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Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL)

GB-Sevenoaks: Improved training methods for canine screening of vehicles.

EducationCPV 80512000
Value£113k
Deadline6 Jul 2017
Published16 Jun 2017
RegionSouth East
Timeline
Published 16 Jun 2017ClosedCloses 6 Jul 2017
Contract value in context
£113ktotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£2.4m

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The brief

The purpose of this contract is to work with a search dog Contractor to: 1.

Refine and test an effective method of training dogs to reliably detect weapons and explosives contained at various points around a vehicle, without the need to enter the passenger compartment.

2.

Validate a certification test for vehicle search dogs, using dogs trained by the canine contractor under the above determined training methodology.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Refine and test an effective method

Refine and test an effective method of training dogs to reliably detect weapons and explosives contained at various points around a vehicle, without the need to enter the passenger compartment.

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