AwardedAwarded 8 September 2026

Record Management System (RMS) 7F Re-Procurement

The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex · Police and fire

In brief

The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex awarded IT and software work to Mark43 UK Limited on 8 September 2026.

It is a framework worth up to £450,000,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 10 years, up to 15 years with extensions, starting 16 October 2026.

It is split into 2 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

The Authority, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex, acting on behalf of itself and the other named participating Forces, wishes to appoint a supplier to deliver a Records Management System ("RMS") encompassing the four key functional pillars of Intelligence, Investigation, Case Management and Custody, and serving as a fully operational tool used by police officers and staff on a daily basis; and to work collaboratively alongside representatives from the seven Police Forces and relevant third parties to implement and configure the system to the Requirements of the Authority, including the provision of appropriate resources to support this. The procurement will be structured as a single-supplier Framework, under which individual Call Off Contracts will be placed using a common template contract document. The term of the single supplier Framework is 4 years. The term of the individual Call-Off Contracts placed by lot 1 or Lot 2 Authorities is anticipated to be for an initial term of 10 years, with the option to extend by a further one 1 period of five 5 years.

Lots

LotTradeValue
RMS and Associated Services to 7F
16 October 2026 to 15 October 2036
What this lot covers

Records Management Solution (RMS) and Associated Services to the specifically named Authorities: • Kent Police • Essex Police • Norfolk Police • Suffolk Police • Bedfordshire Police • Cambridgeshire Police • Hertfordshire Police

IT services and software£100,000,000
RMS and Associated Services to all other UK Police Forces
16 October 2026 to 15 October 2036
What this lot covers

Records Management Solution and Associated Services to all other UK Police Forces

IT services and software£350,000,000

Who won

WinnerLotValueDates
Mark43 UK Limited (SME)RMS and Associated Services to 7F, RMS and Associated Services to all other UK Police Forces£450,000,000
Awarded 8 September 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 061054-2025
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 084819-2026

About the buyer

Procurements

32

Awards

23

Suppliers it has used most for IT and software

  • Mark43 UK Limited1 contract
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    £65kestimated

From notice 061054-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 30 September 2025, last updated 8 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.