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ClosedStage · tender

Birmingham City Council

PROVISION OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL TESTING

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 85147000
Value£120k
Deadline31 Oct 2025
Published3 Oct 2025
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 3 Oct 2025ClosedCloses 31 Oct 2025
Who to contact
Commercial and Procurement Services
etendering@birmingham.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

This Request for Quotations is being issued using the Council’s e-tendering system ‘In-tend’ and organisations must ensure that they are registered users. The procurement process will be managed using this system and therefore all bids must be submitted by Tenderers via the ‘in-tend’ system. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function and you should not contact any individual directly either by email or by telephone. If you are already a registered user, you do not have to re-register. If you are unable to register with in-tend or are experiencing difficulties, please email the etendering@birmingham.gov.uk. Deadline for request for quotation is noon on 31st October 2025.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£120ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

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The brief

Birmingham City Council (the Council) is seeking to appoint an organisation for the provision of Drugs and Alcohol Testing.

The service will be required to provide drug and alcohol testing as directed by managers, heads of service and the senior leadership team within BCC.

All sample collection and subsequent testing must comply with relevant legislation and follow strict procedures to maintain chain of custody.

Any laboratory used in the testing of samples must be a UKAS accredited laboratory to ISO 17025 standards.

The Provider will be required to provide information, instruction and training to BCC employees, to contribute to the development of BCC testing policy and to ensure that testing is undertaken in line with associated standards and legislation.

The contract for the services will commence from December 2025 and will be in place for a period of 4 years with a review clause after 12-months.

The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest.

If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register.

You will then be able to log on which will enable you to download all relevant quotation documentation.

If you are unable to register with In-tend or have any questions or problems on how to use this web site please email us at: etendering@birmingham.gov.uk Your completed quotation submission should be returned by noon on 31st October 2025 via the ‘in-tend’ system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The service will be required to provide

The service will be required to provide drug and alcohol testing as directed by managers, heads of service and the senior leadership team within BCC.

02

All sample collection and subsequent testing must

All sample collection and subsequent testing must comply with relevant legislation and follow strict procedures to maintain chain of custody.

03

Any laboratory used in the testing

Any laboratory used in the testing of samples must be a UKAS accredited laboratory to ISO 17025 standards.

04

The Provider will be required to provide

The Provider will be required to provide information, instruction and training to BCC employees, to contribute to the development of BCC testing policy and to ensure that testing is undertaken in line with associated standards and legislation.

05

The Council will be using its free

The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
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