Published date: 23 February 2017

This notice was replaced on 9 March 2017

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Awarded contract (published 9 March 2017)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment - 35000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£90,000

Procurement reference

HO_BF_AH 17 215/035

Published date

23 February 2017

Closing date

28 February 2017

Contract start date

3 March 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2017

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Border Force is a Directorate of the Home Office. Border Force has a requirement for five (5) units of forgery detection equipment of the following specification;

1. A visual spectral comparator, capable of subjecting questioned documents to a range of different light frequencies [white (flood), white (flood) spot, short/medium/long UV, oblique (side), infra-red (absorption/reflective/fluorescence) including anti-stokes, transmitted UV, transmitted and transmitted spot] to enable:
a) Examination of known security features for signs of simulation/tampering;
b) Examination of pages for signs of watermark simulation, counterfeiting of pages and alteration/concealment of endorsements; and
c) Examination of inks used in bio-data, visas and endorsements to confirm authenticity against known issued examples.
2. Equipment must be of a standard and design commonly recognised by, and employed by, professional forensic document examiners and expertisers of valuable printed matter (e.g. banknotes, stamps, antiquarian books etc)
3. Equipment must include a visual display unit capable of saving images in a suitable digital format.
4. Equipment must include functions of magnification [minimum x40 optical] against a database of specimen documents.
5. Equipment must include UV [254/312/365 nm] and co-axial light sources.
6. Equipment must include optical character recognition, and the capability to decode IPI, and view latent images and optically variable devices.
7. Equipment must be capable of use by a competent Border Force specialist forgery officer without the need for specific training.
8. Equipment must be of such a recognised forensic standard as to enable the observations and the findings of examinations to be defended with confidence in a court of criminal law.
9. Equipment must be delivered to the five Border Force offices in scope by 31 March 2017 certain.

Bidders should submit their quotation to Amanda Hallinan by email by close of play on 28th February 2017.

Home Office terms & conditions of contract (Short Form Goods November 2011) shall apply to any subsequent order.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Amanda Hallinan

Address

Home Office Commercial, Martello House, Shearway Business Park
Folkestone
CT19 4RH
England

Email

amanda.hallinan@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk