# PHE - Corporate - Acute Drug Harms Surveillance and Early Warning System in UK Emergency Departments

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Public Health England
- Contract winner: [Newcastle University](/contract-winners/newcastle-university/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £70,000
- Award date: 30 November 2019
- Published: 14 January 2020
- Contract start: 2 December 2019
- Contract end: 31 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b79b00ca-3702-48fa-b926-164203dc3b0d-337061
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-98014f60-f37b-4073-a2c6-858e193cd7fb

## Description

Public Health England \(PHE\) is seeking to commission an external partner with an existing system and / or capability to deliver an opioid and new psychoactive substances \(NPS\) clinical harms surveillance programme\. The programme will: - rapidly detect any incident involving synthetic opioids in the heroin or cocaine markets; - monitor the emergence of a synthetic opioid market as seen in North America; - identify health harms associated with toxicity from emerging/new NPS, such as synthetic cannabinoids\. Additional information: Proposals should be emailed to jade\.palmer@phe\.gov\.uk and include the following documentation / information: 1\. supporting statement setting out and establishing suitability to undertake the project, including evidence of national/international work within the field of laboratory analysis of illicit drugs/clinical toxicology and programme management; 2\. project outline with details of methodology including proposed strategy for laboratory analysis \(offering the most cost-effective options most likely to ensure signals are picked up\), timescales, and risks; 3\. budget \(including detailed breakdown of spend\); 4\. project team CVs\. Word count \(excluding project team CVs and budget\) is a max of 4,000 words\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b79b00ca-3702-48fa-b926-164203dc3b0d-337061)