BLC0250 National E-Commercial System

BlueLight[CW1.1] Commercial (BLC) acted as the Contracting Authority for the procurement of this national functional E-Commercial System. To support their procurement activities, Blue Light organisations require a National E-Commercial system.

The procured system will enable national Police commercial communities and other public sector bodies (namely Fire and Rescue Services) across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to manage their commercial pipeline, procurement and contract management activities. The procured system is intended for use by Police forces but is also made available to Fire and Rescue Services across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

A list of those organisations is provided below: Police Contracting Authorities (as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as updated and amended and any superseding legislation) that fall under one of more of the following categories and classes (including any statutory successor as a result of statutory reorganisation or otherwise) are able to be onboarded to this Contract where possible, links to these contracting authorities have been provided below and we recognise that the information within these links may be updated from time to time. Chief Constables and/or Police and Crime Commissioners (as defined by Chapter 1 and 2 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011) and/or the Police Authorities (as defined in the Police Act 1964, Police Act 1996, Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, Police and Justice Act 2006, Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006), and other relevant legislation for the constituent parts of the United Kingdom, for their respective rights and interests.

Police, Fire and Crime Commissioners (as introduced by the Policing and Crime Act 2017). Deputy Mayors (or equivalent roles) who hold responsibility for police, crime and / or fire within a combined authority (as defined below) For a full list go to: https://www.police.uk/forces MOD Police: http://www.mod.police.uk/ Police Service of Northern Ireland information at: http://www.psni.police.uk/ Police Forces of British Overseas Territories, British Sovereign Base Areas and British Crown Dependencies including: Gibraltar information at: https://www.police.gi Cyprus information at: https://www.sbaadministration.org/ Channel Islands information at: https://jersey.police.uk, https://guernsey.police.uk Isle of Man information at: https://www.iompolice.im British Transport Police information at: Home | British Transport Police (btp.police.uk) Civil Nuclear Constabulary information at: Civil Nuclear Constabulary - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Financial Intelligence Unit Jersey, as established under the Proceeds of Crime (Financial Intelligence) (Jersey) Regulations 2015: https://www.fiu.je Police Scotland, information at: http://www.scotland.police.uk/ UK Fire and Rescue Services (including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland): - Joint Authorities established under Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985: http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs Fire England: Fire England: Home Welsh Fire and Rescue: Mid and West Wales, North Wales and South Wales Scottish Fire and Rescue: http://www.dontgivefireahome.com/fire_safety/1347.html Northern Ireland Public Sector Bodies and Local Authorities: http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/az2.htm National Fire Chief's Council: Fire and Rescue Services - NFCC Home Office, including their associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office Ministry of Justice, including their associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies: Ministry of Justice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, including their associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Department for Work and Pensions, including their associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies: Department for Work and Pensions - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Department for Business and Trade, including their associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies: Department for Business and Trade - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, including their associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) For details of agencies and public bodies visit GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC): https://www.apccs.police.uk/ National Police Chiefs' Council: npcc.police.uk College of Policing: Leadership.

Standards. Performance. | College of Policing Fire Service College: Home (fireservicecollege.ac.uk) Border Force: Border Force - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) National Highways (Highways Agency): http://highways.gov.uk Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities: Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (association-ifca.org.uk) Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC): https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/ Organisations set up under the Crime and Courts Act 2013 BlueLight Commercial membership is available to any Bluelight organisation therefore the Contract will also be open to any Public Sector Organisation who signs up to the BlueLight Commercial membership terms.

BLC will enter into the contract with the successful bidder and Police Forces and Fire and Rescue Services may then request the allocation of licenses through BLC for their use of the e-commercial system. The awarded value set out in section 5 of this notice represents the contract value of the most advantageous tender and includes the for the extended period of the agreement (8 years) for a total of 1572 initial licenses. The number of the licenses required may increase or decrease subject to the number of contracting authorities who wish to procure through BLC's contract with the successful bidder.