Analysis services. Technical analysis or consultancy services. Technical inspection and testing services. Laboratory services. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is undertaking a tendering exercise to award a contract/s for the provision of forensic and analysis services. HMRC is a government department principally responsible for the collection, administration and management of revenue from Direct and Indirect Taxes and Duties, combating drug trafficking and enforcing import/export prohibitions.

HMRC has a national Criminal Investigation service, a division of the Enforcement and Compliance Group, responsible for the investigation of major smuggling and fraud, any international elements of these crimes. Investigation staff are based at various locations throughout the UK, regional investigators are based at ports and airports and are primarily involved in policing the smuggling of excise and prohibited goods into the UK. Upon request the Client will provide Tenderer's with further information regarding its structure and organisation, but for the purposes of this tender exercise the successful Service Provider must be able to offer a forensic service to Offices throughout the UK. HMRC officers are legally empowered to undertake investigations and conduct prosecutions in connection with illicit activities such as smuggling and tax evasion, in the course of an investigation materials and other evidence may be collected which require forensic examination that will contribute to the intelligence relating to the case. In order to support these investigations and to provide evidence for production in court, access to forensic sciences is required, including scientific advice on the types of evidence that may be suitable for this purpose and the correct method for collecting, preserving and examining it. The Client requires managed forensic science services that will support investigations including Questioned Documents (Lot 1), DNA Analysis (Lot 2), Tachograph Analysis (Lot 3) and Digital and Telecommunications Analysis (Lot 4)