Notice Information
Notice Title
Toxicology Testing Services
Notice Description
Toxicology services form part of the coronial post mortem examinations. This is a statutory duty the Council has to fund to enable the Coroner to fulfil their investigations into sudden and unexplained deaths.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Toxicology services form part of the coronial post mortem examinations. This is a statutory duty the Council has to fund to enable the Coroner to fulfil their investigations into sudden and unexplained deaths.
Renewal: The initial contract term is for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 1 year
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-049ada
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055915-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
33910000 - Pathology dissection instruments and supplies
85148000 - Medical analysis services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,125,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,125,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 Oct 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Mar 202511 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Mr Kevin Fletcher
- Contact Email
- kevin.fletcher@liverpool.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1512333000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LIVERPOOL
- Postcode
- L3 1DS
- Post Town
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD72 Liverpool
- Delivery Location
- TLD72 Liverpool, TLD74 Wirral
-
- Local Authority
- Liverpool
- Electoral Ward
- Waterfront South
- Westminster Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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