HO_BF_RFI_Testing Facilities

Provision of testing facility services for the testing of Detection and related equipment including fixed, mobile and hand held radiological and nuclear (RN) detectors.

Additional information: The Home Office is seeking to enter into a market engagement exercise to inform its potential service requirements for the provision of testing facility services for the testing of detection equipment and associated equipment such as, but not limited to, information communications technology (ICT) and automatic number plate recognition (ANPR). The primary purpose of the testing facility is to facilitite the testing of fixed, mobile and portable radiological and nuclear (RN) detectors by the Home Office and a number of its partners and suppliers. The facility may also be used for testing other types of detection equipment such as, but not limited to, x-ray scanners.

The managed, secure, facility or facilities where testing can be carried out by the Home Office and its suppliers and its partners must: • be able to accommodate a number of different types of fixed, mobile and portable detector and all associated ICT; • have a building or buildings capable of housing detectors; detector parts; ICT (including PCs, racked computers and networking); and staff; • facilitate access by car and relatively regular access for HGVs; and • comply with all relavant regulration including but not limited to health and safety and regulations relating to the management of RN sources. Services provided will likely include, but not be limited to: goods administration; detector and hardware configuration; site access management; and facilities booking.

In order to express interest in our this market engagement exercise, the Home Office invites organisations to registered on the eSourcingSuite. If you have not already yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be accessed online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link "Supplier eSourcing Registration". Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation you are registering. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esourcing-tool-guidance-for-suppliers

For technical assistance on use of the eSourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk on 0345 0103503.

Following registratione all interested suppliers are invited to submit a short summary of their capability in relation to the requirements.

As part of the market engagement exercise, the Home Office intends to invite between 1st and 16th February 2018, some potential providers to participate in discussion on topics related to the requirements.

Registering on the eSourcing Suite, providing a response (or not), or attending a meeting will not affect either negatively or positively your ability to participate in any possible, later procurements for these services.