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Avon and Somerset Constabulary

Forensic Services to the West and South Coast Consortium

Business ServicesCPV 79700000 79720000
Value£1000.0m
Deadline4 Nov 2016
Published22 Sept 2016
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 22 Sept 2016ClosedCloses 4 Nov 2016
Contract value in context
£1000.0mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1080.0m

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The brief

The West and South Coast Forensic Procurement Consortium are seeking Suppliers to deliver a Forensic Analytical Service to the 19 Forces.

The Consortium is hosted by the PCC’s office of Avon & Somerset Constabulary which is acting on behalf of itself, and the 18 other Police Forces.

The Services required will include both laboratory and scene based services which will be further described in the tender documents.

The requirement will be for 8 lots.

Successful suppliers must be able to deliver all of the services included in the lot (s) that they are applying for either directly or via a sub contractor.

All service providers / sub-contractors must be BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited by UKAS (or equivalent), unless specifically stated within the tender documentation.

The Consortium Forces reserve the right to procure some of their needs for Forensic Analytical Services outside of this procurement exercise.

There is no guarantee of any volume or value of work under any subsequent contracts.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Suppliers to deliver a Forensic Analytical Service

Suppliers to deliver a Forensic Analytical Service to the 19 Forces.

02

Successful suppliers must be able to deliver

Successful suppliers must be able to deliver all of the services included in the lot.

03

Providers / sub-contractors must be BS EN

providers / sub-contractors must be BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited by.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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OCID
4a180019-e888-4179-8558-b356baf973e2
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
20160922160010-31798
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