Award

900,000

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

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Award

08 Sep 2022 at 13:28

Summary of the contracting process

The Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract worth £900k to Lions Laboratories Limited for the procurement of mobile evidential breathalysers. The contract falls under the goods category and has been awarded through a limited procurement method. The breathalysers must have specific technical parameters to be suitable for evidential use in court, with Lions Laboratories being the only manufacturer meeting these criteria.

This tender provides opportunities for businesses in the biological evidence collection kits industry to supply mobile breathalysers meeting the specified requirements. Companies specialising in manufacturing mobile testing equipment for alcohol levels, with capabilities to produce devices with specific ranges, accuracies, and precision standards, would be well-suited to compete in this procurement process.

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Notice Title

900,000

Notice Description

mobile evidential breathalysers

Lot Information

Lot 1

Evidential Breathalyser Kits; * A range of 0.000 - 0.650 grams/210 Litres * An accuracy of +-3% * A precision standard deviation of 0.003 * Must be portable, and be able to fit into the boot of a car * Be usable roadside

Procurement Information

The Authority intends to award a contract to Lions Laboratory for the procurement of mobile evidential breathalysers, Intoxilisers 9000. The estimated total value of the contract is PS900k (inc VAT). In accordance with the provisions of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI No. 2020/1319, this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended (in particular by SI 2020/1319). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with Regulation 32(b)(ii) of PCR 2015 as competition is absent for technical reasons. As well as being portable and being operational road-side so that drivers that are suspected of being above the legal limit for alcohol can be tested at the roadside, in order to be used as evidence in court the range, accuracy, and precision parameters of the devise must be such to ensure the data collected is reliable, namely: * A range of 0.000 - 0.650 grams/210 Litres * An accuracy of +-3% * A precision standard deviation of 0.003 Lions Laboratory is the only manufacturer of mobile evidential breathalysers which meet the Authority's requirements of being mobile and statistically significant and substantiated by research. : Other mobile breathalysers on the market only have a range up to 0.003 grams/210 Litres, which is not clinically significant enough as the threshold is too low to evidentially assess someone's blood alcohol level, and therefore would not stand up in a UK court of law.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0366f9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025249-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products


CPV Codes

33954000 - Biological evidence collection kits

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£900,000 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Sep 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
7 Sep 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
armycomrcl-define-hq-mailbox@mod.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
ANDOVER
Postcode
N/A
Post Town
Not specified
Country
Not specified

Major Region (ITL 1)
Not specified
Basic Region (ITL 2)
Not specified
Small Region (ITL 3)
Not specified
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Not specified
Electoral Ward
Not specified
Westminster Constituency
Not specified

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

LIONS LABORATORIES

Further Information

Notice URLs

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