Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a Laboratory Service for Testing of Drug Abuse/Misuse
Authority: Department for Transport (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDVLA requires a contract for the provision of Laboratory Services which will deliver urine drug testing and confirmation services accurately and confidentially to support the decision-making process within Drivers Medical Group (DMG).
CPV: Laboratory services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Authority requires a contract which will deliver urine drug testing and…RenewalPublished value£2,400,000
The Authority requires a contract which will deliver urine drug testing 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 testing and confirmation 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. Additional information: The procurement documents are available from 07/10/24 for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 8 Mar 2024, 10:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2024, 13:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Dec 2024 – …
- Authority reference
PS/23/163- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-031540- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0446a6Find a Tender
Publisher note: 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 17th & 18th 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.
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 13 Dec 2024, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 13 Dec 2024, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
2 Oct 2024 → 5 Jan 2026 · 5 dates- Notice published2 Oct 2024, 13:02 BST
- Next notice expected11 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline13 Dec 2024, 13:00 GMT
- Bids opened13 Dec 2024, 13:00 GMT
- Contract starts297 days ago5 Jan 2026
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Mar 2024- Buyer details updated14 Mar 2024, 15:44 GMT
- Status changed to active2 Oct 2024, 13:02 BST
- Procurement method changed2 Oct 2024, 13:02 BST
- Deadline published: 13 Dec 2024, 13:00 GMT2 Oct 2024, 13:02 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextAdditional Information · VI.3 | The virtual Supplier Day has been scheduled for the 17th & 18th April 2024 and will be held via MS Teams. | The virtual Supplier Day has been scheduled for the 24th & 25th April 2024 and will be held via MS Teams. |
1 amendment published without a description.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- DVLAMediation bodyReview contact point
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR2015 as amended.Review body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.