Framework Agreement for DNA, Drug and Alcohol Testing Services

Buyer
City & County of Swansea
Value
£700,000
Closes
16 November 2026
Where
Swansea, Wales
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

Swansea Council wants to set up a pre-approved list of testing providers for drug and alcohol testing and DNA testing. These tests support child protection, social care cases and court proceedings, so the results must be legally reliable. Suppliers who join the list can then be asked to carry out individual pieces of work over the following years, with an estimated total value of £700,000.

What the buyer wants

• Collect samples safely, keep a documented chain of custody (a record proving who handled each sample and when), and analyse them in an accredited laboratory. • Interpret results and produce professional written reports that stand up in court or in social care decisions. • Provide expert witness support (giving evidence in person or in writing in court proceedings) when the council needs it.

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Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

The most likely barrier is the requirement for accredited laboratory testing and forensic DNA accreditation, which needs a dedicated, well-established lab that most small businesses cannot run or afford to set up.

How to bid

This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.

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