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BLC0339 - Drug Test on Arrest Scheme

Buyer: Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham →

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BuyerPolice And Crime Commissioner For Durham
StatusOpen
Deadline14 Sept 2026
Value£220,000
Published24 Aug 2026

What is being bought

This Invitation to Tender (“ITT”) has been issued by BlueLight Commercial who are seeking to award a Contract for the provision of force area wide, centralised custody Drug Testing on Arrest service. This contract is being tendered on behalf of Durham Police and Crime Commissioner and Durham Constabulary.

Delivery location

UKC1, GB · UKC14, GB

Categories

Health and social work services 85000000Health services 85100000Medical analysis services 85148000Rehabilitation services 85312500Community health services 85323000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
ValueAED 220,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Nov 2026 to 30 Apr 2028

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Health and social work services, Health services, Medical analysis services, Rehabilitation services, Community health servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Health and social work services (85000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8535,5421 median · 21 average (20,871 of 35,542 with a bid count)1.8 average (22,404 of 35,542 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKC1561 median · 5.4 average (31 of 56 with a bid count)2 average (32 of 56 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)8131 median · 2.2 average (31 of 813 with a bid count)1 average (33 of 813 with named award suppliers)4 comparable price pairs

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£143,132 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £220,000.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06cbcb
Latest release ID080244-2026
Latest release timestampMon Aug 24 2026 10:15:46 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080244-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-14T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-07T16:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsAll responses must be submitted through the e-Tendering Portal Sell2BlueLight, using the “submit return” function, for the avoidance of doubt, submissions made by any other method (including via correspondence on the e-Tendering Portal) will not be accepted. https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/home
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£220,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
24 Aug 2026tender080244-2026
20 Jul 2026planningUpdate068428-2026
20 Jul 2026planningUpdate068374-2026
15 Jul 2026planning066692-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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15 Jul 2026 · 066692-2026 · planning
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