Protective Security Centre Substance Testing

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Katy Reed

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£80,000

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Composition and purity testing and analysis services
Laboratory services

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Submission Deadline

3 months from now

Published

2 days ago

Description

The Home Office Protective Security Centre (PSC) intends to initiate a procurement process to appoint a supplier for the provision of substance and drug testing services. This requirement supports the National Security Vetting process for both current and prospective employees.
The Opportunity to bid for this competition will be from mid-August 2025.
The full requirement will be provided at Tender stage when the full requirements have been developed.
As part of the pre-market engagement the Home Office PSC intends to hold a webinar in July (date TBC) to brief prospective suppliers on the requirements, and the procurement process, as well as an opportunity to ask questions and to provide feedback on the requirement and procurement approach.
To register your interest for this webinar please email [email protected] by 17:00 on 27th June 2025 using the subject title: project_19052 substance testing webinar.
Please note, the tender opportunity will be issued via the Home Office eSourcing Portal and bidders must therefore ensure they have registered:
https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/

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