McClure Naismith advises on procurement of national police command and control software

Leading commercial law firm McClure Naismith LLP has advised Lothian and Borders Police on a multi-million pound contract to procure national command and control software, support and maintenance services for call handling and deployment.

Lothian and Borders Police acted as the lead agency for all 8 Scottish police forces on this strategically important project. When complete the national project will enable all 8 Scottish police forces control centres to uniformly log calls, and respond to emergencies with the most appropriate resources.

The McClure Naismith IT team, led by one of its IP/IT partners David Gourlay, was commissioned to advise on the procurement of the specialist software, support and maintenance package. The software and support services will be provided by Steria Ltd, which will licence and provide support for its STORMSteria software on a 24/7 basis. The project will run for an initial 4 years, with an option to extend to up to 15 years.

David Seath, Central Services Manager for Lothian and Borders Police said: “This has been a very successful IT procurement project and we are delighted with the service provided by McClure Naismith. Once fully implemented, it will make a major difference to the service Scotland’s police forces provide to the public”.

David Gourlay added: “We are delighted to have advised Lothian and Borders Police on this complex and nationally significant project. Our team has been able to demonstrate its specialist knowledge in IT procurement.” David Gourlay was supported principally by Rachel McGowan and Nils Reid (IT), and Steven Brown and Michael Johnston (Procurement), with assistance from the Firm’s Employment team.

02/02/2010 09:30:00