Published date: 8 March 2024

Last edited date: 14 March 2024

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.


Approach to market date: 11 October 2024

Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory services - 71900000

Location of contract

SA6 7JL

Value of contract

£3,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_416785/1315414

Published date

8 March 2024

Approach to market date

11 October 2024

Contract start date

1 January 2026

Contract end date

31 December 2028

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

DVLA requires a contract for the provision of Laboratory Services which will deliver urine drug screening and confirmation services accurately and confidentially to support the decision-making process within Drivers Medical Group (DMG).
The Authority requires a contract which will deliver urine drug screening and confirmation services to assist the Authority in determining a drivers medical fitness to hold a driving licence.
The successful supplier must be capable of accurately and
confidentially carrying out both initial screening and confirmation testing services which will provide national coverage throughout Great Britain.
The Contractor/ Supplier will be required to transport samples from Franchise Doctors across Great Britain to the Contractor's/Supplier's nominated laboratory/laboratories for analysis.
Monitoring, collating and feeding back trend analysis data would be advantageous, in particular on drugs below cut offs, which when combined, could result in impairment.

More information

Additional text

The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to forewarn interested service providers of this requirement and highlight that we plan to hold a Supplier Day for the purpose of market sounding and to enable DVLA to describe and develop our proposed requirements.

The virtual Supplier Day has been scheduled for the 24th & 25th April 2024 and will be held via MS Teams.
Interested service providers must express their interest via e-mail to:-

shareen.gelstharp@dvla.gov.uk
&
mandy.hodgson@dvla.gov.uk

By 12:00pm on Friday 22nd March 2024 quoting reference PS/23/163 - Provision of Laboratory Services for testing of drugs of abuse/misuse.

Following the Supplier Day, DVLA will form a strategy and anticipates commencing a procurement excercise with the publication of a finder tender service and a contract finder notice.

About the buyer

Address

Longview Road,Clase
Swansea
SA6 7JL
Wales

Email

shareen.gelstharp@dvla.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency