All Vehicle Screening Research

Tender description

The purpose of this 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 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 also 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. A full brief on the requirements of the project will be given to the Contractor at a start-up meeting and the Authority will work with the Contractor to optimise the screening method used, where required, throughout the contract. There will be a total of two test phases to be completed by the Contractor in accordance with the test schedule