National ANPR Application and Associated Services Procurement: Preliminary Market Engagement

Descriptions

SCOPE

The Home Office is exploring the potential procurement of a National Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) Service Application (the 'NAS Application') and Associated Services. ANPR is a vital law enforcement capability used to detect and disrupt criminal activity, protect vulnerable individuals, and support national security efforts.

The required NAS Application solution and Associated Services is expected to include:

• Live-time alerting and control room deployment

• Search and reporting capabilities

• Data preservation and audit functionality

• Integration with external systems

• Integration with the Home Office Data Service ( the 'National Strategic ANPR Platform or NSAP')

• Support and system integration services

• An intuitive, flexible and robust permissions framework

Around 100 Million ANPR reads a day are sent to the NAS providing vehicle journey search, alerting and evidential export functionality to Police & Law Enforcement across England, Wales, and Scotland. The future NAS Application must be capable of managing high-volume, high-demand operations while ensuring data security and privacy.

The Home Office wishes to conduct preliminary market engagement with potential suppliers who have relevant products and services aligned to the outline scope described above.

OUT OF SCOPE

• Police and Law Enforcement Agency owned ANPR cameras, communications links, Management servers, firewalls and other related supporting components.

• Back Office Functions (BOFs) ANPR systems within Police Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies.

Engagement

Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is being issued by the Home Office (the Authority) to notify the market of a Market Engagement Event seeking views and feedback in relation to the potential procurement of an ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) application (the ‘NAS Application’) and associated services to support the UK’s National ANPR Capability (NAC). This Market Engagement does not formally signify the beginning of any procurement exercise by the Authority, nor does it constitute a commitment by the Authority to undertake a procurement. However, in the event that the Authority decides to formally commence a procurement pursuant to this Market Engagement, then a separate Tender Notice will be published. Accordingly, the Authority will be holding an Online Market Engagement event on Wednesday 15th October 2025 at 2:00PM, via Microsoft Teams. Potential Suppliers who wish to attend this event must fully register, no later than 12:00pm (Noon) on the 13th October 2025 via the Home Office eSourcing Portal available at: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com Search for: PQQ event 720 As part of their registration, potential suppliers must read the instructions available in the Home Office eSourcing event 720, and: • Provide either; confirmation of an existing valid Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) covering the scope of this potential procurement as defined in the instructions or download and execute the NDA available within eSourcing event 720. • Provide the name and address of their organisation. • Provide full name(s) of up to a maximum of three designated attendees. • Provide their position(s) in the organisation. • Provide Email and telephone contact details. Please note that admittance to the online Market Engagement Event shall be: 1. Strictly limited to three representatives per organisation 2. Subject to agreement and full execution of Home Office NDA in accordance with the instructions provided within the Home Office eSourcing event 720. For potential suppliers who successfully register for this event (including a valid NDA), there will also be an opportunity to participate in a Request for Information (RFI). Details of the RFI will be provided at the Market Engagement event but and are likely to focus on the following areas: • Basic supplier information and level of interest • Product alignment with proposed architecture • Product readiness • Integration approaches • Optional case studies The RFI will be a combination of multiple questions supplemented by a small number of written questions, with a submission deadline of 30th October 2025 Note the authority reserves the right to clarify any information contained within any RFI after the 30th October 2025 deadline.