Police hunt down IT forensics expertise
Kable
Published: 02 Oct 2009 08:16 BST
The Metropolitan Police Service is setting up a £32m framework to buy forensic analysis of electronic devices.
An advertisement, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 1 October, 2009, says the Met wants to set up a four-year agreement that will be divided into five lots.
The first, covering the forensic analysis of computers, could include the examination of PDAs, digital cameras and computer-related equipment, such as external hard drives, DVDs, CDs and memory cards.
The second, for telephones, could include analysis of mobile handsets and any memory cards they contain. The third, cell site analysis, involves liaison with network operators to identify handset usage and provide mapping services.
The fourth covers analysis of analogue and digital recordings, and the fifth is for analysis of video equipment, including editing and creating compilations of CCTV and the examination of video equipment, such as camcorders.
No electronic auction will be used, but this is likely to be a recurrent procurement. The Met expects to publish further tender notices in 2012.
Companies interested in applying have until noon on 28 October, 2009.
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