Buyer Name: BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED
Buyer Address: Lower Ground 5-8 The Sanctuary, London, UKI32, SW1P 3JS, United Kingdom
Contact Name: Marc Grey
Contact Email: marc.grey@bluelight.police.uk
Buyer Name: BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED
Buyer Address: Lower Ground 5-8 The Sanctuary, London, UKI32, SW1P 3JS, United Kingdom
Contact Name: Marc Grey
Contact Email: marc.grey@bluelight.police.uk
This Invitation to Tender (“ITT”) has been issued by BlueLight Commercial who are seeking to award an Open Framework for the provision of supply, installation, and maintenance of Alcohol Breath Testing Equipment. Please refer to ITT Instructions to Bidders section 1.1. The framework will be tendered as four lots, which are as follows: • LOT 1 – Evidential Breath Testing Instruments • LOT 2 – Roadside Breath Screening Devices • LOT 3 – Installation, Calibration and Servicing & Maintenance
No linked documents found for this notice.
External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085101-2025
Link Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender
Lot Title: Evidential Breath Testing Instruments
Lot Description: 5.1.1 This Lot provides a compliant procurement route for UK police forces and wider blue light organisations to acquire Evidential Breath Testing Instruments (EBTIs) that meet operational, technical, and evidential requirements.
Lot 1 Status: active
Lot 1 Value: GBP 7,200,000
Lot 1 Value (Gross): GBP 8,640,000
Lot 1 Contract Start: 2026-03-25T00:00:00+00:00
Lot 1 Contract End: 2028-03-24T23:59:59+00:00
Lot 1 Award Criterion (price): Simple description
Lot Title: Roadside Breath Screening Devices
Lot Description: The purpose of this lot is to obtain Roadside Breath Screening Devices.
Lot 2 Status: active
Lot 2 Value: GBP 7,200,000
Lot 2 Value (Gross): GBP 8,640,000
Lot 2 Contract Start: 2026-03-25T00:00:00+00:00
Lot 2 Contract End: 2028-03-24T23:59:59+00:00
Lot 2 Award Criterion (price): Simple description
Lot Title: Servicing, Maintenance and Calibration
Lot Description: 7.1 Suppliers awarded under this Lot must be capable of delivering comprehensive servicing, maintenance, and calibration support for Evidential Breath Testing Instruments (EBTIs), in accordance with the ‘Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing Instruments’ Quality Framework Document, issued by the Forensic Science Service on behalf of the UK Home Office – February 1998 (Version 2).
Lot 3 Status: active
Lot 3 Value: GBP 7,200,000
Lot 3 Value (Gross): GBP 8,640,000
Lot 3 Contract Start: 2026-03-25T00:00:00+00:00
Lot 3 Contract End: 2028-03-24T23:59:59+00:00
Lot 3 Award Criterion (price): Simple description
Document Description: Not published
Document Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender
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