Contract Award Notice - Drug Testing Interim Contract

The Drug Testing Interim Contract has been put in place to ensure continuity of services whilst a full re-procurement exercise takes place for the requirement.

The Drug Testing Interim Contract includes: - Delivery of drug testing kits and consumables to nominated HMPPS sites - Supply of clear chain of custody paperwork and process maps to ensure the integrity of samples. - 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 - Production of a clear report in an agreed format within a set timescale confirming the results - Collated monthly reporting of aggregated datasets, broken down by area and test results in an agreed format. - Provision of full customer and technical support to operational staff.