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Published 2 Sept 2025, 16:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

The Provision of Alcohol Testing

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Justice (Central government)

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 5 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Aug 2031 · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

At present, prisons, probation services and approved premises test offender alcohol levels by using breathalysers.

The objective of the Alcohol Testing contract will be to supply an on-site point of contact Breath Alcohol Screening Testing System including all consumables e.g. mouthpieces for use within both a custodial setting and in the community by providers of probation services.

The contract will not commit to specific volumes, and at this stage, no forecast has been established.

This preliminary market engagement exercise is intended to invite suppliers to share information about their products, technologies, and the broader capabilities available in the market.

We are seeking to understand current innovations, delivery models, and potential solutions that could inform the development of our future procurement strategy.

CPV: Drug detection apparatus

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2031 (5 yrs)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
38544000 Drug detection apparatus

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
2 Sept 2025, 16:08 BST
Last source update
2 Sept 2025, 16:08 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-053272
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Drug detection apparatus
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05927e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

2 Sept 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    2 Sept 2025, 16:08 BST
  2. Market engagement395 days ago
    26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

    The Ministry of Justice are examining and forecasting the scope and essential requirements for the future of Breath Alcohol Screening Devices for use in Prisons, Probation Offices and Approved Premises nationwide.

    As part of this information gathering exercise, we have developed the below series of questions to ascertain the capability, the capacity and the appetite of the current market and would welcome your responses.

    Please see link below to access the questionnaire:

    forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗

  3. Tender notice expected294 days ago
    5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts56 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Sept 2025, 16:08 BST
    UK2

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

Ministry of Justice

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDNN-2773-HVYN 102 Petty France, London, London, SW1H 9AJContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure