Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Suppliers
- Forensic Access Limited SME, Key Forensic Services Limited SME, Orchid Cellmark Limited (t/a Cellmark Forensic Services)
- Value
- £37,747,925
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Environmental services (CPV 90700000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Jan 2026
- Published21 Sep 2026Published 257 days after the contract date
Description
The provision of physical forensic services covering RT Tox, CW Tox, Drugs, Subject DNA, CSDNA, Firearms & Ammunition, Fire Investigation, Noxious Substances, Questioned Documents, Ecology, Marks & Traces, CW Biology. Procured using the BLC DPS: The aim of the Physical Forensic Services DPS is to deliver a collaborative approach to the next generation of forensics contracts for physical forensics services, providing a nationally standardised specification and terms & conditions to build a cohesive sustainable marketplace environment, where service delivery and capacity meet both the current and future needs of policing and the criminal justice system (CJS).
About the suppliers
Forensic Access Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05107377).
Key Forensic Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11194776).
Orchid Cellmark Limited (t/a Cellmark Forensic Services): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04045527).