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Cambridgeshire County Council

22107 Toxicology services for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Coroner

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71900000
Value£500k
Awarded25 May 2023
Published24 Oct 2023
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

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Contract value in context
£500ktotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

This is a large award for Engineering & Architecture — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

The brief

For the HM Coroner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to be able to fulfil their statutory duties associated with determining the identity of the deceased together with how, when and where they became deceased, it is necessary to have arrangements in place for toxicology services.

It is the responsibility of the Cambridgeshire County Council to provide the Coroner with such services.

Toxicology samples are collected from the deceased by pathologists in the mortuary.

These can be blood, urine, vitreous fluid and stomach contents.

Toxicological evidence is sometimes needed to help the pathologist to determine a cause of death. \r \r The successful provider(s) will be required to complete toxicology and other investigations / examinations as required by the Coroner, including interpretation, reporting and advice.

This will also involve forensic toxicology and post-mortem toxicology. \r \r Sufficient storage space must be put in place by the successful provider(s) for all samples referred for analysis by the Coroner.\r \r The procurement is split into two lots:\r 1.

General toxicology\r 2.

Hair analysis\r

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

For the HM Coroner for Cambridgeshire

For the HM Coroner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to be able to fulfil their statutory duties associated with determining the identity of the deceased together with how, when and where they became deceased, it is necessary to have arrangements in place for toxicology services.

02

It is the responsibility of the Cambridgeshire

It is the responsibility of the Cambridgeshire County Council to provide the Coroner with such services.

03

Toxicological evidence is sometimes needed to help

Toxicological evidence is sometimes needed to help the pathologist to determine a cause of death. \r.

04

The successful provider(s) will be required

The successful provider(s) will be required to complete toxicology and other investigations / examinations as required by the Coroner, including interpretation, reporting and advice.

05

Sufficient storage space must be put in

Sufficient storage space must be put in place by the successful provider(s) for all samples referred for analysis by the Coroner.\r.

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