Ireland High Tech Tender

According to plans 13 high-tech scanners will be placed at the new National Forensic Mental Health facility at a cost of 750000. This move aims at preventing drugs weapons and other contraband being smuggled into serious offenders who have been deemed legally insane. Next year installation of four full-body scanners five bag scanners and five scanners for detecting drugs and explosives will be carried out at entry points to the 140-million facility replacing the Central Mental Hospital.At present the HSE is seeking tenders for the state-of-the-art scanners which it has compared to the technology that features in airport security lobbies. As per the tender documents the full-body scanners will be capable of pinpointing prohibited metal objects on or in a persons body. These include guns knives lighters keys phones razor blades bullets and USBs.The bag scanners one of which will be designed for huge luggage will even scan for these items and will be able to assist with the detection of explosives the technical specifications state.Four drug scanners will be capable of detecting illicit substances such as cocaine cannabis opiates benzodiazepines and methamphetamines and will even alert security staff to the presence of a broad range of explosives.The security scanners are expected to come at a cost of around 750000 excluding VAT.