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Awarded · ResultStage · award

Wiltshire Council

ES0128-4 - DNA and Drug & Alcohol Testing

Business ServicesCPV 71900000
Value£209,496
Awarded9 Sept 2025
Published19 Sept 2025
RegionNationwide

£209,496 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded
DNA LEGAL LIMITED
Awarded value£12k
Award date9 Sept 2025

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
Helen Danford
helen.danford@wiltshire.gov.uk
+441225713267

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£209ktotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Engineering & Architecture band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

The brief

DNA testing is required to establish paternity when exploring safe and appropriate care options for children and young people within the child protection system and any provider must be Ministry of Justice Accredited.

Drug and alcohol testing is used to support social care to establish whether a child or young person’s caring environment is safe and meeting their physical and emotional needs.

Best practice guidance suggests that providers of drug and alcohol testing should be UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited to the international quality standard ISO 17025 (2017 version).

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

DNA testing is required to establish paternity

DNA testing is required to establish paternity when exploring safe and appropriate care options for children and young people within the child protection system and any provider must be Ministry of Justice Accredited.

02

Drug and alcohol testing is used

Drug and alcohol testing is used to support social care to establish whether a child or young person’s caring environment is safe and meeting their physical and emotional needs.

03

Best practice guidance suggests that providers

Best practice guidance suggests that providers of drug and alcohol testing should be UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited to the international quality standard ISO 17025 (2017 version).

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

ISO 17025 (testing & calibration laboratories)says mustStandards you certify to
Best practice guidance suggests that providers of drug and alcohol testing should be UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited to the international quality standard ISO 17025 (2017 version).
UKAS accreditationsays mustCertification & assessment schemes
Best practice guidance suggests that providers of drug and alcohol testing should be UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited to the international quality standard ISO 17025 (2017 version).

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054640
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
058131-2025
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