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Supply of Portable Visual Inspection Devices inclusive of maintenance where applicable.
Laboratory
optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Location not published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published0
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Tenderline Synopsis: Secretary of State for the Home Department: "Supply of Portable Visual Inspection Devices inclusive of maintenance where applicable.". Published status: tenderUpdate. Published value: Value not published. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Secretary of State for the Home Department | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | Recorded No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
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Coverage: 0 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySecretary of State for the Home Department | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
StatusNot published | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published30 Mar 2022, 14:43 BST | Last source update30 Mar 2022, 14:43 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationLaboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-031eed | ||
What is being bought
Border Force (BF) secures the border and promotes national prosperity by facilitating the legitimate movement of individuals and goods, whilst preventing those that would cause harm from entering the UK. BF Officers do this by inspecting goods in a range of environments that include but not limited to; freight consignments (ship and aircraft searches), roll-on, roll-off trailers, over high vehicles, and cars.
Border Force is looking to procure a commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) contract for an existing handheld technology that is able to facilitate in the detection of illegal goods entering the UK in freight, vehicles, aircraft and other modes of transport, for general use and more specifically in volatile environments such as fuel tanks (Hazardous Zone Capability).
What changed
From the official release history
- tender value changed
30 Mar 2022, 14:43 BST - Status changed to published status
30 Mar 2022, 14:43 BST - Official notice release published
30 Mar 2022, 14:43 BST - Buyer information updated
30 Mar 2022, 14:43 BST - Published value updated to £850,000
7 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT - Status changed to planned
7 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT - Official notice release published
7 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT - Buyer information updated
7 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT - Published tender amendment
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Timeline
- Procedure published
30 Mar 2022, 14:43 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Contracting authority GB-FTS-25303Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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