The Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) has awarded a four and a half year contract to provide and manage a replacement UK National Police Portal to QinetiQ.
The Police Portal (www.police.uk) has been operational for three years. It offers the public a number of services, including the ability to report non-emergency crime.
Portal visitors can access police appeals for information, view advisory notices, seek the latest news and access links to other official police sites.
What they say
Tom McArthur, Director of Operational Services at PITO, said: "This contract award will enable the continued development and expansion of online police services in the UK. The Police Portal plays a pivotal role supporting police forces in disseminating public information and ensuring public safety."
Alan Stanmore, Commercial Director at PITO, added: "QinetiQ was awarded the contract as a result of a competitive tender process and has an excellent track record of managing and hosting complex and secure web services for central government and agencies. PITO and QinetiQ have an established relationship having worked together to deliver a variety of services as part of PITO’s drive toward modernising UK policing."
Duncan Hine, Managing Director of QinetiQ’s Trusted Information Management Division, said: "The portal has an absolute requirement to be robust, secure, highly available, flexible and future-proofed. QinetiQ has a proven track record of providing secure web based applications, databases and networks that form part of the UK critical national infrastructure and that meet all of these tough demands."
