Guard services

Tender description

Hampshire County Council is releasing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) on behalf of Hampshire Constabulary to advise the market of intentions to put in place a provision for its crime scene guarding requirements. This PIN is also to gauge market interest and initiate engagement and dialogue between Hampshire Constabulary and parties interested in providing services. The engagement could involve questionnaires, supplier days and possibly one-to-one meetings. Currently services are provided in house but increased demand across the force constitutes a new model approach is required. The role of the scene officer is to provide a secure presence at access and egress points of major or serious crimes scenes. It is an important role, providing credibility in securing evidence as well as ensuring robust frameworks on contamination or interference. These crime scenes include serious offences such as murder, manslaughter, suspicious deaths, rape and serious assault. The use of police officers at these scenes is costly, not only in financial terms but in abstracting staff away from other essential tasks within the organisation, the use of dedicated SO’s releases police officers to perform their core function. Scene guarding within Hampshire is currently undertaken by response and patrol (R&P) officers with assistance from officers within the prevent and neighbourhood strand (P&N). This early market engagement is open to all potential providers for the provision of crime scene guarding and security related services and provides an opportunity for potential providers to contribute to the development of the strategy. Furthermore, this activity will assist Hampshire Constabulary in specifying their requirements, assist the commissioners in identifying any risks or perceived challenges and gain market intelligence of preferred pricing models. If you are interested in delivering these services please attach yourself to the project via the In-tend system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/ If your organisation is not registered on the Hampshire In-tend portal, please go to the website stated above and click on the “Register” tab — registration is free. Logging into In-Tend (once registered) — To view this opportunity please click on “Tenders” then “Current” and then scroll down to the project — Selecting “View Details” on the relevant opportunity — Clicking the “Express Interest” tab The “Help” or “Information for Suppliers” buttons on the portal provide a detailed step by step guide. Receiving notification emails to ensure you receive email alerts and notifications from our system, please add the email domain “@in-tend.co.uk” to your Safe Senders list. If you wish to participate with the initial engagement phase, please confirm and provide contact details via the In-Tend messaging function found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire by 17.5.2019. We anticipate making further information available via e-procurement portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire This notice is for prior information only and is not a call for competition.