DNA, Drug and Alcohol Testing Services Framework

Description

You are invited by Liverpool City Council on behalf of the Collaborative Authority to submit a tender for inclusion on a Framework Agreement for DNA, Drugs and Alcohol Testing Services. The framework will be available for the use of Liverpool City Council and all Liverpool City Region Local Authorities including Sefton Borough Council, Wirral Borough Council, St Helens Borough Council, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council and Halton Borough Council. The Collaborative Authority must meet a range of statutory obligations to ensure that decisions about children are made using robust information. Often this information is obtained through a range of forensic tests and expert assessments to support care planning decisions. Forensic testing (a term used to cover DNA, drug and alcohol testing) are used to help inform decision making, particularly in regard to the safeguarding of children. These tests are typically carried out before going to court, during care proceedings or are ordered by the court. The Framework will be broken down as follows: Lot 1: DNA Testing (Adults, Children’s and Legal Services) Lot 2: Drug & Alcohol Testing (Adults, Children’s and Legal Services) Lot 3: Drug Testing (LCC Taxi Licensing Unit) Lot 1: DNA sampling and testing The service will be required to provide DNA, drug, and alcohol testing via usual methods (e.g. hair, blood, saliva, and urine), as appropriate and as directed by collaborating authority representatives. All sample collection and subsequent testing must be to approved Family Court standards 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. Lot 2: Drug and Alcohol sampling and testing The service will be required to provide DNA, drug, and alcohol testing via usual methods (e.g. hair, blood, saliva, and urine), as appropriate and as directed by collaborating authority representatives. All sample collection and subsequent testing must be to approved Family Court standards 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. Lot 3: Drug sampling and testing for Liverpool City Council Taxi Licensing Unit The service will be required to provide drug testing via usual methods (e.g. hair, blood, saliva, and urine), as appropriate and as directed by Liverpool City Council Licensing authority representatives. Any laboratory used in the testing of samples must be a UKAS accredited laboratory to ISO 17025 standards. THIS LOT IS FOR SERVICE PROVISION TO LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL ONLY