How to win: Intelligence Platform Replacement

About this contract

Police Scotland wishes to engage potential Suppliers to obtain appropriate information in advance of an Invitation to Tender being issued. The supplier engagement will enable us to: - Gain greater clarity on the services and solutions currently available. - Consider best practice and innovation. - Consider potential costs for the solution. - Identify the most effective procurement route. - Establish timescales that would be required for: - ITT process - Solution delivery The initial scope of the anticipated procurement exercise will be to deliver an Intelligence Management System (IMS) which will replace Police Scotland’s current Scottish Intelligence Database (SID). The replacement solution will allow for the recording, management, understanding, and development of intelligence and should be modern, stable and future proof. This procurement will include all required software, project management, installation, testing, test reporting, migration data, licensing, support & maintenance, training and any other associated goods or services required to deliver the solution. Further information is contained within a Request for Information document which will be made available to Supplier

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Scottish Police Authority scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓Lead with evidenced capability and social value — for goods work these usually outweigh price.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar goods contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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