As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 1st of June, 2020, the Croatian Interior Ministry (MUP) is buying specialist equipment for members of the Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit for a price tag of 9.3 million kuna. The ministry estimated that the purchase of this equipment would cost a little more than eight million kuna including VAT, but the tender reached a price that is one million and 300 thousand kuna higher.
Although only one bidder applied for some groups of equipment, and the price was higher than estimated, the Croatian Interior Ministry readily accepted the bids with the explanation that they had secured financial resources for their purchase.
The Croatian Interior Ministry received bids in the tender for an IC monocular device for night surveillance, a target system for tasks undertaken during the night, for manual thermal imaging, an optical sight for tactical rapid fire for long weapons and a target system for night tasks, Jutarnji list writes.
For the needs of the anti-terrorist police force, among other things, eight hand-held thermal imaging cameras worth a massive 1.1 million kuna are currently being purchased. The technical specification required that thermal imagers must have a built-in CCTV camera with a 36-time-zoom. These are cameras that connect to computer databases that contain biometric data of persons and allow the identity of a person to be determined in a short time based on facial features.
Since the Croatian Interior Ministry is in the process of procuring software for recognising facial features, these thermal imagers will enable members of the anti-terrorist unit to quickly search the database and identify persons.
After the tender, it was decided that 100 pieces of IC monocular devices for night monitoring would be purchased from the company MA-RA from Zagreb for a whopping 4.6 million kuna.
These are devices that are used at night or in conditions where there has been significant reduction in visibility, and can be placed on a weapon, helmet or held in the hand and used for observation. A contract will be signed with the same company for the purchase of eight optical sights for shooting from long weapons for 1.3 million kuna. This sight allows the user to shoot tactically with both eyes open.
250 pieces for target systems for night tasks worth 2.2 million kuna will also be purchased from a company called Mi-Star. These are tactical laser target markers that are placed on long weapons for precise direction.
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