Official UK procurement notice
BLC0271 - Drug Testing On Arrest
Authority: BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDevices to support the police Drug Testing on Arrest programme
CPV: Blood analysers · Blood lancets · Blood-testing reagents · Checking and testing apparatus · Health services · Laboratory reagents · Laboratory services · Reagent strips
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Oct 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “BLC0271 - Drug Testing On Arrest” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Sept 2025, 13:07 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Apr 2026, 12:50 BST
- Authority reference
BLC0271- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-037570- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a401Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
29 Sept 2025 → 1 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published387 days ago29 Sept 2025, 13:07 BST
- Market engagement235 days ago27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
A request for information via a written response is being asked for in the first instance and we ask this is returned by Friday 3rd October at 5pm. Please read the pre-market engagement scope and complete the survey both located within In-Tend.
Virtual meetings via teams will take place on Monday 13th October, Tuesday 14th October and Wednesday 15th October. These sessions will provide an opportunity to expand on the information provided in the survey. After the meetings have taken place the market engagement survey will remain open until a short-time before the tender is published to ensure feedback can still be gathered and taken into consideration.
Please visit sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/home ↗ to register on the BlueLight Commercial e-tendering platform.
Once registered, please navigate to Portals in the top right of the screen and log in to BlueLight Commercial Portal. Then search for BLC0271.
- Latest notice published180 days ago24 Apr 2026, 12:50 BST
- Tender notice expected112 days ago30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts20 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Sept 2025, 13:07 BSTUK2
- Pipeline notice published24 Apr 2026, 12:50 BSTUK1
- Published value updated24 Apr 2026, 12:50 BST
- Status changed to planned24 Apr 2026, 12:50 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender