Official UK procurement notice
Scenes of Crime Consumables & Equipment (FCN)
Authority: The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset (Police & fire)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Forensic Capability Network is seeking to establish a contract model for use by the 43 Police Forces of England and Wales, and potentially other relevant authorities in the UK.
The contract will provide service delivery of the consumables, equipment and chemicals related to Scene of Crime Investigation as part of the effective performance of the criminal justice system.
CPV: Clinical forensics equipment and supplies · Laboratory glassware · Laboratory pipettes and accessories · Laboratory reagents · Medical consumables · Medical kits · Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories · Soya beans
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Supply of consumables, equipment & chemicals for use by relevant Authorities to…Planned
Supply of consumables, equipment & chemicals for use by relevant Authorities to support the investigation of crime.
Assembly of specific kits such as for example, Forensic Medical Kits and Road Traffic Accident Kits
Medical, laboratory consumables and equipment
Ad-hoc requirements within the field of forensics consumables, products or equipment, chemicals
Authorities as a minimum are the 43 Police Forces in England and Wales, including the Police forensic laboratories, SARC units and Police Custody locations. In addition, Fire & Rescue, MOJ Prisons and MOD Army and other UK authorities. Additional information: This Prior Notice is seeking Preliminary Market Consultation. Interested Providers/Suppliers can request a short questionnaire from the Forensic Capability Network.
All responses will assist in the development of a more focused specification and insights of this consultation may be used to shape the Selection and Award process of a further competition.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Aug 2022, 09:27 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Aug 2022, 12:27 BST
- Authority reference
FCN00029-PF-2022- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-022793- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035f4bFind a Tender
Publisher note: The Forensic Capability Network (FCN) is a community of its members forensic science capabilities and expertise. Benefitting from a national level of collective investment, focus, and networking, the FCN will deliver high quality, specialist forensic science capabilities; share knowledge; and improve resilience, efficiency, quality and effectiveness in Forensics. Please view our website for more information: https://www.fcn.police.uk/ The FCN is hosted by Dorset Police on behalf of the NPCC. The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset is the Contracting Authority on behalf of the FCN. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) The Authority requires information on the best approach to meet the requirements described in this document. Responses will assist in the development of a more focused specification and insights of this consultation may be used to shape the Selection and Award process of a further competition. EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) Potential suppliers are asked to give informal expression of interest in bidding for any future opportunity related to this requirement. This EOI would also be supported by the RFI response. If suppliers are not interested, it is requested that they inform the Authority and provide a reason why. A brief questionnaire prepared by the FCN can be requested from David McDonald (Senior Commercial Manager): [email protected]
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
17 Aug 2022 → 1 Nov 2022 · 2 dates- Notice published17 Aug 2022, 12:27 BST
- Tender notice expected1 Nov 2022
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
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| — | ClassificationMain CPV code · II.1.2) | — | — |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Forensic Capability Network (Dorset Police)Contracting authority
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.