Framework for the Provision of Forensic Testing

Buyer
The Council of the City of Wakefield
Value
£1,700,000
Closes
18 November 2026
Where
Wakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

Wakefield Council wants to set up a list of approved laboratories it can use for forensic testing, meaning DNA tests and drug and alcohol tests used to inform decisions, especially about protecting children and young people. The list is 'closed' (only a fixed number of suppliers can be on it, with a maximum of three per lot) and will run for two years, with the option to extend by up to two further years in one-year blocks.

What the buyer wants

• Lot 1 (DNA testing): take and collect samples where needed, carry out DNA testing, and provide the results. • Lot 2 (drug and alcohol testing): collect samples, run drug and alcohol analysis, and produce expert witness reports that can be used in legal proceedings. • Deliver to a closed framework: the council will select up to three suppliers per lot, and those suppliers will then be eligible for work under the framework over the full term.

Lots

Likely requirements

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

Without an accredited forensic testing laboratory and a proven record of expert witness work, a business is very unlikely to pass the technical evaluation, and the limited number of places on the framework makes competition for each lot intense.

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.

How framework contracts work

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