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NPIA's award-winning new IT system set to save police service millions
A new IT service developed by the NPIA to make the storage and management of data standards more efficient has received an award for excellence. The Code List Management System (CLMS) won the Police Force Technology Award at the Emergency Service Awards.
CLMS is a web service (www.listpoint.co.uk) which makes it easier for police forces to share data standards and develop interfaces. Benefits include better data quality and search accuracy, more efficient distribution of lists and less duplication of information across the police service.
For example, CLMS has been used by the NPIA as a vital part of its Police National Database (PND) programme. The service has helped manage the flow of information from dozens of police systems into one common database. Using CLMS has reduced costs of the programme, timescales and improved data quality. The estimated value of these benefits to the programme is between £1-2 million.
Following widespread interest in CLMS across government and the private sector, the NPIA has awarded a contract to Liberata to license and sell it to the wider market.
As a public service body, the NPIA is normally in the business of procuring and managing services but this is the first time the Agency is using one of its products to make money for the police service.
The new deal gives the NPIA an agreed percentage of the revenue which is likely to make the police service £5 million over the next five years. In addition to this, £1.5 million could be saved through the free use of the service to the NPIA and police forces which is also part of the agreement.
This is a ground breaking move which could be the first of many initiatives as part of the Agency's work to help the police service deliver better value for money. The police service will not be the only beneficiary: there will be free use of CLMS across government with further potential savings of up to £10 million for government departments.
This has been made possible by the Treasury's 'Wider Markets Initiative' which encourages government agencies to realise the value of their assets.
Chief Constable Nick Gargan, Chief Executive of the NPIA said: "This new agreement acknowledges the pioneering work of NPIA colleagues. The journey from bright idea to successful commercialisation was long and tortuous. It called for resilience, persistence and determination as colleagues refused to be stifled by bureaucracy and established practice. With the phasing out of the agency, we need to ensure that this learning lives on and secures a home in the national policing landscape. We have demonstrated the value of sharing our services with the wider market to simultaneously make money for the police service and strengthen its capabilities.
"CLMS means better information sharing which means better policing. Information is vital to help police officers do their job and bring offenders to justice. Providing officers with timely and accurate information, allows them to make informed operational decisions."
Dermot Joyce, Chief Executive of Liberata said: "This is a ground-breaking and innovative deal between Liberata and the NPIA."
"With more than 35 years of expertise in the public sector, Liberata really understands security and high volume complex data management and we are excited about the opportunities our partnership with the NPIA presents to commercialise CLMS."
