MOPAC decisions

• Date signed: 19/12/24
• Reference code: PCD 1770

This paper seeks approval for 3 contract uplifts totalling circa £1.3m. These contracts are with existing suppliers supporting Fleet workshop sites. Approval is sought as these variations are in excess of £500k and the variations are greater than 10% of the original contract value and therefore sit outside of Commercial Services Scheme of Delegation. The uplifts will provide the MPS with sufficient contract headroom and time to conduct procurements to award replacement contracts.

• Date signed: 19/12/24
• Reference code: PCD 1782

Following PCD 1743, which confirmed £400,000 of MOPAC funding for the continuation of the Youth 2 Adult (Y2A) Hub in Newham Probation for a further 12-months from April 2025. This Decision requests approval for an exemption from competitive tendering for the award of £220,000 for the hub wellbeing service to the East London Foundation Trust, to enable the continued value for money, whilst maintaining current service delivery.
This Decision also requests a 12-month extension by contract variation of an existing contract with Step Ahead Services for the delivery of the accommodation support service in the Y2A Hub, the value of the extension will be £60,000.

• Date signed: 19/12/24
• Reference code: PCD 1757

This paper seeks approval to accept additional Home Office (HO) funding to support the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) Core Grant during 2024/25 and approval to the increase value of the already approved 2025/26 CSA Core Grant.

• Date signed: 19/12/24
• Reference code: PCD 1766

Following the approval of PCD 1691 (Commissioning of Domestic Abuse Victim Services for 2024/25 – 27/28), this decision seeks approval for additional funding to support the continuation of existing support arrangements for victims/survivors of domestic abuse assessed as medium or standard risk in London until 30 September 2025. This is necessary to enable MOPAC to deliver on its commitments in the Police and Crime Plan (PCP) and to discharge MOPAC’s devolved responsibility for arranging the provision of services for victims of domestic abuse in London.
This decision requests approval to spend up to a maximum of £72,072 across 2024/25 and 2025/26 to ensure the continuation of these support arrangements.

• Date signed: 18/12/24
• Reference code: PCD 1733

This paper seeks approval for the re-procurement of the Statutory Fire Risk Assessment Services Contract. This will ensure continuity of service in the delivery of Fire Risk Assessment services across the MOPAC Estate, maintaining statutory requirements in compliance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRO) 2005.

PSD have reviewed the current interim call-off arrangement, where Fire Risk Assessments are delivered through the Property Integrator Contract, and are seeking approval from MOPAC to commence re-procurement of Fire Risk Assessments through a discrete contract, delivered by a supplier specialising in Statutory Fire Risk Assessments.

Re-procurement will also ensure the new contract is structured to respond to future changes that may arise through the ‘New Met for London’ NMfL Plan.

• Date signed: 18/12/24
• Reference code: PCD 1763

This paper seeks approval to accept grant funding from the Home Office (HO) to support the DPC programme for 2024/2025. The programme is hosted within the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) as the contracting authority.
The programme aims to offer clear, established and reliable national digital contact services between the public and the police that meet the needs of the public, enabling them to access interactive services, communications and information as well as supporting transactions and engagement with the police.

• Date signed: 16/12/24
• Reference code: PCD 1789

The purpose of this paper is to seek agreement to secure funding for the Command & Control Programme until the 31st of December 2024, as well as the approval for the procurement of a LifeX solution scheduled for delivery in 2024/25 and 2025/26; noting a refreshed Full Business Case is also going through governance.

• Date signed: 12/12/24
• Reference code: PCD 1754

MSAB software licenses are required to operate Level 1 Digital Forensic self-service kiosks, which enable police officers to access rapid digital forensic results relating to data extraction from mobile devices and are a critical to the success of the Forensics Services Strategy 2023-25 as well as the implementation of Remote Search and Review across the MPS.
To ensure continuity of Level 1 Digital Forensic Services, the Authority needs to re-procure the software required to operate the Level 1 kiosks.

• Date signed: 09/12/24
• Reference code: PCD 1746

In order to support the delivery of the Mayor’s Police and Crime Plan and Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy 2022-25, MOPAC commissions a range of services for Londoners. Work is on-going to improve the collection of data from these services, so that MOPAC can make better-informed decisions and have a better understanding of intersectionality and disproportionality across service users. The next step in this work is to scope the requirements and solutions for a Data Management System.
In addition, as outlined in the Mayor’s Tackling VAWG Strategy, the prevention of VAWG before it occurs is a key priority to its long-term eradication. He committed to developing a long-term prevention plan for ending VAWG in London. The first step was to develop and agree a set of principles for VAWG prevention which was delivered in mid-2024. The next phase of work is the development of a short-term delivery plan that will then support the long-term Prevention Plan.
MOPAC is seeking additional resource and capability, with the right technical skills, to deliver these priorities at pace. In August 2023, MOPAC procured consultancy services from Ernst &Young (EY) and the contract was designed to have opportunities for variations to meet with demands. Previous variations were made under Contract Variation Letters (reference: MOPAC 937-01, MOPAC 937-02 and MOPAC 937-03) and committed through decisions papers CEOD 24-2023 and PCD 1587.
This decision seeks approval to vary the consultancy services contract with EY to add additional work packages to the contract, to be delivered by April 2025. The total value of this variation is £204,200 (broken down by £84,200 for VAWG Prevention Delivery and up to £120,000 for DMS business case), bringing the total contract value to £802,865.

• Date signed: 26/11/24
• Reference code: PCD 1716

This paper seeks approval for an existing contract uplift in value, and for the re-procurement of that and two other contracts which support the MPS Property Service Directorate in providing buildings and accommodation for operational and other policing functions.

• Date signed: 26/11/24
• Reference code: PCD 1750

This paper seeks approval to initiate procurement and award a contract for the supply of facilities management services at the newly completed Live Fire Skills House (LFSH) at the MPS Specialist Training Centre at Gravesend. The estimated contract value is £1,574,000 over a three year term.

• Date signed: 26/11/24
• Reference code: PCD 1737

This paper seeks approval to accept Home Office grant funding of £4,317,000 for 2024/25 to support the delivery of the NPCC Serious and Organised Crime portfolio objectives. There is no financial exposure to MOPAC.

• Date signed: 15/10/24
• Reference code: PCD 1741

The DMPC agree a request to settle a claim against the MPS, as set out in the part 2 report.

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime has the discretion to authorise the settlement of legal proceedings where it would be conducive to the maintenance of an efficient and effective police force.

• Date signed: 26/11/24
• Reference code: PCD 1747

This paper seeks approval for the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), on behalf of the NPCC, to receive upto £4,981,108 of grant funding for 2024/25 provided by the Home Office to continue the NPCC Reform programme.

• Date signed: 18/10/24
• Reference code: PCD 1700

Operation Northleigh is the MPS investigation into the Grenfell Tower Fire tragedy. This paper seeks the approval to award a contract for a new e-Discovery system to enable the efficient and effective management of the estimated 152 million items of digital material being considered. The estimated cost of implementing and running the new system is estimated at £12,431,000 which will be funded from a combination of Home Office special grant and existing MPS budgets. Specifically this decision seeks approval to award the contract for a new e-Discovery system at a cost of upto £8,768,697.

• Date signed: 05/12/24
• Reference code: PCD 1759

Since April 2022, the London Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) have received funding from the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) for the delivery of the Your Choice programme. Your Choice provides high intensity CBT-informed interventions to young people who have been assessed as medium to high risk of contextual harms within a Local Authority context.
Since August 2023, Your Choice has been evaluated as part of a randomised control trial (RCT). An RCT is a gold-standard evaluation that assesses the effects of an intervention by randomly assigning participants to distinct groups (‘control’ or ‘treatment’ groups). The RCT will enable the VRU to strengthen our understanding of the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions for children and young people at risk of harm. 31 local authorities are participating in this final phase of the programme with the aim of supporting 1200-1500 children and young people across London.
This decision seeks permission to vary a grant agreement held with London Councils for the ongoing programme management, clinical oversight, and quality assurance of the Your Choice programme until the end of the study. The variation will also enable London Councils to deliver training to ‘control’ practitioners following the conclusion of the study.
The cost of the variation is £79,066. The variation is part funded by the Youth Endowment Fund (£39,066) and part funding via VRU core budget (£40,000).

• Date signed: 21/11/24
• Reference code: PCD 1765

The DMPC agree a request to settle claims against the MPS, as set out in the part 2 report.

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime has the discretion to authorise the settlement of legal proceedings where it would be conducive to the maintenance of an efficient and effective police force.

• Date signed: 15/10/24
• Reference code: PCD 1740

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) is asked to consider an application for a Cap increase to financial assistance of the sum of £46,231.00 (exclusive of VAT) made by the Applicant for legal representation at a public inquiry. The sum of £46,231.00 (exclusive of VAT) is an increase to cap of £38,450.00 (+VAT) approved in 2022.

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime has the discretion to authorise financial assistance for police officers and staff where it would be conducive to the maintenance of an efficient and effective police force.

• Date signed: 04/10/24
• Reference code: PCD 1739

This paper seeks approval to initiate procurement of circa 500 alarm modules and associated connectivity services to replace the current BT Redcare modules and associated analogue phone lines.

• Date signed: 26/11/24
• Reference code: PCD 1749

This paper seeks approval for the insurance strategy for the period from 2025-2030 and its subsequent procurements. It sets out the rationale for requirements for insurance and those risks which the MPS seeks insurance for to mitigate losses.