MOPAC Decisions

• Date signed: 17/03/23
• Date published: 04/09/23
• Reference code: PCD 1400

This decision seeks approval to accept additional funding from the Home Office in 2022-23 as follows:
£522,500 for the Digital Public Contact (DPC) Programme in Financial Year 2022-23 for initial investment in the scoping of a Single Online Home Citizen Portal and
£460,000 for deliverables brought forward from next financial year to accelerate critical aspects of the DPC Delivery Roadmap.

• Date signed: 23/01/23
• Date published: 01/09/23
• Reference code: PCD 1324

This paper seeks the approval of contract award for the provision of a cleaning service for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) buildings. The proposed contract term will be for an initial three-year term with two 2-year optional extensions. The initial term annual fixed price is £15,041,444 and the total up to seven year contract value (including estimated inflation) is £111,389,545. The cost will be funded from within the MPS existing budget.

• Date signed: 20/12/22
• Date published: 01/09/23
• Reference code: PCD 1325

This paper seeks the approval for the re-procurement via restricted tender procedure of contracts to provide for the maintenance and inspections of lifts and roller shutter doors. The proposal is for a up to seven year contract term, an initial three term with two 2-year optional extensions. The estimated 7 year contract value is £13,934,142. The cost will be funded from within the existing MPS budget.

• Date signed: 20/04/23
• Date published: 01/09/23
• Reference code: PCD 1407

Since April 2022, the current iteration of the Your Choice programme has been delivering high intensity CBT therapeutic interventions to young people aged 11-17 who have been assessed to be at risk of/vulnerable to violence and exploitation. Funded by the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), the programme is being evaluated as a randomised control trial (RCT), a gold standard evaluation that will enable the VRU to strengthen our evidence base on trauma-informed, therapeutic interventions, achieving positive outcomes for children and young people (CYP). The pilot phase of the RCT has now concluded, however, due to delays in delivery and consequently, evaluation timelines, the subsequent efficacy phase has not yet commenced. This means the programme is effectively suspended, with trained clinical teams unable to continue delivering services to CYP due to uncertainty of progression to efficacy and further funding. This transition phase will continue until programme evaluators have submitted their report to YEF and a decision on progression to efficacy has been made.
This current situation poses risks to the programme due to (a) trained practitioners standing down; (b) loss of clinical leads who brings CBT expertise to the programme; and (c) suspension of therapeutic service delivery to CYP. Cumulatively, these risks will also impact the ongoing RCT. To mitigate the risks, the VRU have proposed to match-fund £1,000,000 to provide essential, bridging support during this transition phase and to ensure that CYP are not left without critical support.
This proposal is to allocate £1,000,000 to allow the continuity of service provision across all local authority Your Choice teams (treatment and control groups) through a direct grant opportunity, allowing practitioners to continue their training and young people to continue accessing therapeutic service provision during the transition phase between pilot and efficacy.

• Date signed: 20/04/23
• Date published: 01/09/23

DMPC Decision PCD 1247 approved funding for projects in support of the Police and Crime Plan totalling £3.415m, this included £300k to deliver “MPS Officer Training – Trauma Informed and Rape Myth”. This decision seeks to approve to procure a 6-month contract to deliver Stalking Awareness Training at a maximum cost of £150k. This training will be primarily for the MPS, but with the intention that is could be accessible to CPS and the Probation Service, to support a more effective partnership approach to stalking. The training will improve awareness, identification and responses to stalking cases. This training is supportive in terms of delivery the Mayor’s VAWG strategy.

• Date signed: 24/03/23
• Date published: 01/09/23
• Reference code: PCD 1416

This paper seeks approval to accept further Home Office grant funding of up to £3,700,000 to support Operation Yamata to combat intra-London drugs supply networks. An initial grant of £4,300,000 was previously approved for this operation. The additional grant will enable the funding of an additional seven operational teams for the period October 2022 to March 2023.

• Date signed: 31/03/23
• Date published: 01/09/23
• Reference code: PCD 1417

This paper relates to the provision of a boarding up and locksmith service to secure property where forced entry has been made and where the home owner or occupier is not on scene. It seeks approval for a contract value uplift of £446,000 to take account of increased prices and demand for the remaining 12 months of the current contract, and to initiate procurement for a national framework for the re-provision of the service with effect from 1 March 2024. The estimated national framework value is between £6,400,000-£9,000,000 over a upto 4 year term, with the MPS estimated 4 year contract call-off value estimated at £2,200,000.

• Date signed: 28/03/23
• Date published: 01/09/23
• Reference code: PCD 1418

This paper seeks the approval of Home Office grant funding in 2022/23 of up to £2,096,674 to part fund the Organised Crime Unit (OCU) capabilities in respect of activities in the confiscation of assets determined to be proceeds of crime, threat assessment, drugs strategy, digital forensic support and transformation.

• Date signed: 31/03/23
• Date published: 01/09/23
• Reference code: PCD 1419

This paper seeks approval for the provision of a service for the installation and monitoring of temporary alarms for vulnerable people and witnesses. The service will be delivered by the award of a call-off contract from the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) national framework for this function. The proposed contract term is for upto 4 years and has a contract value of upto £4,800,000. The cost will be contained within the existing MPS budget.

• Date signed: 15/03/23
• Date published: 11/08/23
• Reference code: PCD 1411

Forensic accountancy services are required to support a criminal investigation being undertaken by MPS Specialist Crime investigators.
This decision seeks approval for a single tender action (STA) award to Quantuma Ltd for a contract worth c£150k.

• Date signed: 15/03/23
• Date published: 11/08/23
• Reference code: PCD 1381

This paper seeks approval for the award of a contract for the supply of equine veterinary services for an initial term of three years with two optional 12-month extensions, at an estimated 5 year value of £997,504. The cost will be met from within the MPS existing budget.

• Date signed: 12/04/23
• Date published: 11/08/23
• Reference code: PCD 1422

The MetIP upgrade project requires additional expenditure in 2023/24 in order to complete delivery of a new IT strategic platform. A new enterprise services bus will replace the MetIP bus technology, which is close to end of life, and an initial set of business critical bus services will be migrated onto the new platform. This project will mitigate technical debt and provide a new strategic platform for future projects and programmes.
This decision seeks approval for the required expenditure in 2023/24 and a contract extension with Accenture, who currently deliver MetIP services.

• Date signed: 31/03/23
• Date published: 11/08/23
• Reference code: PCD 1424

This paper seeks approval to settle a legal claim issued by Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) in respect of the Property Services Next Generation procurement.

• Date signed: 31/03/23
• Date published: 11/08/23
• Reference code: PCD 1428

The London Resettlement Partnership (LRP) is a joint approach to improving the resettlement experience for children in London. The LRP is primarily funded by the Youth Justice Board but is partnered with the 32 London Boroughs, Association of London Directors of Children’s Services, Ministry of Justice, Youth Justice Board, Youth Custody Service and NHS England. The LRP aims to improve outcomes for children by working in partnership to present real opportunities that support their return to the community with the aim of reducing reoffending.
MOPAC currently funds a post in Evidence and Insight to undertake the evaluation of LRP, and LB Camden has offered a further £25,000 of match funding for this post, which will enable MOPAC to continue this post until March 2024 which is when the current LRP is due to finish.

• Date signed: 31/03/23
• Date published: 11/08/23
• Reference code: PCD 1420

This report presents the proposed Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Schedule of Fees and Charges for approval by the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime. The report details the results of a review of rates at the end of 2022/23 to reflect current price increases and sets out information on the recommended MPS fees and charges and Special Police Service rates for 2023/24.
This report also summarises the findings of reviews of income generating areas to demonstrate efficiencies and maximise income.
It is important to note that some fees and charges are determined by statute or legislation and backed up by recommended charging guidelines published by National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC).
In accordance with Paragraph 9.5 of the Financial Regulations the Schedule of Fees and Charges requires approval of DMPC prior to publication.

• Date signed: 30/03/23
• Date published: 11/08/23
• Reference code: PCD 1423

This decision seeks approval to proceed with technical refresh of CradlePoint routers in vehicles fitted with In-Vehicle Mobile Applications (IVMA) devices. The current CradlePoint routers cannot be supported or security assured beyond May 2023. The routers will be sourced via competitive procurement using the Health Trust Europe Framework. The cost of £1.7m will be funded from the MOPAC Approved Digital Policing (DP) Capital Budget.

• Date signed: 22/05/23
• Date published: 11/08/23

In March 2022, the Mayor published his new Police and Crime Plan (PCP), and in June 2022, he published his refreshed Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy. These documents set out MOPAC’s strategic priorities for the remainder of the Mayoralty and represent a large and complex delivery programme.
To support the delivery of these commitments, MOPAC is continuing to explore the creation of a ‘Victims Care Hub’ for London and has started planning for the recommissioning of its services that support victims of crime in London and services that support children and young people impacted by violence and exploitation. These are central parts of wider programmes of work to transform the care provided to victims of crime in London and protect people from harm and exploitation.

• Date signed: 16/06/23
• Date published: 11/08/23
• Reference code: PCD 1426

This paper seeks approval to extend the SSCL contract for changes required to the police officer pension scheme arising from the McCloud remedy. This remedy seeks to address the discriminatory nature of the changes proposed by the Government to public service workforces pension schemes in 2015. The cost is £7,110,571 and will be funded from within existing resources.

• Date signed: 13/04/23
• Date published: 11/08/23
• Reference code: PCD 1430

This decision seeks approval to renew or extend selected existing IT contracts that expire in 2023-24 where there are no immediate alternative arrangements feasible or possible. This is not requesting approval for additional funding and will be funded from within existing MOPAC approved budgets.

• Date signed: 05/06/23
• Date published: 11/08/23
• Reference code: PCD 1435

In September 2019, MOPAC launched the Adult Women’s Diversion Pilot operating in Central North and Central South BCUs, which in December 2022 become part of the Pan London Co-Commissioned arrangement, moving the service from a pilot into core service until March 2025 (PCD 1065).
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets wish to fund an extension of the women’s diversion strand to an additional BCU covering Tower Hamlets and Hackney for 1 year. Funding of £66,000 has been allocated to pay for a fulltime key worker post within the already co-commissioned provider and mobilisation costs.
Due to the co-commissioned arrangements in place, this decision recommends that MOPAC accept this funding and use the funding to uplift our contribution within the agreed MoU with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).