TenderlineUK
Procurement Intelligence
Official OCDSSearch
Find a TenderPlanned procurement
Published 17 Sept 2026, 16:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

SPS-02361 Substance Screening & Related Services

Authority: Scottish Prison Service·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Goods
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38)Architecture & Engineering (71)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Scotland (UKM)Northern Ireland (UKN)
Budget not disclosed Value not published
Tender notice expected 22 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) and Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) require a supplier to provide substance screening kits and associated services, including the supply of point of care screening devices, confirmatory analysis services, reporting services, training and support.

CPV: Analysis services · Drug detection apparatus · Laboratory services · Services provided by medical laboratories

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The SPS will commence this procurement process in good faith and with the intention of awarding a contractPlanned
The SPS will commence this procurement process in good faith and with the intention of awarding a contract. Following publication of the Contract Notice, an Invitation to Tender (ITT) including the Single Procurement Document (Scotland) (SPD) will be published by SPS and will be made available to bidders on Public Contract Scotland-Tender (PCS-T). Tender responses will then be evaluated by the SPS in accordance with the ITT.
Delivery: Scotland, Northern Ireland
71620000 Analysis services71900000 Laboratory services85145000 Services provided by medical laboratories

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
17 Sept 2026, 16:27 BST
Last source update
17 Sept 2026, 16:27 BST
Authority reference
SPS-02361
Classification (CPV)
Analysis servicesDrug detection apparatusLaboratory servicesServices provided by medical laboratories
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0774c8

Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=843262. (SC Ref:843262)

How it was run

Submission deadline
—

Timeline

2 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Notice published3 days ago
    17 Sept 2026, 16:27 BST
  2. Tender notice expectedin 32 days
    22 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Scottish Prison Service

Contracting authorityNational or federal agency/officePublic order and safety One Lochside, 1 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh, UK, EH12 9DJ +44 1313303858
View buyer profile →

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS)Contracting authority Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland +44 2892614506

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.