National Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) Application Procurement Prior Information Notice

Description

Note this is not a call for competition This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is being issued by the Home Office (the Authority) to notify the market of a Market Engagement Event seeking views and feedback in relation to the potential procurement of an ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) application to support the UKs National ANPR Service (NAS). This PIN does not formally signify the beginning of any procurement exercise by the Authority, nor does it constitute a commitment by the Authority to undertake a procurement, however in the event that the Authority decides to formally commence a procurement pursuant to this PIN then a separate Tender Notice will be published. It is envisaged that if a procurement does take place, it will do so under the Procurement Act 2023. Accordingly the Authority will be holding a hybrid In person/ Online Market Engagement event on Friday 17th January between 2pm and 4pm. Potential Suppliers who wish to attend this event must download and execute the NDA available at https://www.techuk.org/what-we-deliver/events/home-office-national-anpr-capability-preliminary-market-engagement.html and return it to nascommercial@homeoffice.gov.uk The e-mail must include the name and address of the organisation, full name of up to a maximum of two designated attendees, their position in the organisation, email and telephone contact details. Please note that attendance shall be: 1) Strictly limited to two representatives per organisation 2) Subject to the agreement and full execution of the Home Office NDA 3) For those wishing to attend in person, allocated on a first come first served basis (due to room capacity, although online attendance will still be available). The deadline for registration of interest to attend shall be 12 noon on the 16th January and the Home Office reserves the right to determine at its discretion if any registrations submitted after this time shall be accepted. Additional information: The Home Office are looking to engage with potential suppliers ahead of a potential procurement for a National ANPR Application and Associated Services. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) is a critical law enforcement capability used to detect, deter, and disrupt criminality at a local, regional, and national level, including Organised Crime Groups, people traffickers, serious sexual offenders, and terrorists. ANPR is also used to protect vulnerable people from harm. ANPR enables police forces throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and other approved Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to identify those who are using the roads for criminal purposes, whilst protecting the privacy, the rights and the safety of those who use our roads legitimately. The current national ANPR service is a live time alarming system with a query, search, report production and data preservation capability as well as national store of data. It brings together a stream of live ANPR camera data more than 80 million reads a day from England, Wales and Scotland Police forces. This data set is comprised of Vehicle Registration Numbers and associated number plate and vehicle overview images. The potential application supplier will be required to provide the following: - National ANPR Application and Service, consisting of operational components including (but not limited to): - Live time alerting and control room alert deployment functionality - Search Capability - Report Production and Export - Data Preservation - Audit Capability - Links to external systems and implementation - Support and System integration services (exact scope to be confirmed) This early market engagement event on the 17th January 2pm-4pm will provide potential suppliers with further information about the National ANPR Service, the application procurement, and will give potential suppliers a chance to provide feedback on the proposals and approach, as well as providing an opportunity for Q&A. After the event, interested suppliers will also have the opportunity to book on to 121 sessions with the Home Office to demonstrate relevant potential solutions and discuss these and the potential procurement in more detail. These sessions will take place WC 10th February 2025 and will be approximately 1 hr in length. This event is a relevant for tech suppliers with suitable ANPR application products and services to meet the challenge of a high volume, high demand national capability. Please note that as some of the information disclosed at the event is formative and not available in the public domain, all attendees will need to sign the Non-Disclosure Agreement available from the Tech UK link below and return it to NASCommercial@homeoffice.gov.uk by the 16th January 2025 at 12:00 PM. If you have not signed and returned the NDA you will not be able to participate in the event. Please note no amendments to the NDA will be accepted.