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title: "900,000"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0366f9"
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# 900,000

Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0366f9

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025249-2022 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Sep 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Sep 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £900,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MINISTRY OF DEFENCE |
| Locality | ANDOVER |
| Post town | Not specified |
| Postcode | N/A |
| Country | Not specified |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | LIONS LABORATORIES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

### Codes

- 33954000 - Biological evidence collection kits

## Release History

- 8 Sep 2022 at 13:28 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025249-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.gov.uk

## Provenance

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