Early Market Engagement Event Notification - Replacement of Home Office National Firearms License Management System (NFLMS) with a potential new Core System

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The Home Office (the Authority) intends to hold an Early Market Engagement Event to seek views and feedback in relation to the Design, Build, Implementation, Project Management and On-going Support of a new core 'National Firearms Licencing Management System' (NFLMS) for Law Enforcement Services across England and Wales. Accordingly, the Authority will be holding a virtual Early Market Engagement Event via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 15th March 2022, between 11:30 and 12:30 noon. Expressions of interest from Suppliers who wish to attend this event must be sent by email to NASCommercail@homeoffice.gov.uk and must include the name and address of the organisation, full names of the designated attendees, position in the organisation, email and telephone contact details. Please note that attendance shall be strictly limited to two representatives per organisation. The deadline for registration of interest to attend shall be 12 noon on Monday 14th March 2022. The Home Office reserves the right to determine whether any registrations submitted after this time shall be accepted. Background/Opportunity Overview The current National Firearms License Management System (NFLMS) is a computer system designed to record details of individuals who apply for firearms certificates, the certificates themselves, and the firearms and shotguns licensed to those people who hold certificates. NFLMS is used by forces teams across England and Wales and these teams conduct approximately 170,000 licence grants, renewals and variations per year. While NFLMS delivers capability to support its core function of acting as a record of certificate holders, the system has remained relatively unchanged over the 15 years it has been in service while new requirements for the system have emerged. In addition, the current NFLMS system has always been a challenge to change and adapt as requirements, technology, legislation and/or policy changes. A key requirement of the new system is that it is flexible, adaptive to change and future refinement The Authority is therefore seeking to ascertain the market's appetite and interest in this new software development and build programme by attending the early engagement event stated above and subsequently, by responding to a Request for Information (RFI), that will be issued directly after the event to interested parties wishing to demonstrate their knowledge, and capability of delivering complex software solutions. Indicative contract term and value of business: Baseline capability: Up to 24 months Delivery of product backlog: 1-5yrs Potential value of Business: Initial baseline /MVP build, Backlog and Application Support £5 - £20m . There will also be an opportunity to offer additional and alternative continuous improvement as part of the Request for information (RFI) process. On going application Support will also be a consideration.