The Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) has put out a tender for a national ICT solution on the Official Journal of the European Union.

The contract will be worth between £40m and £80m and will create a "modern, scalable, national ICT solution for the Scottish Police Service allowing for the recording, management and analysis of information", according to the tender.

The procurement forms part of the National Information Management (IM) Programme and entails the acquisition of a new modern, scalable, extensible, national ICT solution for the Scottish Police Service that allows for the recording, management and analysis of information which aligns to and supports the Scottish Police Service's national model of common end to end policing processes and, through its design and its ability to integrate with other police ICT systems, minimises data management inefficiencies.

The scope of the IM procurement will primarily focus on the acquisition of a national core ICT solution and services to implement this solution for the entire user base (currently circa 25,000 users across Scotland). The procurement exercise may include some or all of the following: software components, software licences, specialist hardware, integration tools and services, business change activities, implementation services, reporting capabilities, data management activities, support, optional managed service arrangements, additional integration services and other relevant services necessary for the implementation of the solution.