Lot 1
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AwardedFind a Tender · award Update
Provision of Armed Forces Compulsory Drug Testing
Buyer: Ministry of Defence →
BuyerMinistry of Defence
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published28 Apr 2026
What is being bought
The Armed Forces Compulsory Drug Testing Programme is the largest occupational drug-testing programme in Europe and was established in January 1995. It is designed to reduce the incidence of substance misuse in the Armed Forces by detection and deterrence underpinned by education and policy. Currently between 100,000 - 125,000 samples are collected per annum. In addition to testing for drug misuse, there is also the requirement for the contractor to conduct screening for steroids and new psychoactive substances. The programme involves the analysis of urine samples of service personnel. Samples are collected by Armed Forces collection teams and transported to the laboratory of the Authority's urinalysis contractor. The programme also requires research and scientific support. These areas are included in this contract, which is structured to provide maximum flexibility to cope with change during its life.
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Awards
2
Statusactive
SupplierDNA Workplace Ltd
Contracts
Provision of the Armed Forces Compulsory Drug Testing Programme
Statusactive
Value£15,000,000
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| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-051776 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 038713-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Tue Apr 28 2026 14:15:19 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | Not published |
| Tender status | complete |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Main procurement category | Not published |
| Above threshold | Not published |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | Not published |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | Not published |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | Not published |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 0 |
| Tender documents in source | 1 |
| Awards in latest release | 1 |
| Contracts in latest release | 1 |
| Parties in latest release | 2 |
Notice history
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Apr 2026 | awardUpdate, contractUpdate | 038713-2026 |
| 28 Apr 2026 | award, contract | 038662-2026 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | awardUpdate, contractUpdate | 024755-2026 |
| 5 Mar 2026 | awardUpdate, contractUpdate | 019836-2026 |
| 5 Mar 2026 | award, contract | 019793-2026 |
| 10 Oct 2025 | tender | 063967-2025 |
| 13 Jun 2025 | planningUpdate | 032232-2025 |
| 12 Jun 2025 | planning | 031942-2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | planning | 022814-2025 |
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Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
Complete current OCDS release JSON
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If a potential provider has a solution or is willing to develop a solution that fulfils the requirement, please provide a summary of the solution. \n4.\tIf the potential provider does not have a current solution that meets the requirement in full, what level of investment would the potential provider envisage as a result, or would the potential provider seek to sub-contract capabilities, and how would this sub-contract capability be managed.\n5.\tAre there any major pit falls, issues or risks with the requirement?\n6.\tHow would a potential provider bring innovation to the testing process, for example a testing kit that indicates a positive result at the time of testing. Which can then be sent for further analysis.\n7.\tWhere possible, are you able to provide a submission of a rough order of magnitud in regard to how much it may cost to the Authority fulfil this requirement in full, for 5 years.\n8.\tWhere possible, confirm the lead time to establish a robust logistical plan for the delivery of test kits and other potential lead times to have a facility that provides the service up and running.\n9.\tIf not, UKAS accredited, how long would it take for you to achieve this or similar accreditation required by the UK Government to conduct this requirement.\n10.\tHow is your service currently measured by other customers of your services i.e. Key Performance Indicators.\n11. \tAre you able to provide examples of Key Performance Indicators?\n12.\tWhat are the most applicable social value missions and outcomes that be achieved in fulfilment of the requirement? \n(Please see https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67ae1529e270ceae39f9e1a0/2025-02-11_PPN_002_The_social_value_model.docx.pdf) \n13. \tAre there any outcomes that provide tenderers the best opportunity to deliver greater benefit to social, economic and the environment missions and outcomes through the performance of the potential contract than other outcomes listed in the above link? \nPOTENTIAL PROVIDER QUESTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS\n•\tPotential Providers may raise questions or seek clarification regarding any aspect of this RFI document at any time prior to the Clarification Period Closure, as detailed in 'our timeline'. Questions must be submitted through the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP).\n•\tTo ensure that all Potential Providers have equal access to information regarding this Procurement, responses to questions raised by Potential Providers will be published in a questions and answers document, which will be available through the DSP.\n•\tResponses to questions will not identify the originator of the question.\n•\tIf a Potential Provider wishes to ask a question or seek clarification without the question and answer being published in this way, then the Potential Provider must notify us and provide its justification for withholding the question and any response. 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"description": "REQUEST FOR INFORMATION\nREFERENCE: 62081818 – Armed Forces Compulsory Drug Testing Programme (AFCDT) \nCUSTOMER: \tAPSG, D Pers, Ministry of Defence (The Authority)\nINTENDED CONTRACT START DATE: 01 April 2026\nDATE RESPONSE REQUIRED: 14 July 2025\nDear Potential Provider,\nWe would like to notify you of a potential upcoming requirement, and by doing so we are keen to understand where the market stands in terms of our requirement below.\nThe UK MOD is conducting market research with the intention of continuing the provision of the AFCDT. AFCDT is designed to reduce the incidence of SM in the Armed Forces (AF) by detection and deterrence underpinned by education and policy. Currently between 100,000 and 125,000 samples are collected per annum. The AF remains committed to the AFCDT, recognising the risk to Operational Effectiveness (OE) and Risk to Life (RtL) resultant from Substance Misuse (SM). All SP (Army, Navy and Air Force) are subject to Service Law are liable for AFCDT from date of attestation. Samples are collected by the AFCDT Teams (military personnel) on a 24/7 basis and transported to the urinalysis contractor’s laboratory, under a separate transport contract. \nThe current AFCDT is broken up into two contracts, the Urine Analysis (UA) AFCDT Contract and the AFCDT Assurance Contract (AC). This RFI only covers the AFCDT Urine Analysis Contract requirements. \nPlease note the following general conditions:\n•\tThis RFI will help us to refine the requirement and conduct market research.\n•\tWe reserve the right not to proceed with this procurement. Nothing shall constitute a commitment to instigating a formal procurement process.\n•\tAny and all costs associated with the production of such a response either to an RFI or any resultant competition must be borne by the Supplier. The Authority will not contribute in any way to meeting production costs of any response.\n•\tNo down-selection of Potential Providers will take place as a consequence of any responses or interactions relating to this RFI.\n•\tWe expect that all responses to this RFI will be provided by Potential Providers in good faith to the best of their ability in the light of information available at the time of their response.\n•\tNo information provided by a Potential Provider in response to this RFI will be carried forward, used or acknowledged in any way for the purpose of evaluating the Potential Provider, in any subsequent formal procurement process that may take place. \n•\tShould a Potential Provider fail to respond to this Supplier Questionnaire, it will not affect any further participation in any possible future procurement for this capability.\nOUR AIMS – WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE\nThe Customer is looking for one or more Suppliers to deliver the following aims:\na.\tProvision of suitable robust specimen collection kits and regulation compliant transport packaging.\nb.\tThe screening by urinalysis of all samples and the conduct of confirmation analysis where necessary applying recognized accredited methods.\nc.\tThe ability to conduct hair testing on an ad-hoc basis.\nd.\tSecure delivery of results electronically to the Authority. \ne.\tAbility to conduct DNA analysis on an ad-hoc basis.\nf.\tAbility to conduct enhanced analysis i,e workplace steroids, New or Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and other emerging trends, up to 10% of the overall samples, or on request.\ng.\tRegulation compliant storage of samples.\nh.\tDestruction of bio-hazard waste.\ni.\tTraining, inspections and liaison: and\nj.\tCustomer support (including toxicology evidence and expert legal witness testimony where necessary).\nWHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR\nThe Customer is looking for Industry feedback on the following areas:\n1.\tThere is an appetite for a singular provider to deliver all requirements detailed in the brief as a capability under a single contract, can this be achieved by your organisation?\n2.\tHow would the potential provider seek to service the contract, which includes the provision of testing kits, clinical waste disposal, IT infrastructure, communications and overall technical support throughout.\n3.\tDo any potential providers have the current capacity to deliver the capabilities? If a potential provider has a solution or is willing to develop a solution that fulfils the requirement, please provide a summary of the solution. \n4.\tIf the potential provider does not have a current solution that meets the requirement in full, what level of investment would the potential provider envisage as a result, or would the potential provider seek to sub-contract capabilities, and how would this sub-contract capability be managed.\n5.\tAre there any major pit falls, issues or risks with the requirement?\n6.\tHow would a potential provider bring innovation to the testing process, for example a testing kit that indicates a positive result at the time of testing. Which can then be sent for further analysis.\n7.\tWhere possible, are you able to provide a submission of a rough order of magnitud in regard to how much it may cost to the Authority fulfil this requirement in full, for 5 years.\n8.\tWhere possible, confirm the lead time to establish a robust logistical plan for the delivery of test kits and other potential lead times to have a facility that provides the service up and running.\n9.\tIf not, UKAS accredited, how long would it take for you to achieve this or similar accreditation required by the UK Government to conduct this requirement.\n10.\tHow is your service currently measured by other customers of your services i.e. Key Performance Indicators.\n11. \tAre you able to provide examples of Key Performance Indicators?\n12.\tWhat are the most applicable social value missions and outcomes that be achieved in fulfilment of the requirement? \n(Please see https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67ae1529e270ceae39f9e1a0/2025-02-11_PPN_002_The_social_value_model.docx.pdf) \n13. \tAre there any outcomes that provide tenderers the best opportunity to deliver greater benefit to social, economic and the environment missions and outcomes through the performance of the potential contract than other outcomes listed in the above link? \nPOTENTIAL PROVIDER QUESTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS\n•\tPotential Providers may raise questions or seek clarification regarding any aspect of this RFI document at any time prior to the Clarification Period Closure, as detailed in 'our timeline'. Questions must be submitted through the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP).\n•\tTo ensure that all Potential Providers have equal access to information regarding this Procurement, responses to questions raised by Potential Providers will be published in a questions and answers document, which will be available through the DSP.\n•\tResponses to questions will not identify the originator of the question.\n•\tIf a Potential Provider wishes to ask a question or seek clarification without the question and answer being published in this way, then the Potential Provider must notify us and provide its justification for withholding the question and any response. If the Authority does not consider that there is sufficient justification for withholding the question and the corresponding response, the Potential Provider will be invited to decide whether:\no\tthe question/clarification and the response should in fact be published; or\no\tIt wishes to withdraw the question/clarification.\nINSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION AND RETURN \n•\tAnswers should be limited to a maximum of one side of A4 per question, using Ariel Font, Size 11. \n•\tOnce completed please save as a PDF file and return to: Army-Comrcl-Procure-HC-Mailbox@mod.gov.uk \n•\tCompleted questionnaires should be returned by no later than COP 17:00 14 July 2025. Along with your completed responses you are invited to provide any marketing material/information that would help the MOD understand more about your organization and the market you operate in. Please note that failure to respond to this Supplier Questionnaire will not affect any further participation in any possible future procurement for this capability.\nThe full Statement of Requirement is attached to the opportunity listing on the Defence Sourcing Portal, this be accessed by clicking on the following link:\nA DSP account will need to be created to access the link"
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