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Provision of Drug, Alcohol & DNA Testing Services Framework

Laboratory services
Wales (UKL1)
Wales (UKL2)
Published value
£11,400,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Newport City Council: "Provision of Drug, Alcohol & DNA Testing Services Framework ". Published status: planning. Published value: £11,400,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNewport City CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£11,400,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Newport City Council
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Published history for Newport City Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
10Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Burrows-Hutchinson LtdTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 29 active published awards; 4 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Burrows-Hutchinson Ltd1 win£36,960
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNewport City Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSFramework
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published25 Jun 2026, 11:37 BST
Last source update25 Jun 2026, 11:37 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationLaboratory services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL1)
Wales (UKL2)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06bce9
What is being bought
The Drug, Alcohol and DNA Testing Services framework established by Newport City Council in 2020 for use by Welsh local authorities is due to expire 30 September 2026. The new framework which will commence on the 1 October 2026 will be comprised of 2 lots: Lot 1 - Drug & Alcohol Testing Services, Lot 2 - DNA Testing Services. Suppliers appointed to the framework have to be accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standards and for Lot 2 must be UK Ministry of Justice approved. The framework will be procured in accordance with the Light Touch Regime of the Procurement Act 2023.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £11,400,000
    25 Jun 2026, 11:37 BST
  2. Status changed to planning
    25 Jun 2026, 11:37 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    25 Jun 2026, 11:37 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    25 Jun 2026, 11:37 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    25 Jun 2026, 11:37 BST
  2. Procedure published
    25 Jun 2026, 11:37 BST
  3. engagement
    1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    This pre-market engagement notice is to establish the suppliers in the market who would be interested in providing the services . The Council will also take the opportunity to discuss and improve the current specification. Suppliers are invited to attend individual pre-market engagement meetings on Wednesday 1 July 2026 at the Civic Centre, Newport, NP20 4UR. Suppliers who wish to attend are requested to email joanneclaire.james@newport.gov.uk. Times to attend will be issued no later than Monday 29 June 2026.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Newport City Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PWLP-4583-NQGG
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Documents (1)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published