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A Contract Award Notice
by MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract (Goods)
Duration: not specified
Value: £17M

Sector: DEFENCE
Published: 27 Jan 2023
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

United Kingdom:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

Ministry of Justice Leeds

1 supplier

Abbott Toxicology Abingdon

Description

The objective of this contract is to provide goods and services to support an effective drug testing regime which improves prison safety, management of risk in the community and helps service users to identify and access support to address dependency issues to reduce re-offending. The deliverables include the supply and service requirements to facilitate a drug screening programme up to 24-hours, 365 days a year, across all sites in England & Wales. The services may be required frequently in some locations and infrequently in others and cover both mandatory and voluntary drug testing programmes. Testing includes urine and oral fluid testing and confirmatory services. Contract awarded through NHS Framework (2019/S 212-519575).

Lot Division

Drug Testing Laboratory Analysis Goods, Services and Prevalence Testing

• Delivery of drug testing kits and consumables to nominated HMPPS sites • Provision for a courier service for the delivery of kits to nominated testing sites, and either a courier service or pre-paid postage/packaging for the return of samples. • Laboratory-based analysis samples against set panels of target drugs • Prevalence testing

Drug Testing Point of Care Testing Equipment and Associated Services

• Delivery of drug testing kits and consumables to nominated HMPPS sites

Award Detail

1	Abbott Toxicology (Abingdon) Drug Testing Interim Contract 2022-2024 Reference: 002635-2023-21699-1 Value: £17,000,000

Award Criteria

price

CPV Codes

38544000 - Drug detection apparatus
71900000 - Laboratory services

Legal Justification

The justification for Direct Award through a Framework without prior publication is under the Public Contracts Regulation 2015, section 32 (2), (c) – “insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with.” Contract awarded through NHS Framework (2019/S 212-519575).