Official UK procurement notice
Supply and Delivery of Alternative Light Source Equipment
Authority: Scottish Police Authority (Police & fire)
Scottish Police Authority, Forensic Services, has a requirement to procure a number of Alternative Light Source equipment kits to replace older assets used by Search and Recovery teams. The procurement includes annual maintenance, calibration and servicing of assets. Please note, required delivery of items will be by end of March 2027.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionScottish Police Authority, Forensic Services, has a requirement to procure a number of Alternative Light Source equipment kits to replace older assets used by Search and Recovery teams. The procurement includes annual maintenance, calibration and servicing of assets.
CPV: Clinical forensics equipment and supplies · Emergency lighting equipment · Lighting equipment and electric lamps · Lighting systems
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Scottish Police Authority, Forensic Services, has a requirement to procure a number of…Renewal
Scottish Police Authority, Forensic Services, has a requirement to procure a number of Alternative Light Source equipment kits as follows
Alternative Light Source kits to supplement/replace older kits within Search and Recovery Scenes.
Line Light kits to supplement/replace older kits within Search and Recovery Scenes.
Servicing and warranty of equipment purchased
Annual maintenance, calibration and servicing
Please note, required delivery of items will be by end of March 2027
What it takes to wini
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Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality and Technical requirements: 60%
- Pricing Schedule: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality and Technical requirements: 60
- Pricing Schedule: 40
- Suitability
It is a requirement of this tender that if the Tenderer is UK based they must hold a valid registration with Companies House. Where the Tenderer is UK based but not registered at Companies House they must be able to verify to the SPA’s satisfaction that they are trading from the address provided in the tender and under the company name given.
Tenderers within the UK must confirm if they are registered under Companies House within this question.
- Economic & financial standing
Insurances as listed in SPD Question 4B5
Credit Safe Report with score of >30
Minimum: SPD Question 4B5 Insurances Employers (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 10 million GBP in respect of each claim without limit to the number of claims. Tenderers may be required to provide their current Employers Liability Insurance certificate which should include name of the i…
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Scottish Police Authority runs Lighting equipment and electric lamps (CPV 3150) tenders for its clients, and who usually turns up
Scottish Police Authority buys for other bodies; its column covers all its clients. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Lighting equipment and electric lamps (CPV 3150) →
How the contest usually goes
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid22% / 8%
2–334% / 23%
4–619% / 38%
7+25% / 31%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate27% / 73%
Within ±2%45% / 9%
Above estimate27% / 18%
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Lot #1Scottish Police Authority, Forensic Services, has a requirement to procure a number of…CPV 3150Estimate not published
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2–355%
4–627%
7+9%
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 13 Nov 2026, 15:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Nov 2026, 15:02 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Dec 2026 – …
- Authority reference
PROC 26-3617- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-108092- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bbddFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Please note supply and delivery of items ordered in year one of this contract must be made by end March 2027 Living Wage [RC26.1] Tenderers will be asked to confirm if they pay all employees as a minimum the Real Living Wage as published by the Living Wage Foundation for statistical information gathering purposes only. Equality and Diversity [RC27.1] Tenderers will be required to comply with the statutory obligations under the Equality Act 2010. Declaration of Non-Involvement in Serious Organised Crime[RC28.1] Tenderers must complete and sign a Declaration of Non-Involvement in Serious Organised Crime form. Subcontractor Detail[RC29.1] Tenderers will be required to provide details of the subcontractors they intend to use in their supply chain. Tenderers are required to complete this section as part of the ESPD. Data Protection [RC30.1] Tenderers must be aware of their obligations under the Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR as set out in the Contract. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 33150. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: It has become clear that there is scope within the EU legal framework which applies to public contracts, to use contracts to deliver wider social benefits such as: - Targeted recruitment and training (providing employment and training opportunities/Apprenticeships) - SME and social enterprise development - Community engagement As part of your response to the Quality criteria, Tenderers are requested to provide an outline of all community benefits you can offer for this contract. (SC Ref:846816)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Public Contracts ScotlandTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 14 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 14 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
13 Nov 2026 → 14 Dec 2026 · 3 dates- Notice publishedjust passed13 Nov 2026, 15:02 GMT
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Submission deadlinein 30 days14 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids openedin 30 days14 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria