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715104450-Complusory Drug Testing Quality Assurance

Ministry of Defence

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Key details

Contracting authority
Ministry of Defence
Public authority - central government
Region
Andover
Delivery: United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Contract value
£158,333ex VAT
Submissions closed
Not stated by buyer
Published
16 June 2026

Procurement

Contract period
15 June 2026 - 14 June 2028
2 years
Possible extension to 14 June 2031 · 4 years, 11 months in total
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 85121292 Urologist services
  • 71900000 Laboratory services
  • 72225000 System quality assurance assessment and review services

What happened

Ministry of Defence awarded this contract to King's College London worth £158,333 on 8 Jun 2026. The contract runs until 14 Jun 2028.

Description

The provision of Quality Assurance support to the Armed Forces Compulsory Drug Testing (CDT) programme.

responsibilities include:

a. conduct ‘blind performance testing’ of the Authority’s urinalysis contractor’s laboratory by providing and inserting quality assured control

samples, to replicate the collection of a sample from an individual;

b. perform on-site inspections of the urine analysis department of the Authority’s urinalysis contractor;

c. conduct an audit trail of samples pre-selected by the Authority;

d. be prepared to attend any review which may arise as a result of their work, and give independent advice and evidence as required by the

Authority;

e. notify the Authority of any additional and relevant legislation or guidelines to the programme as they occur;

f. review and validate any experimental work, research or study conducted by the Authority’s urinalysis contractor or by other third parties;

g. provide advice to the Authority on the technical and managerial merits of laboratories invited to tender for the re-let of the Authority’s

urinalysis contract;

h. submit an annual written report to the Authority, to include a laboratory inspection report and the scientific conduct of the programme during

the previous calendar year.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
King's College London
GB-PPON: PHYJ-5565-GJZD
Award value
£158,333
Award date
8 June 2026

Contact

Address
Marlborough Lines, Andover, SP11 8HT
Contact name
Tom Shields

Identifiers

Buyer reference
715104450
Notice ID
056793-2026
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054ef7

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