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Department for Transport

Trace, Evaluate and Reinforce (TracER)

Agriculture & ForestryCPV 38000000
Value£135k
Deadline7 Oct 2026
Published3 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 3 Sept 202627 days leftCloses 7 Oct 2026
Who to contact
dftc.procurement@dft.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£135ktotal contract value
median £600k
this tender£0£31.8m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Petroleum, Fuel & Energy Products band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 3,437 valued Petroleum, Fuel & Energy Products tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Department for Transport has published 358 notices across all categories, and 39% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

TracER is intended to improve assurance of Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) screening to detect explosive trace contamination.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f159
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
083492-2026
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