Published date: 22 March 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 22 April 2022, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Drug detection apparatus - 38544000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£8,000,000 to £10,000,000

Procurement reference

20220322121947-30310

Published date

22 March 2022

Closing date

22 April 2022

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

31 May 2022

Contract end date

30 May 2027

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The Restricted Procedure is being used to create a Dynamic Purchasing System for;
The provision of Mobile Preliminary Roads Drug Testing Devices, (MPRDTD) the equipment, consumables, peripherals and services required around technical support, training, calibration, repair and maintenance as maybe required.

The MPRDTD to be designed to detect the presence of a specified drug or drug group in a sample of saliva and to provide an indication of the presence of that target drug: Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (the main active ingredient of cannabis): Cocaine.

The drug test device must be a type approved by the Secretary of State for obtaining an indication a person has one or other or both target drugs in their body offences under Section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988


The LOTS are outlined in the Invitation to Participate (ITP)

The full characteristics are described in Schedule 1: Specification (Statement of Requirements (SOR), Service Level Agreement (SLA) and Technical & Quality Standards as outlined in Annex 1 and Annex 2

NUTS = UK wide
Named Forces are available in the Invitation to Tender

The initial SSQ will be closed for evaluation with the awarded suppliers invited to join and create the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).

At this point of the creation of the DPS it will be opened again, with the procurement documents available to download and the SSQ application available for new bidders to complete.


About the buyer

Contact name

Barbara Smedley

Address

Dorset Police
Winfrith
DT2 8DZ
ENG

Telephone

+44 7761330723

Email

barbara.smedley@dorset.pnn.police.uk

Website

http://www.dorset.police.uk