Provision of Forensic Marking Products

This Invitation to Tender (ITT) is for the provision of Forensic Marking Products for Offender Identification and Property Marking to the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire (PCC) and the Chief Constable of Cheshire (CC). The PCC is the Contracting Authority for the provision of this service.

The PCC wants to continue making Cheshire a safer place to live and work by reducing theft from domestic residences, commercial properties and to increase public confidence in Cheshire Constabulary by increasing the number of offences brought to justice.

The offender identification products will be required to uniquely identify an offender through a forensic solution derived from the subject's criminal actions at a crime scene where the product has been covertly or overtly installed.

The contract will also be open for participation by Cumbria Constabulary, Dyfed-Powys Police, Leicestershire Police, Merseyside Police, West Midlands Police, Durham Constabulary, Kent & Essex Police, Greater Manchester Police, Suffolk & Norfolk Constabulary's, Lancashire Constabulary and North Wales Police, in accordance with Clause 68 of the General Terms and Conditions. The Contractor will agree that the terms of the Contract shall apply to the course of dealings with participating Contracting Authorities. (Hereinafter all participating Police Forces (including the PCC) shall be known singularly as "each Authority" or "the Authority" and collectively as "the Authorities").

The contract will be for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for one further period of up to a total of 12 months, subject to all parties agreeing, the price being acceptable and the satisfactory performance of the Contractor as agreed by the PCC and the CC.