulnerable persons and public safety.

Our approach centres on the creation of an information centric platform based on a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), much of which will be built by the MPS. We wish however, to procure a hosted Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) package to fulfil the 'Manage Custody' component of this. Critical aspects of this procurement are:

— Delivery of a system compliant with UK legislation (e.g. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 “PACE” codes of practice)with access to all MPS.

— A solution that seamlessly integrates with the rest of the new Core Policing platform allowing a seamless flow of data across platform.

— A resilient, high availability solution that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week that can flexibly meet the dynamic resource demands of Policing London.

The scope may be summarised as:

— Delivery management and support of a Custody Solution and its interfaces to the MPS, National Policing and Criminal Justice Systems.

— Provision of 2nd line support call handling and management system via the MPS ICT Service Provider, including all aspects of service delivery and reporting

— Support and maintenance of all hardware and infrastructure, including data network equipment

— Back end administration of the Custody application including training systems administration

— 2 integral Options, one that includes the provision of Secure Data Centre Hosting and the other to install and operate the solution from MPS nominated data centres.