Conducted Energy Device Grant Funding

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In line with the Home Secretary's 27 September 2019 announcement, the Home Office is making up to an additional £10million of grant funding available to PCCs to increase the number of police officers carrying Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs) to help protect police officers and the public from harm. Bids must demonstrate how an increase in the number of police officers carrying CEDs will improve the safety and protection of officers and the public based on force's Strategic Threat and Risk Assessments (STRA). £2.5million of the Funding will be available for eligible expenditure commitments this financial year (2019/20) i.e. to be spent no later than 31 March 2020, with the remaining £7.5million to be awarded and spent next financial year (2020/21). Outcomes Ensuring an increase in the number of police officers carrying Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs) to help protect police officers and the public from harm. All successful PCCs will be allocated funding centrally via a Grant Agreement from the Home Office. The process leading to the award of the grant will be administered using Crown Commercial Services eSourcing portal, and all submissions must be made online via this portal. To take part in this grant funding opportunity, please see the 'how to apply' guidance below which provides important instructions for registration on the portal, then gaining access to this opportunity. Traditional email or hard copy final submissions or proposals will not be accepted. Bids will close at 12pm (noon) on 04 Feb 2020. This competition is an online process and will be managed electronically via the Crown Commercial Service's (CCS) eSourcing Suite. Bidders have been urged to register with CCS as a SUPPLIER as soon as possible to avoid delays in establishing your Supplier status, as it can take up to 10 working days to create an account. The link is https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk but Bidders must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. If you do not have a DUNS number, please contact D&B UK directly on 0870 243 2344, or online at http://www.dnb.co.uk/duns-form.asp Once registered on the CCS portal, please email the Authority mailbox CEDFund@homeoffice.gov.uk and ask to be added to the event stating, "CED FUND - portal access" in the subject title.