# London MOPAC Seeks £50M Police AI Contract

The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and Palantir have withdrawn their claims related to MOPAC’s decision to stop a proposed two-year, £50 million Metropolitan Police AI analytics contract, avoiding a High Court trial without either side admitting liability. MOPAC has started a new procurement and says Palantir may compete on fair and equal terms, but has not committed to selecting the company. The competition creates a live opportunity for suppliers able to demonstrate credible AI analytics capabilities alongside strong procurement compliance, governance, affordability, and value for money.

- The proposed contract is for a Unified Operational Analytics system to support AI-assisted intelligence processing in criminal investigations; the new procurement’s award date and contract number are not stated.
- Potential bidders should prepare to demonstrate how their proposed solution meets MOPAC’s compliance, governance, affordability, and value-for-money considerations.
- The withdrawal of the claims resolves the dispute without determining liability; suppliers should treat the new process as a competition rather than an expected award to the previous prospective bidder.

**Jurisdictions:** international
**Industries:** Public Safety, Information Technology
**Topics:** Artificial Intelligence
**Published:** October 14, 2026

### Government Entities
- Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC)
- Metropolitan Police Service (Met)

### Vendors
- Palantir (Prospective bidder)

### Sources
- [Tom Watson hasn’t missed an opportunity to fearmonger about “highly organised pressure groups” affecting public interest procurement.

We’d say firms like Mandelson’s Global Counsel, who lobbied the government on Palantir’s behalf, are a bigger risk 👀
https://t.co/j2eM14s1vL](https://x.com/GoodLawProject/status/2110408868316512596) - twitter-fed-procurement