All Vehicle Screening Research

Concepts

• research and development
• porton down
• heavy goods vehicles
• exterior of vehicle types
• vehicle screening research
• interior of vehicles
• detection dogs
• search dog contractor
• security and defence materials
• target odours

Location

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath Area:

Description

Training detection dogs to screen Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) for target odours The purpose of this proposed contract is to work with a search dog Contractor to: • Ensure there are at least 8 dogs capable of detecting a range of 12 target materials around the exterior of vehicle types (including cars, large vans, coaches and HGVs) The Contractor will be required to provide a group of at least eight dogs and train them to detect up to 12 explosive and non-explosive materials, provided by the Authority. The Contractor should be able to source and utilise additional relevant materials in their training to allow the dogs to generalise across a range of similar samples of the required target materials. The dogs must be trained to detect all target odours in both a stand-based test set-up and when concealed in various positions on exterior and interior of vehicles. Screening the interior of the trailer is out of scope for this contract. The dogs must be trained to discriminate the target odours from non-target odours that are concealed in a similar manner.

CPV Codes

• 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Companies are required to provide a group of at least eight dogs which must be trained and available for testing. The Contractor should consider training more than eight dogs to ensure a minimum of eight trained dogs of the required standard are available for each phase of testing. Companies must adhere to UK Animal Welfare Act 2006 and the DEFRA Code of Practice for the Welfare of Dogs 2018 and must have Certificate to acquire and keep explosives (COER 3), certificate of registration for the storage of explosives, Recipient competent authority transfer document (licence to transport explosives) or national equivalent licencing. Companies that do do possess such pre-requisites should not consider bidding