FD/02/05/291 - Drug Testing- Laboratory Based
Provision of a laboratory based drug testing service to the Irish Prison Service for its 14 establishments.
The Irish Prison Service has a requirement, on an ongoing basis for the provision of a laboratory based drug testing service for its 14 establishments. The Irish Prison Service currently conducts drug testing on persons committed to its care for the following reasons:
— Where clinically indicated on committal to custody;
— As part of medically generated toxicology testing;
— As a result of an order of the Court, either prior to sentencing or prior to sentence reviews;
— As part of the ongoing monitoring of offenders in Drug Free Units, on Incentivised Regimes Programmes; and
— For reasons of security and maintenance of good order ;
The results of tests may be produced in Court. It is therefore imperative that the chain of custody is maintained for each sample submitted for laboratory testing. It is estimated that in the region of 20 000 specimens will be submitted each year for screening.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-02-19.
The procurement was published on 2014-01-28.
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Procurement history
| Date |
Document |
| 2014-01-28
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Contract notice
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| 2014-02-17
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Additional information
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| 2014-03-03
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Additional information
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