Published date: 28 June 2022

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 15 July 2022

Contract summary

Industry

  • Zoological services - 77400000

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

  • Wildlife preservation services - 92534000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

CF-0253700D58000000L5A4EAK1

Published date

28 June 2022

Approach to market date

15 July 2022

Contract start date

15 August 2022

Contract end date

5 September 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

We are seeking a delivery partner to present a 2 to 3 week training course in the UK, to an overseas law enforcement agency in the area of safe handling of wild animals. The course will need interpretation/translation support at the point of delivery and for any pre-read / course material. This cost and time associated with this should be factored into the course duration and pricing.

The course should ideally start on either 15th or 22nd August 2022 although there may be some flexibility to move this to September.

The aim of the course is to prepare attendees to be able to manage and respond to incidents where wildlife, including dangerous animals, enabling participants to handle wildlife in a safe and controlled manner and enable them to prioritize actions in these situations. Ideally this would include ;

• Personal Health & Safety and Safety and Handling Equipment
• Identification of Triage of Wildlife
• Wildlife Handling
• Wildlife Transportation

And cover the following course objectives;

• Personal Health & Safety/Safety and Handling Equipment
• Identification and Triage of Wildlife
• Wildlife handling including the safe use of tranquilisers where appropriate to safely capture and handle a range of species of wildlife
• Wildlife Transportation
• Wildlife Capture & Immobilisation"

Interested organisations who wish to participate in this potential future opportunity should email HOSProcurement@homeoffice.gov.uk quoting 'C23523' in the subject heading.

This potential contract is a pilot and may lead to a further competition for a longer-term contract.

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Towers-France

Address

2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
GB

Email

HOSProcurement@homeoffice.gov.uk