Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c1b-559f-7127-95c3-706d408f187e/forgery-detection-equipment awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Forgery Detection Equipment [Home Office](https://tendernation.io/buyers/home-office) Estimated value £90,000 Published 23 Feb 2017 Deadline Closed 28 Feb 2017 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Border Force is a Directorate of the Home Office. Border Force has a requirement for five (5) units of forgery detection equipment of the following specification; - A visual spectral comparator, capable of subjecting questioned documents to a range of different light frequencies \[white (flood), white (flood) spot, short/medium/long UV, oblique (side), infra-red (absorption/reflective/fluorescence) including anti-stokes, transmitted UV, transmitted and transmitted spot\] to enable: - Examination of known security features for signs of simulation/tampering; - Examination of pages for signs of watermark simulation, counterfeiting of pages and alteration/concealment of endorsements; and - Examination of inks used in bio-data, visas and endorsements to confirm authenticity against known issued examples. - Equipment must be of a standard and design commonly recognised by, and employed by, professional forensic document examiners and expertisers of valuable printed matter (e.g. banknotes, stamps, antiquarian books etc) - Equipment must include a visual display unit capable of saving images in a suitable digital format. - Equipment must include functions of magnification \[minimum x40 optical\] against a database of specimen documents. - Equipment must include UV \[254/312/365 nm\] and co-axial light sources. - Equipment must include optical character recognition, and the capability to decode IPI, and view latent images and optically variable devices. - Equipment must be capable of use by a competent Border Force specialist forgery officer without the need for specific training. - Equipment must be of such a recognised forensic standard as to enable the observations and the findings of examinations to be defended with confidence in a court of criminal law. - Equipment must be delivered to the five Border Force offices in scope by 31 March 2017 certain. Bidders should submit their quotation to Amanda Hallinan by email by close of play on 28th February 2017. Home Office terms & conditions of contract (Short Form Goods November 2011) shall apply to any subsequent order. Read full description ## CPV classification Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/fb69a8c3-adbc-42d5-8ddb-6e3dfc358500) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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