Official UK procurement notice
Contract for the Supply, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of Passive Freight Screening Technology in Northern France & Belgium
Authority: Home Office (Central government)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority requires the supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of Passive Freight Screening Technology at ports in Northern France & Belgium.
Border Force is a professional law enforcement command within the Authority. It employs approximately eight thousand (8,000) officers, responsible for securing the UK border and controlling migration at one hundred and thirty-eight (138) ports and airports across the UK and overseas, including the UK control zone in Calais, Dunkerque and Coquelles in France.
Border Force’s search of vehicles operations at the juxtaposed ports in northern France and Belgium currently include the use of passive millimetre wave imaging (PMMWI) technology on moving soft-sided freight vehicles to check for the presence of persons illegally stowed within trailers.
The Authority has a requirement for next generation passive freight screening technology with improved detection performance on concealments where persons illegally stowed are hidden deeper within trailer loads.
CPV: Surveillance and security systems and devices
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Fixed InstallationsRenewal
Five (5) Fixed Installations
Lot #2Mobile Systems (vehicle mounted)Renewal
Two (2) Mobile Systems (vehicle mounted)
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 4 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- Authority reference
C8874- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-012619- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b8bcFind a Tender
Publisher note: This procurement will be managed electronically via the Home Office’s eSourcing Portal (JAGGAER). To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the eSourcing Portal. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Portal, this can be done online at https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com by following the link ‘To register click here’. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Once you have registered on the eSourcing Portal, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing both; amanda.hallinan@homeoffice.gov.uk and neil.humphries@homeoffice.gov.uk . Your email must clearly state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; the name of the registered supplier; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. The eMail will be processed and then the buyer will enable the supplier to access the procurement online via the eSourcing Portal. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. For technical assistance on use of the eSourcing Portal please contact the JAGGAER Supplier Helpdesk at customersupport@jaggaer.com or 0800 069 8630 (0800 - 1800hrs). Responses must be published by the date in IV.3.4. Candidates should note that the Authority will require a Confidence Demonstration of offered technology at DSTL premises at Fort Halsted as part of the Request for Proposals evaluation process. Bidders who are short-listed to the RFP stage of the procurement may be offered a financial contribution towards the costs of the Confidence Demonstration. The maximum amount available for this financial contribution is £100,000 and this may be apportioned equally to all participating bidders up to a maximum amount of £20,000 for each company. Bidders tendering for both Lots having the same sensing system may only receive a single contribution. Bidders tendering for both Lots each having an entirely different sensing system may be eligible for an additional contribution.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
Timeline
4 Jun 2021 → 28 Jul 2021 · 3 dates- Notice published4 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- Submission deadline5 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected28 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria