Published date: 31 May 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 30 June 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Services provided by medical laboratories - 85145000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £750,000

Procurement reference

tender_139022/587838

Published date

31 May 2017

Closing date

30 June 2017

Contract start date

1 January 2018

Contract end date

31 December 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

A fundamental principle of the Child Maintenance Group (CMG) is to provide services that support separated families by assisting with the payment of maintenance between parents for their children.

The Department uses DNA matching to confirm parentage where this has been questioned. During the lifecycle of the Child Maintenance application a Non Resident Parent/Paying Parent can dispute that they are the parent of a child named on an application and can chose to proceed with a DNA test through CMG's accredited testing provider or to arrange their own private DNA test with a Ministry of Justice accredited testing provider.

Results from DNA testing enable CMG to confirm parentage and progress maintenance applications, securing payments for children from separated families.

More information

Additional text

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About the buyer

Contact name

Bushra Hussain

Address

Quarry House
Leeds
LS2 7UA
England

Email

bushrahussain1@dwp.gsi.gov.uk