Official UK procurement notice
Coroner's Service Toxicology Interim Contract
Authority: Reading Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis 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 publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060b63Find a Tender
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 21 Jan 2026- Transparency notice published21 Jan 2026, 15:26 GMTUK5
- Contract signature expected21 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxicology UK LtdSME21 Jan 2026 – 20 Feb 2026 | £6,545 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- TOXICOLOGY UK LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender