The provision of a control room Computer Aided Dispatch system for Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service

The Provision of a Computer aided dispatch system for Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service. This covers the implementation of the system and the ongoing support, hosting and licencing of the system. This contract has been awarded under the provisions of Regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Most notably Reg 32 (5)b and Reg 32 (9). This award is also aligned to the published transitional arrangements for contracts following the transition to the Procurement Act 2023. These arrangements stated: Negotiated procedure without prior publication ('direct award') procurements commenced under the previous legislation 9. Where a contracting authority has contacted a supplier with the intention of entering into a contract with it under any of the following provisions, the procurement is deemed to have been commenced for the purposes of the transitional and saving provisions and the relevant previous legislation will continue to apply: a. regulation 32 of the PCR;