Lincolnshire Police Authority has revealed the names of five organisations which are competing to provide a range of support and policing services over the next ten to 15 years.
The Authority and the Force need to meet an anticipated budget reduction in the next four years of £20 million. In March they started a process to identify potential strategic partners willing to help them continue to develop solutions.
The contract in Lincolnshire, involving the widest range of services ever offered in a single contract by any UK Police Authority, will be worth around £200 million over 10 years. If taken up by other Forces, spend across UK policing as a whole could total £2billion over the next decade.
Those invited to participate in the next stage of the search for a strategic partner are:
THE CAPITA BLUELIGHT ALLIANCE
SERCO AND LOGICA
STERIA WITH RELIANCE
NORTHGATE INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Ltd
G4S
The range of services being considered includes:
Human Resources
Finance
Information Technology
Legal Services
Estate and Fleet Management
Strategic Development and Project Management
General and Specialist Administrative Support
Criminal Justice Support and Custody Provision
Control Room Services
Police Authority Chairman Barry Young said: ‘We are delighted that companies with national and international reputations are interested in joining us to transform the way in which we do business. We have had experience of working with partners for a number of years – although not on such a large scale – and we know that new and compelling ideas can flow from collaboration and partnership.
Put simply, our intention is to provide the best value and best possible policing for the people of Lincolnshire’.
Chief Constable Richard Crompton, said: ‘This is a really exciting opportunity to save considerable sums of taxpayers’ money whilst transforming the service that the public receive from Lincolnshire Police.
I look forward to the next stage of the process as we seek to find the right strategic partner to work with in the long term’.
