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title: "Automated Online Product Search Tool (WebCrawler Procurement)"
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# Automated Online Product Search Tool (WebCrawler Procurement)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/automated-online-product-search-tool-webcrawler-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-03595e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Business Energy and Industrial Strategy: "Automated Online Product Search Tool (WebCrawler Procurement)". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Business Energy and Industrial Strategy](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/business-energy-and-industrial-strategy-GB-FTS-5606)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03595e`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/automated-online-product-search-tool-webcrawler-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-03595e#tl-md)

## Description
An automated online tool is required to search the web for potentially unsafe products at a much faster rate than is possible through manual process.  A web crawler/scraper style tool will combine image and key word recognition, with the ability to automate searches.  Distinguish between webpages offering products for sale and not just mention that product.  Products for sale in the UK with UK shipping but not webpages offering something for sale but not available for purchase in the UK.  To be able to capture screenshots to an evidential standard when a listing is identified as part of a search.  This is then saved ready to be reviewed and used by an officer later.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), was created in January 2018 to deliver consumer protection and to support business confidence, productivity, and growth. W...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021579-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-05T13:30:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:26:27.703Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03595e