Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Maintenance and Calibration Services for RAF Police Evidential Breathalysers
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Royal Air Force Police (RAFP) conduct Policing Duties on Stations in line with Air Command (Air Cmd) Direction and in accordance with His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) Policy and Standards. There is a legal requirement to operate within Home Office boundaries to ensure that evidence collected can subsequently be used in court. There is a continued requirement to support and maintain the equipment. It is essential that all Intoximeter Breath and Alcohol Testing Equipment remains policy compliant and useable. The equipment must be serviced, maintained, and calibrated to the requisite standard as well as all relevant consumables being available within 1 month from delivery request.
The Contractor is to, in accordance with Home Office policy, provide a calibration and maintenance service as defined by the Home Office for Intoximeter Evidential Breath and Alcohol Testing Instruments utilised by the RAFP.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Nov 2025, 10:11 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 May 2026, 10:48 BST
- Authority reference
715698464- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-047624- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05de5aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement; Defence Security Operational
- Published justification
The incumbent supplier is the OEM and Home Office approved supplier for the current Evidential Breath Alcohol Instrument, and are currently working towards type approval for the next generation instrument. Due to the criticality of the equipment, there will be a need for continued calibration and maintenance service support for the existing equipment from the OEM, until the next generation instrument is available to the market.
The OEM has supported this equipment for over ten years and provided an excellent level of support to date.
The supplier has a legal obligation to retain Type Approved status of the existing Intoximeters as directed by the Home Office under the Breath Alcohol Screening Devices publication Version 1.0 dated 30 Jun 04, and any subsequent revisions of this document.
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Nov 2025- Transparency notice published11 Nov 2025, 10:11 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published21 Apr 2026, 15:32 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published22 May 2026, 10:48 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intoximeters UK LimitedMaintenance and Calibration Services for RAF Police Evidential Breathalysers1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2029 | £97,769 | 20 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Maintenance and Calibration Services for RAF Police Evidential Breathalysers · Intoximeters UK Limited
- Signed
- 18 May 2026
- Value
- £97,769
- Period
- 18 May 2026 – 17 May 2029
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Intoximeters UK LimitedAwarded supplier
- Intoximeters UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender