MOPAC decisions

• Date signed: Thursday 17 October 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1734

This paper seeks approval to procure a replacement Managed Messaging service for mass communications over mobile phone networks using the Short Messaging Service (SMS).

• Date signed: Friday 18 October 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1735

This paper seeks approval to proceed, pursuant to Section 15 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 Provision of Goods, with a contract to resell 3,125 Panasonic FZG2 tablets and 500 Panasonic keyboards to achieve approximately £1m in income.

• Date signed: Thursday 17 October 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1736

In 2020, MOPAC approved the direct award of a new Solution Delivery Integration Management (SDIM) Contract to ATOS on the Technology Services 2 Contract (PCD 841) for the provision of the Portfolio Management Office (PMO), Test Team and Data Team. This was for a maximum contract value of £12.5m, covering an initial 2-year period with further 2-year and 1-year extension options culminating in a maximum contract length of 5 years.
In 2021, MOPAC approved the award of the Application Management Services (AMS) Contract to ATOS (PCD 1017) for an initial 5-year term with 2 x 12-month extensions at a total contract value of £350m.
The SDIM and AMS contracts were novated from ATOS to Eviden in November 2023 (PCD 1497). The SDIM contract is currently due to expire on November 30th 2024 with one further 12-month extension available.
To maintain service continuity of SDIM services and achieve best value for money for the Authority, it is proposed to move these services into the existing Application Management Services (AMS) contract with Eviden, and align the end dates to the initial expiry of the AMS contract in October 2026.

• Date signed: Thursday 17 October 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1738

This report is submitted in accordance with a requirement under the Treasury Management in the Public Services Code of Practice (The Code), issued by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), which requires the submission of an outturn report on the activities of the MOPAC Group’s treasury management operation.
The MOPAC Group’s invested balances have reduced from £202.19m as at 31 March 2023 to £7.39m as at 31 March 2024.

The MOPAC Group’s long-term outstanding borrowing has reduced from £486.15m as at 31 March 2023 to £479.55m as at 31 March 2024.

Interest receivable and investment income achieved during 2023/24 was £25.63m against a revised budget of £8.50m, an overperformance of £17.12m or 201%.
Interest payable on external borrowing for 2023/24 was £15.89m against a revised budget of £21.80m.
All 2023/24 Treasury activity has been within the boundaries and levels set by the MOPAC Group in its Treasury Management Strategy Statement on 31 March 2023, DMPC Decision PCD 1389.

• Date signed: Thursday 17 October 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1742

The Mayor’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy 2022-2025 committed to “continue to pilot early intervention projects in children’s social care, using the Safe and Together™ programme”.
The Safe and Together™ Model is central to two existing projects currently funded by MOPAC until 31st March 2025:
Restart – A pilot project which provides earlier intervention for families at risk of experiencing DA in five London boroughs, which includes Safe & Together™ training for children’s social care and housing professionals.
The Safe & Together™ London Partnership – A project to implement the Safe & Together™ Model in six additional London boroughs. The model is an internationally recognised, child-centred approach to DA.
This Decision is seeking approval to allocate a maximum of £1,000,000 from the 2025/26 budget to extend Restart (£750,000) and the Safe & Together™ London Partnership (£250,000) .
A one-year extension, from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, would sustain the delivery of outcomes in all boroughs and enable continued evaluation of both approaches.

• Date signed: Thursday 17 October 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1743

MOPAC manages and co funds the Youth 2 Adult Hub, a pilot project which aims to reduce reoffending and improve outcomes for young adults on probation in Newham. This decision seeks approval to extend the Hub by 12 months to March 2026 by committing £400,000 in MOPAC funding.
The Y2A Hub has been operational since April 2022 and this extension provides interim arrangements whilst awaiting impact evaluation findings and to enable sustainable funding options for the model to be explored as part of the government’s spending review.
Under the above funding the Hub will continue to operate in the current model. Up to £30,000 will be granted under the MoU for the women co-commissioned service to the MoJ to allow for the continuation of dedicated provision for young women in Newham. Up to £220,000 will be granted to NHSE to allow for the continuation of the wellbeing service.

• Date signed: Monday 9 December 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1744

The London Crime Prevention (LCPF) through its current form provides all London boroughs direct funding for local priority projects which support the outcomes of the Police and Crime Plan (PCP).
In 2013/14, Home Office funding streams for community safety ceased and were replaced by an un-ringfenced Community Safety Fund given to each Police and Crime Commissioner. MOPAC created a new single funding pot, the London Crime Prevention Fund (LCPF), to focus on community safety and crime reduction initiatives. This was combined with MOPAC funding streams (Police Property Act Fund and Partnership Fund) to make an annual funding pot. In 2016, MOPAC established a co-commissioning fund to support the delivery of child sexual exploitation, female offending, sexual violence and youth offending services. PCD 1042 committed direct funding to boroughs to the value of £39.3m over a 3-year period.



The LCPF has contributed to a number of positive outcomes aligned with the PCP priorities across all boroughs including those relating to VAWG, IOM and Youth Crime Education and Engagement. Just over 37,000 people engaged with projects or services funded by LCPF, with just under 400 staff posts were commissioned through LCPF funding.
This decision requests the allocation of up to £52.4m over four financial years from April 2025 to March 2029 (which equates to £13.1m per financial year if profiled equally across the four years) to provide direct funding to Local Authorities for the next round of the LCPF.

• Date signed: Thursday 5 December 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1748

This paper seeks approval to award a contract for the supply of digital services to the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and National Police Co-ordination Centre (NPoCC) by Police Digital Services for a three year term at a cost of up to £2,800,000.

• Date signed: Monday 16 December 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1753

VMWare licensing costs have increased above the anticipated inflationary costs approved in the 23/24 consolidated paper (PCD1430). This paper requests approval for additional inflationary budget and approval to award a higher value contract.

• Date signed: Thursday 19 December 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1769

The Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) prioritises working in education. The VRU’s education investments, research and policy work promotes healthy relationships and inclusive practices to reduce disengagement and tackle all forms of exclusions, including suspensions, managed moves, and the rising levels of absenteeism.
London’s Inclusion Charter demonstrates support for school inclusion in the ‘three foundations’: (1) putting children’s rights first, (2) encouraging investment in inclusive practices, and (3) supporting and promoting learning partnerships. The VRU has invested in foundation 1 through the Rights Respecting Schools programme. To develop foundation 2, the VRU will focus on professional development that promotes inclusive practice in schools.
To create the conditions for inclusive practice in a school, continuous professional development (CPD) for school staff is key. The VRU already invests in CPD for school staff in relation to speech, language and communication development, nurture practice, and healthy relationships education. Building on learnings from these, we plan to trial a small-scale, place-based funding model where local authorities work with schools to deliver professional development tailored to local needs. This work will complement and reinforce London’s Inclusion Charter, further develop its Strategic Guides for implementation, and strengthen learning partnerships around inclusion in the Capital.
To participate in this trial, we propose inviting up to seven local authorities that have already demonstrated a commitment to inclusion improvement and innovation through their work with the VRU on the Inclusive and Nurturing Schools Programme. The seven local authorities are Hackney, Croydon, Greenwich, Islington, Hammersmith and Fulham, Barking and Dagenham and Enfield. By building on existing working relationships, we can invest under the Charter in a way that offers maximum value for money and the best conditions for sustainability.

• Date signed: Thursday 19 December 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1773

This paper seeks approval for the proposed transformation of the management and storage of MPS criminal exhibits. The recommended transformation will include both functional and physical estate changes with the number of locations decreasing from 42, (40 Local Criminal Exhibit Stores and 2 long term facilities) to 6 (5 x purpose built all-encompassing hubs) and 1 long term facility. Funding is currently not available to be able to approve the immediate whole-scale physical changes and so this paper sets out the requirements to develop the functional changes needed and a phased approach to the physical changes. A full business case (FBC) will be developed which will set out the costs to implement the phased approach. MPS seek approval for the funding of £2,644,000 to develop the FBC by March 2026.

• Date signed: Thursday 19 December 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1774

This paper seeks approval for the progression of the programme for the Met Business Services function which includes the systems and transactional services associated with finance, human resources and procurement. In addition, the programme has incorporated the replacement for the existing Computer Aided Resource Management (CARM) system which deals with officer deployment functions.
In order to progress the project approval is sought to initiate procurement and issue an invitation to tender with a view to carrying out the procurement during 2025 and to bring a full business case to MOPAC in September/October 2025. The paper also seeks approval for £9,000,000 of funding to support the procurement process, simplify processes and prepare for the system build.

• Date signed: Thursday 19 December 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1771

This Decision will replace PCD 1708, which approved a total contract award of £57,750 for the delivery of development and delivery of training, ongoing support for police staff and solicitors as part of a pilot to improve legal advice for children. This Decision is required due to a change in providers. This Decision enables MOPAC to support a pilot designed in partnership with the Met, local authorities and representatives from the legal defence community to ensure children receive the most appropriate legal at a police station. This work builds on the Tackling Ethnic Disproportionality in Youth Justice Action Plan, which led to the role out of presumption of legal advice for children in all London custody suites. The duration of contracts will be from September 2024 to March 2025.

• Date signed: Thursday 19 December 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1783

This paper seeks approval for the funding and recruitment of an additional 14 posts to support the New Met for London (NMfL) Fixing the Foundations programme. The posts will deliver workforce planning and career management functions. The full year annual cost of £1,064,000 will be funded from within existing MPS budgets.

• Date signed: Thursday 19 December 2024
• 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: Thursday 19 December 2024
• 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: Thursday 19 December 2024
• 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: Thursday 19 December 2024
• 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: Wednesday 18 December 2024
• 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: Wednesday 18 December 2024
• 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.