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title: "Coroner's Service Toxicology Interim Contract"
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# Coroner's Service Toxicology Interim Contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/coroner-s-service-toxicology-interim-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-060b63). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Reading Borough Council: "Coroner's Service Toxicology Interim Contract". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Reading Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/reading-borough-council-ons-e06000038)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ11
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £6,545 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/coroner-s-service-toxicology-interim-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-060b63#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-060b63`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/coroner-s-service-toxicology-interim-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-060b63#tl-md)

## Description
This is an interim award to provide RBC coverage whilst a technical issue with Find a Tender's notice's is corrected
A new Planned Procurement notice is being issued in an effort to correct the previously published UK6 2025/S 000-071151. The procurement was awarded before it was noted that the wrong scoring methodology had been used in the evaluation process. As this could have changed the result, a UK12 2025/S 000-072410 was posted to withdraw the award until it could be Re-Evaluated correctly.
This has now been completed but the Find a Tender system does not allow RBC to modify the already posted notices nor can they link a new UK6 to the already established UK4 2025/S 000-049162
As such RBC will be raising a new UK4 tied to a UK3 so it can accelerate the process, with a new UK6 to follow.
The scope for this project is to cover the following key deliverables: Testing analysis and interpretation of toxicological specimens, Interpretive toxicology reports to HM Senior Coroner and Pathologist within contract timescales, Maintenance of adequate contact between HM Senior Coroner's Officers and staff, Attendance at inquest as required and Monthly statistics and performance indicators

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85145000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Coroner's Service Toxicology Interim contract (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **TOXICOLOGY UK LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-160645`
  - Value: £6,545 (exc. VAT)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005412-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-21T15:26:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T05:58:34.681Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-060b63