Request for Information - Test facilities for assessment of Police irritants sprays

Official notice

Authority: Home Office (Central government)

Services

Sectors: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK

Planned pipeline value£200,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 31 Oct 2023from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Authority seeks to determine market potential and consider market views on the requirements with a view to ensure such views are considered for any potential procurement that the Authority may wish to launch.

No information contained in this RFI, or in any communication made between the Authority and any Potential Provider in connection with this RFI, shall be relied upon as constituting a contract, agreement, or representation that any procurement or contract may result from this RFI. Under no circumstances shall the Authority incur any liability in respect of this RFI or any supporting documentation.

The Home Office publishes and maintains a Standard for Police Chemical Irritant Sprays: CS and PAVA. Testing, in accordance with this standard, is currently conducted by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).

The testing requirements are set out in Section 5 of the standard, which is available online at the following link:

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/s… ↗

The Authority is considering options for external test facilities able to conduct testing according to Section 5 of the Standard. The Authority will retain the responsibility for checking requirements detailed in all other sections of the Standard, except for Section 5.

The Authority is issuing this Request for Information gauge the interest and to understand the capabilities in relation to undertaking this work.

CPV: Laboratory services · Police equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned

Delivery: UK

35200000 Police equipment

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
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: Unspecified in notice
First published: 8 Aug 2023, 16:07 BST
Last source update: 8 Aug 2023, 16:07 BST
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-023121
Classification (CPV): Laboratory servicesPolice equipment
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03ee02 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The Contracting Authority is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to gather market intelligence/information, to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market. It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express an interest in any future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published in Find a Tender Service and on Contracts Finder. It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. To request access to the RFI document please email CollaborativeProcurement@homeoffice.gov.uk and request the RFI document related to the assessment of Test facilities for Police irritant sprays. The document will then be sent for completion and should be returned to the same email address before the deadline. Responses are required as soon as possible to inform next steps, but the RFI will remain open until 11/09/23

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

8 Aug 2023 → 31 Oct 2023 · 2 dates

Notice published
8 Aug 2023, 16:07 BST
Tender notice expected
31 Oct 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Home Office

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsPublic order and safety london, UKContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.