Published date: 13 March 2023
Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.
Contract summary
Industry
Drug detection apparatus - 38544000
Laboratory services - 71900000
Location of contract
England, Wales
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
prj_9199
Published date
13 March 2023
Approach to market date
24 April 2023
Contract start date
1 May 2024
Contract end date
30 April 2030
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The Authority wishes to obtain information from the market in relation to an upcoming procurement for the provision of Drug Testing Products and Services.
The Authority intends to undertake a procurement for two (2) Lots, starting late April/early May 2023, as follows:
Lot 1 Drug Testing Laboratory Analysis, Products and Services
Lot 2 Drug Testing Point of Care Testing (POCT) Products and Associated Services.
The scope of Lot 1: Drug Testing: Laboratory Analysis Goods, Services and Prevalence Testing covers the laboratory analysis goods and services required to deliver the following HMPPS drug testing programmes:
a) Mandatory Drug Testing (MDT) in prisons (urine sampling)
b) Drug Testing in APs (urine sampling)
c) Drug Testing on Licence (ToL) in probation offices (oral fluid sampling)
d) Drug Testing on Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRR) or Problem-Solving Courts (PSC) pilot in probation offices (oral fluid sampling)
e) Studies into the prevalence of drugs within all prison and probation settings (utilising sampling from programmes (a-d))
Across all drug testing programmes, no personal identifiers can be shared with suppliers, and therefore the supplier must operate a system using anonymised identifiers to enable prison and probation staff to link results to individuals.
It is vital that the Authority can access reliable, high quality customer support and technical advice in relation to all drug testing programmes. This includes acting as an expert witness when required to do so.
The Authority requires access to monthly data returns covering laboratory testing volumes and results for all testing programmes.
The scope of Lot 2: Point of Care Testing Products and Associated Services covers the products required to deliver Voluntary Drug Testing (VDT) in prisons.
The Authority uses oral fluid point of care testing for all VDT. The level of proof required by VDT is based on the "balance of probabilities", and as such the results are not used for evidential purposes. VDT results are used to develop support opportunities, generate risk reviews of individuals and to support decision-making.
To be effective, it is vital that point of care VDT products provide rapid results in an operational environment (e.g. within 20 minutes) in a format that minimises the need for user interpretation. Products must place minimal demands on staff collecting samples and be as non-invasive as possible without compromising accuracy of analysis.
The Authority are keen to use VDT products to test for as broad a range of drugs as possible.
Further detail is provided in this Notice and supplementary information to this notice.
The Authority also intends to hold a market engagement event via MS Teams on Thursday 30th March 2023. Suppliers can register interest by completing a MS Forms survey following the link below.
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=KEeHxuZx_kGp4S6MNndq2HeLBZx3isNHpp5atooeqv1UN0o3RVAzMElINDBRS1hQNVdFNEs3UDc1Wi4u
More information
Spend profile
| Financial year | Budget |
|---|---|
| 2024/2025 | £0 |
Attachments
-
- Summary of Requirements DTSP.docx
- Notice of planned procurement
Additional text
-
The Authority also intends to hold a market engagement event via MS Teams on Thursday 30th March 2023. Suppliers can register interest by completing a MS Forms survey following the link below.
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=KEeHxuZx_kGp4S6MNndq2HeLBZx3isNHpp5atooeqv1UN0o3RVAzMElINDBRS1hQNVdFNEs3UDc1Wi4u
About the buyer
Contact name
Stephen Greiff
Address
102 Petty France
LONDON
SW1H9AJ
England
Share this notice
Approach to market date: 24 April 2023
All content is available under the
