01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Scottish Police Authority
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Category
- goods
- CPV classification
- 38510000 — Microscopes
- Tender period
- Not supplied — Not supplied
Description
The Scottish Police Authority was required to Award a contract to upgrade end-of-life Integrated Ballistics Intelligence System (IBIS) equipment at the Scottish Crime Campus. The procurement includes upgrading the outdated BRASSTRAX H4 cartridge imaging system, replacing a failing 10-year-old Data Concentrator server, and purchasing a Quantum 3D (Q3D) digital microscope for virtual bullet comparisons.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Upgrade of Brasstrax, Data Concentrator and Q3D VCM
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 9 March 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Scottish Police Authority
2 French Street, Dalmarnock, Glasgow, UKM, G40 4EH, United Kingdom
Forensic Technology (Europe) Ltd.
9 The Courtyard, Kilcarbery Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin, IE, 22, Ireland
Glasgow Sheriff Court
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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04 Provenance
Source for this process
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