Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-12-21
Buyer: Home Office
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 31642000 | 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment | 35113200 | 35113300 | 35120000: Surveillance and security systems

Technical requirements: The Home Office wishes to enter a market engagement exercise for its potential requirements for maintenance, support and the provision of mobile and fixed radiological and nuclear detection equipment across the UK and juxtaposed ports to detect and prevent the illicit importation of radiological and nuclear materials.
This requirement is with regards to detection equipment and related support services, however this component forms part of a larger, nationwide RN Detection capability which are and will be subject to separate commercial arrangements.
The Home Office seeks to engage with potential providers for their views on the following potential requirements:
— Establishment of a common, consistent service for the support and maintenance of fixed and mobile radiological/nuclear detection technologies, operational before March 2018.
— Replacement of a number of lanes of fixed detectors with a semi-portable detection solution that incorporates Gamma spectroscopy before March 2018.
— Make provision for the trial, deployment and introduction into service of enhancements to existing detection systems and new fixed and mobile detection technologies.
— As part of the Strategic Service Integration Project, the transition of the existing service to a disaggregated services model of which detection is a part of the whole system.
In order to provide your input to our market engagement exercise, the Home Office invites organisations to complete our pro forma and submit via our eSourcing Suite.
To gain access to the proforma and to submit a response, you must first be registered on the eSourcingSuite. If you have not already yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, it can be done 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
Once registered on the eSourcing Suite, you can get access to the proforma by emailing estelle.watts@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Your email should ask to be added to the event called ‘HO_BF_RFI_CYC’ and you must include the name of the registered company, and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.
Home Office will then give you access to the event and the registered user will receive an email to confirm.
For technical assistance on use of the eSourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk on 0345 0103503.
As part of the market engagement exercise, the Home Office intends to invite some potential providers to participate in discussion on topics detailed in the pro forma between 11. and 12.1.2017. If you would like to participate in the market engagement by meeting with the Authority, please complete the pro forma and submit it via the eSourcing Suite with reasonable notice of 11th and 12th January, ideally prior to 17:00 on 4.1.2017. Please note that meetings are limited on 11/12 January but we may make provision for telephone calls on other dates.
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/goods.