Published date: 30 March 2018

Last edited date: 30 March 2018

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: 27 March 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory services - 71900000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

BIP55908027

Published date

30 March 2018

Closing date

27 March 2018

Contract start date

8 May 2018

Contract end date

7 May 2020

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?

No


Description

Text to be corrected in the original notice:
Place of text to be modified: Description of Procurement
Instead of: The Contractor must be complaint with the Forensic Science Society, ISO/IEC 17025:2017, ISO9001:2000 or other appropriate equivalent industry standards.
The Contractor will be required to:
- obtain DNA profiles from remains (usually from teeth or bone samples);
- undertake DNA profiling of the Y chromosome, to access the paternal lineage and mitochondrial DNA to determine the maternal lineage of human remains such a as bone and/or tissue samples (within 1 month of receiving a sample for Y and 2 months for mitochondrial);
- provide advice on best possible living source of DNA profile for comparison purposes and genealogy if required;
- provide DNA sampling kits to individuals who volunteer to provide a sample for comparison purposes;
- analyse test results and compare them with the profile obtained from the historic sample;
- retest samples at the request of the Authority and make recommendations as to alternative scientific methods to obtain DNA profiles for comparison where said profiles cannot initially be obtained.
And produce various reports.
The contractor must ensure that remains are handled in accordance with worldwide legislation and regulations, including data protection requirements.
The contractor may be required to visit the location (in Europe, Asia, North America and Africa) where the recovered remains are held.
The number of cases will vary depending on the number of remains recovered and therefore it is not possible to say how many cases the Authority will require the Contractor to undertake, however as a guide there have been15 cases in the last 12 months. The contractor will be requested to undertake cases as required on a call- off basis.
No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
Read: The Contractor must be complaint with the Forensic Science Society, ISO/IEC 17025:2017, ISO9001:2000 or other appropriate equivalent industry standards.
The Contractor will be required to:
- undertake anthropological, osteological and genetic analysis of remains
- obtain DNA profiles from remains (usually from teeth or bone samples);
- if remains are co-mingled, sort the skeletons into individuals, where possible, to make identification easier
- undertake DNA profiling of the Y chromosome, to access the paternal lineage and mitochondrial DNA to determine the maternal lineage of human remains such a as bone and/or tissue samples (within 1 month of receiving a sample for Y and 2 months for mitochondrial);
- provide advice on best possible


More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Clem Cole

Address

F10, Innsworth House, Imjin Barracks
Gloucester
GL3 1HW
UK

Telephone

+441452712612

Email

defcomrclcc-hocs4mu@mod.uk