Portable Visual Inspection Device

Border Force (BF) secures the border and promotes national prosperity by facilitating the legitimate movement of individuals and goods, whilst preventing those that would cause harm from entering the UK. BF Officers do this by inspecting goods in a range of environments that include but not limited to; freight consignments (ship and aircraft searches), roll-on, roll-off trailers, over high vehicles, and cars.

Border Force is looking to procure a commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) contract for an existing handheld technology that is able to facilitate in the detection of illegal goods entering the UK in freight, vehicles, aircraft and other modes of transport, for general use and more specifically in volatile environments such as fuel tanks (Hazardous Zone Capability).

It is the current intent to consider 3 Lots:

Lot 1 - General Use Capability Lot 2 - Specialist Container Search Lot 3 - Hazardous Zone Capability

BF require a supplier who can provide this as a commercial system to meet an aspirational order for late 22/23FY.

Companies which are able to offer a solution and provide the required goods and services are requested to send an expression of interest to Vinny Gibbs by 17:00 GMT on 08/04/2022.

Home Office Commercial at Detectiontechnologyprocurement@homeoffice.gov.uk

The Supplier is requested to clearly state which Lot/Lots they can provide a solution to within their expression of interest (EOI).

We would also request that the Supplier include reference/details to any existing or historic Public Sector contracts where similar products to those proposed within the EOI are to be provided.

It is anticipated that there will be a Supplier Engagement Event in due course. Please contact Vinny Gibbs as per the EOI instructions above to register your interest.