Official UK procurement notice
Mandatory Drug, Alcohol & DNA Testing - 1
Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE41)
Awarded value£60,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 29 Jun 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Alpha Biolaboratories Legal Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo fulfil a legal requirement mandated by the court instructing the Local Authority to carry out drug/alcohol testing as part of ongoing care proceedings.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Jun 2026, 12:51 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jun 2026, 12:56 BST
- Authority reference
EX2130- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060738- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bf0cFind a Tender
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Jun 2026- Transparency notice published29 Jun 2026, 12:51 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published29 Jun 2026, 12:53 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published29 Jun 2026, 12:56 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected29 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £60,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Jun 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Biolaboratories Legal LtdSME29 Jun 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 | £60,000 | 29 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Mandatory Drug, Alcohol & DNA Testing - 1 · Alpha Biolaboratories Legal LtdSME
- Signed
- 29 Jun 2026
- Value
- £60,000
- Period
- 29 Jun 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ALPHA BIOLABORATORIES LEGAL LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender