Awarded contract

Drug & Alcohol & DNA Testing For Use Within Children's Social Care

Details

Value
£550,000
Duration
3 years
Topic
Laboratory services
Published
19 March 2025

Tender description

Delivery of a drug, alcohol & DNA testing service for children's social care team. The aim of this service is to provide accredited testing that meets ISO 17025 standard and analysis that is legally defensible in UK courts, analysis reports will also be used for the purpose of Family Court proceedings on behalf of Warrington Borough Council.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date20 March 2024
  2. Completed: Award published19 March 2025
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date19 March 2027in 6 months

About the buyer

Warrington Borough Council is a local authority serving the Warrington area, and issues its tendering opportunities through The Chest, its e-tendering system. The Chest advertises goods, works and services contracts across more than 40 North West councils. Suppliers register free on the portal and nominate the services they offer to receive matching alerts. Higher-value opportunities also appear on the government's central Find a Tender service. The council hosts frameworks for neighbouring authorities, such as Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Halton and St Helens, through its Transportation and Public Realm Consultancy Services Framework.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Warrington Borough Council's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 71900000 · Laboratory services
  • 85111800 · Pathology services
  • 85111810 · Blood analysis services
  • 85148000 · Medical analysis services

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