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POLICE DIGITAL SERVICE

Police Digital Service Digital Forensics Programme Solutions

We provide three PDS Digital Forensics Programme Solutions: Validation, Pathway and Automation. We possess a unique insight and expertise within policing, coupled with key strategic partnerships, to assist UK policing to deliver on its capability and cloud aspirations, in line with the National Policing Digital Strategy.

Features

  • A national Validation solution that includes:
  • - provides validation materials of digital forensics tools accessed centrally
  • - provides data extractions and image files accessed centrally
  • - complies with Forensic Regulator’s Codes and ISO/IEC 17025:2017
  • A national Pathway solution that includes :
  • - provides frontline officers with guidance to support victims/witnesses
  • - identifies the least invasive digital evidence collection method
  • An Automation and Cloud solution that includes:
  • - provides automated, 24/7 processing capacity of digital evidence
  • - enables investigators to review and annotate digital evidence remotely

Benefits

  • Alignment to National Policing Digital Strategy
  • Alignment to Digital Forensics Science Strategy
  • Optimises and standardises a national approach in digital forensics
  • Supports victim centric evidence collection process
  • Improves victim/witness experience reducing process dropouts
  • Improves frontline officer support, improving victim engagement and compliance
  • Delivers operational efficiencies reducing investigative delays and case backlogs
  • Optimises and standardises processes, helping drive national consistency

Pricing

£10,000 to £225,000 a unit a year

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at commercial@pds.police.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

7 2 6 8 7 8 6 6 5 3 5 9 5 2 9

Contact

POLICE DIGITAL SERVICE PDS Commercial
Telephone: +44 7971 031811
Email: commercial@pds.police.uk

Planning

Planning service
Yes
How the planning service works
There is a proven methodology for the successful delivery of the services described. The supplier will provide the template plan and refine the details with the force to ensure that resources are scheduled.
Planning service works with specific services
Yes
Hosting or software services the planning service works with
  • Police Digital Service Validation
  • Police Digital Service Pathway
  • Police Digital Service Automation

Training

Training service provided
Yes
How the training service works
Along with the services provided, training materials will be provided, and train the trainer support is available.
Training is tied to specific services
Yes
Services the training service works with
  • Police Digital Service Validation
  • Police Digital Service Pathway
  • Police Digital Service Automation

Setup and migration

Setup or migration service available
No

Quality assurance and performance testing

Quality assurance and performance testing service
Yes
How the quality assurance and performance testing works
As part of supporting forces with the go live, there is an element of risk assessment and performance testing that takes place before end users are able to access the service.

Security testing

Security services
No

Ongoing support

Ongoing support service
No

Service scope

Service constraints
The services provided by Police Digital Service predominantly involve those within UK policing and other law enforcement agencies,

The thee (3) available DFP Solutions are priced individually as follows:

(i) PDS Validation - £20k/year per force
(ii) PDS Pathway - £10k/ year per force
(ii) PDS Automation - £225k/ year per force.

In addition, Implementation costs will be agreed at the time based on the Digital Forensics Programme Solutions SFIA G-Cloud Rate Card.

The above DFP Solutions will be available from October 2024.

User support

Email or online ticketing support
No
Phone support
No
Web chat support
No
Support levels
Consultancy support and escalation will be offered through named contacts at the point of engagement.

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
Government security clearance
Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
No
Cyber essentials plus
No
Other security certifications
No

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity

Equal Opportunity forms a core part of the Police Digital Service Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Strategy 2022 – 2027.

This strategy outlines our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, where people feel free to contribute and influence different perspectives and ideas, and for all to have equal access to opportunities.

We know that creating an environment of respect and inclusion leads to better decision-making, greater innovation, engagement at work and ultimately will support us in achieving our vision; to enable and deliver digital services for world class policing.

To achieve the aspirations set out in this strategy we need to create action, not just words. To drive this, we have worked with employees to create an Implementation Plan which underpins the overarching strategy by setting out tactical and strategic actions, focusing on five key work streams:

1. Leadership and culture
2. Attraction/recruitment
3. Retention
4. Progression
5. Wellbeing

Equal Opportunity is covered in all five workstreams and includes:

- Encouraging and enabling the development and progression of all our employees with a focus on providing equal opportunities.
- Ensuring our policies and processes are fully inclusive and that their impact on equity and inclusion are assessed.
- Using technology to build inclusive recruitment processes.
- Improving data capture and recording to establish a baseline and monitor performance. Improving our methods for measuring inclusion.
- Identifying and removing barriers in the recruitment process to ensure equal opportunities.
- Broadening the reach of our recruitment campaigns.
- Ensuring recruitment materials state commitment to increase DE&I.
- Being transparent about our DE&I commitment at the attraction and recruitment stage.
- Building DE&I into the recruitment decision making process.

Pricing

Price
£10,000 to £225,000 a unit a year
Discount for educational organisations
No

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at commercial@pds.police.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.