Closed tender

Drugs Testing Service Provision and Point of Care Testing Devices

Details

Value
£150,000,000
Topic
Drug detection apparatus
Published
8 September 2023
Submission
14 February 2024

Tender description

His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) on behalf of the Secretary of State for Justice (Ministry of Justice) is procuring Drug Testing Service Provision and Point of Care Test Devices to be delivered across its estate. The scope of the Goods and Services includes the provision of laboratory analysis of Drugs in oral fluid and urine as required by Prisons, probation facilities and other Approved Premises in the UK within the required timescales; and the provision of point of care Test Devices to Prisons, probation facilities and other Approved Premises in the UK within the required timescales. The Tender Process is split into two lots: Lot 1 – Laboratory Analysis Goods, Services and Prevalence Testing; and Lot 2 – Point of Care Drugs Testing Products and Associated Services. Details of each Lot is further described in the procurement documents available on the aforementioned URL. The contracts for each Lot are anticipated to be contracted for a mobilisation period of 5 months followed by an operational term of 5 years with two options to extend by 12 months each. The total term for each Lot shall not exceed 5 months + 5 years + 1 year + 1 year. CPV codes: 71900000-7 and 38544000-0 Lot 1: The provision of Drug Testing: Laboratory Analysis Goods, Services and Prevalence Testing. Laboratory testing of urine and oral fluid to detect the misuse of Drugs across custodial and community HMPPS settings as further described in the Specification and procurement documents available on the abovementioned URL. Lot 2: The provision of Drug Testing: Point of Care Testing Products and Associated Services. Provision of point of care Test Devices for the detection of Drugs across custodial and community HMPPS settings.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published8 September 2023
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date14 February 2024

About the buyer

The Ministry of Justice is a central government ministerial department with its own Commercial Standards team providing procurement guidance. Procurement now follows the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. Higher-value contracts appear on Find a Tender, with Contracts Finder used for lower-value opportunities. Suppliers register and bid through the MOJ Sourcing Portal, the department's e-procurement platform. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems. HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HM Prison and Probation Service and the Legal Aid Agency are the department's main delivery bodies.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Justice's contract awards have been in education and training, IT services and public administration and defence.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 38544000 · Drug detection apparatus
  • 71900000 · Laboratory services

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