Published date: 12 July 2022
Closed early engagement
Contract summary
Industry
Laboratory services - 71900000
Location of contract
Wales
Procurement reference
tender_309628/1085917
Published date
12 July 2022
Closing date
29 July 2022
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
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 7th & 8th September and will be held via MS Teams.
Interested service providers must express their interest via e-mail to:-
steve.bradley@dvla.gov.uk & mandy.hodgson@dvla.gov.uk
By 14:00 hours on Friday 29th July quoting reference PS/21/125A - Provision of Laboratory Services for Testing of Alcohol Dependency.
Following the Supplier Day, DVLA will form a strategy and anticipates commencing either a combined procurement or individual procurements with the publication of a finder tender service and a contract notice in October 2022.
More information
Additional text
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The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) currently has a contract for the:
Provision of Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT) Testing & Confirmation Services.
This contract aides the DVLA in making driving licensing decisions.
CDT sample screening provides further information of possible alcohol misuse/ dependency through the analysis of blood samples.
DVLA is exploring future services and viable options.
DVLA encourages fair and transparent procurement and omissions from any part of the Department's market engagement exercise shall not be taken into account in any subsequent procurement. It should be noted that responding to this notice does not place any service provider in an advantageous position.
CDT sample screening through the analysis of blood samples.
Due to the unpredictable nature of the volumes the Authority are unable to guarantee minimum or maximum volumes for this service. Below are our forecasted annual volumes for contract years starting 1st July 2023. Our expected contract duration will be 3 years with options to extend for a further 1 year + 1 year at the sole discretion of the DVLA.
Year Forecasted Volumes
2023 30279
2024 31010
2025 31768
2026 32547
2027 33338
The value of the contract is estimated to be between £2,000,000 & £4,000,000
About the buyer
Address
Longview Road, Morriston
Swansea
SA6 7JL
Wales
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