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Published 21 Jan 2026, 15:26 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Coroner's Service Toxicology Interim Contract

Official notice

Authority: Reading Borough Council (Local council)

Below threshold - without competition
Awarded value£6,545published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Toxicology UK Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is an interim award to provide RBC coverage whilst a technical issue with Find a Tender's notice's is corrected

A new Planned Procurement notice is being issued in an effort to correct the previously published UK6 2025/S 000-071151. The procurement was awarded before it was noted that the wrong scoring methodology had been used in the evaluation process. As this could have changed the result, a UK12 2025/S 000-072410 was posted to withdraw the award until it could be Re-Evaluated correctly.

This has now been completed but the Find a Tender system does not allow RBC to modify the already posted notices nor can they link a new UK6 to the already established UK4 2025/S 000-049162

As such RBC will be raising a new UK4 tied to a UK3 so it can accelerate the process, with a new UK6 to follow.

The scope for this project is to cover the following key deliverables: Testing analysis and interpretation of toxicological specimens, Interpretive toxicology reports to HM Senior Coroner and Pathologist within contract timescales, Maintenance of adequate contact between HM Senior Coroner's Officers and staff, Attendance at inquest as required and Monthly statistics and performance indicators

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 Jan 2026, 15:26 GMT
Last source update
21 Jan 2026, 15:26 GMT
Authority reference
RBC 00002335
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-005412
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
South East (UKJ11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060b63 Find a Tender

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 21 Jan 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    21 Jan 2026, 15:26 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    21 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £6,5451 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Toxicology UK LtdSME21 Jan 2026 – 20 Feb 2026£6,545—Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Reading Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWBJ-9435-VXQQ Bridge Street, Reading, South East, RG1 2LUContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • TOXICOLOGY UK LTDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 10018044GB-PPON: PBLQ-5782-PNHT Mazars, First Floor, Birmingham, West Midlands, B3 3AXContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender