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Published 21 Oct 2024, 14:16 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Nominated Test Laboratory for the Assessment of Submissions of Chemical Irritant Sprays

Official notice

Authority: Home Office (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Austria (AT)Belgium (BE)Bulgaria (BG)
+9 moreCanada (CA)Switzerland (CH)Cyprus (CY)Czechia (CZ)Germany (DE)Denmark (DK)Estonia (EE)ELSpain (ES)
Framework ceiling (notional)£1,200,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 25 Nov 2024awarded 19 Feb 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Services:

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (the 'Home Office') requires a test facility to conduct independent assessment of submissions of police chemical irritant sprays based on Pelargonic Acid Vanillylamide (PAVA) which will consist of a technical file review, conducting testing and reporting in accordance with Home Office Standard for Police chemical Irritant sprays: PAVA, Publication Number: 23/14 (here on in referred to as the Standard) and Home Office Certification for Police Chemical Irritant Spray: PAVA. Process and Guidance Document (here on in referred to as the Guidance Document). The test facility will act as the Nominated Test Laboratory (NTL) in accordance the Guidance Document.

CPV: Test and evaluation of firearms and ammunition

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 1 suppliers · 3 bids received (3.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Home Office is seeking to create a contract with a single supplier to test…AwardedPublished value£1,200,000

The Home Office is seeking to create a contract with a single supplier to test chemical irritant sprays.

Delivery listed: Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), Canada (CA), Switzerland (CH), Cyprus (CY), Czechia (CZ), Germany (DE), Denmark (DK), Estonia (EE), EL, Spain (ES), Finland (FI), France (FR), Croatia (HR), Hungary (HU), Ireland (IE), Iceland (IS), Italy (IT), Liechtenstein (LI), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Latvia (LV), Malta (MT), Netherlands (NL), Norway (NO), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Sweden (SE), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), UK, United States (US)
Extensions: The contract will run for an initial period of 1 year, with an option to extend by 3 extension periods of 1 year (up to a maximum of 4 years).Variant bids: not allowed
73432000 Test and evaluation of firearms and ammunition

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60Price: 90Social value: 10
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 30
  • price: 60
  • social value: 10
Published award criteria (4)
  • Price: 30
  • social value: 10
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 60
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 90 of 160 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • “Nominated Test Laboratory for the Assessment of Submissions of…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Oct 2024, 14:16 BST
Last source update
5 Mar 2025, 10:45 GMT
Award evaluation window
25 Nov 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007993
Classification (CPV)
Test and evaluation of firearms and ammunition
Delivery area
Austria (AT)Belgium (BE)Bulgaria (BG)Canada (CA)Switzerland (CH)Cyprus (CY)Czechia (CZ)Germany (DE)
+4 moreDenmark (DK)Estonia (EE)ELSpain (ES)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04afac Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

As per tender documentation

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗

Appointment period ends
25 Nov 2024, 10:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
25 Nov 2024, 10:01 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗

Timeline

25 Nov 2024 → 5 Mar 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    25 Nov 2024, 10:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    25 Nov 2024, 10:01 GMT
  3. Notice published
    5 Mar 2025, 10:45 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Mar 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    5 Mar 2025, 10:45 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    5 Mar 2025, 10:45 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 32 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Feb 2025

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 007993-2025-1

    Signed
    19 Feb 2025
    Value
    £1,193,889
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Home Office

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsPublic order and safety London, UKContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The Secretary of State for the Home Department (The Home Office)Review body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.