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title: "PHE - Corporate - Acute Drug Harms Surveillance and Early Warning System in UK"
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# PHE - Corporate - Acute Drug Harms Surveillance and Early Warning System in UK

Buyer: PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a06853df-1e06-41d8-bb04-11f6e6f7ec58

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## Summary

Public Health England (PHE) has awarded a contract for the provision of the 'Acute Drug Harms Surveillance and Early Warning System in UK' project. The contract falls under the 'Administrative healthcare services' category and has been completed. The tender was open, with a tender period ending on July 12, 2021. The contract period started on September 1, 2021, and ended on August 31, 2022. The buying organization, Public Health England, located in London, is the contracting authority for this tender.

This tender opportunity offers business growth prospects for service providers with expertise in healthcare surveillance and analysis. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that can deliver clinical harms surveillance programmes focusing on synthetic opioids and new psychoactive substances stand to benefit. Businesses with experience in monitoring health harms associated with emerging substances, such as synthetic cannabinoids, could find this tender well-suited for their capabilities. The procurement method employed was an open procedure below the threshold.

## Notice

Public Health England (PHE) is seeking to commission an external partner with an existing system and / or capability to deliver an opioid and new psychoactive substances (NPS) clinical harms surveillance programme. The programme will: * rapidly detect any incident involving synthetic opioids in the heroin or cocaine markets; * monitor the emergence of a synthetic opioid market as seen in North America; * identify health harms associated with toxicity from emerging/new NPS, such as synthetic cannabinoids. The programme will involve laboratory testing of biological samples from A&E patients around the UK who have been treated for adverse reactions to illicit drugs. Participating A&E departments will take and submit biological samples from suitable patients. These samples will be toxicologically analysed and assessed, alongside other intelligence sources. Any emerging trends and signals of interest will be reported to PHE to ensure that drug health harms are identified and acted upon promptly.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/da6843ef-6617-4b59-811c-2e0f11e3b8c9 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Apr 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Jul 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 5 Sep 2021 |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2021 - 31 Aug 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £99,676 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 8UG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI45 Lambeth |
| Local authority | Lambeth |
| Electoral ward | Waterloo & South Bank |
| Westminster constituency | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services

### Codes

- 75122000 - Administrative healthcare services

## Release History

- 14 Apr 2023 at 08:15 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/da6843ef-6617-4b59-811c-2e0f11e3b8c9
- 17 Sep 2021 at 11:35 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d67ad804-40b1-4c9e-80e5-018b603b4cff

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/da6843ef-6617-4b59-811c-2e0f11e3b8c9
  14th April 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d67ad804-40b1-4c9e-80e5-018b603b4cff
  17th September 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://atamis-1928.cloudforce.com/sfc/p/0O000000rwim/a/4J000000NVaC/bPjEIY2yfs9jRPy4tBlhIiI3WxgAoaSXgAqaswmfLw8
  C35550 Form of Contract Redacted
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/94671f70-3893-41bc-ad9b-59fd20d57aa9
  C35550 Form of Contract Redacted

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