Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Supplier
- Mass Spec Analytical Ltd
- Value
- £47,765
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Sector
- Security, fire & defence equipment · Security equipment (CPV 35121000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Apr 2025
- Published7 Apr 2025Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Threat Mitigation Technologies (TMT) department acts as the technical authority for the MPS in regards to weapons and explosives detection. This opportunity is to provide technical support maintenance of three Mobile (vehicle based) Explosives Trace Detection (ETD) systems based on Thermal Desorption - Mass Spectrometry. These systems are currently used by specialist search trained police officers to aid the protective security search of iconic venues. Day to day use of this ETD system will be undertaken by members of the Metropolitan Police Service's Specialist Operations - Counter Terrorism Protective Security Operations Command, who are responsible for the protection of UK Government personnel and buildings, as well as visiting foreign Heads of State within the UK. You should be able to supply a maintenance service for one year which includes labour, travel and a 48 hour on site response time following a adhoc system fault. Four quarterly servi…
About the supplier
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