Blc0288 Open Source Intelligence (Osint) Social Media Screening Capabilities Tender

Procurement Summary

Country: United Kingdom

Summary: Blc0288 Open Source Intelligence (Osint) Social Media Screening Capabilities

Deadline: 27 Aug 2025

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 124444886

Document Ref. No.: BLC0288

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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Further to the UK1: Pipeline Notice published on 23rd May by the Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime (ref: 2025/S 000-025700) for vetting social media monitoring, BlueLight Commercial will be taking this procurement forward with the intention to establish a national framework for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) social media screening capabilities for policing. Currently vetting open source checks are performed via manual methods, examples of user cases are; • New joiners, renewals, ad hoc vetting and national security clearance • Members of public to support with intelligence or firearms applications • Internal staff intelligence to support with professional standards investigations This does not always provide a consistent approach, guarantee a full audit trail of checks and is not efficient for in depth or wide scale checks. The intention is that the introduction of a software solution will support forces to automate the process as much as possible and ensure compliance with the Authorised Professional Practice (APP) guidelines issued by College of Policing. Consistency, performance and reliability over a large volume of checks are also key requirements. It is anticipated that policing nationally could generate in excess of 155, 000 individual open source checks per annum with the Metropolitan Police currently generating 31, 000 of these, which is likely to increase on an introduction of a solution and rolled out to other user departments. BlueLight Commercial are issuing ...

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