FD/02/05/291 - Drug Testing- Laboratory Based

Irish Prison Service

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.

Who?

• Irish Prison Service

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2014-01-28	Contract notice
2014-02-17	Additional information
2014-03-03	Additional information

Contract notice (2014-01-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Laboratory services
Quantity or scope: 600 0001 000 000
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Laboratory services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Irish Prison Service
Postal address: IDA Business Park, Ballinalee Road
Postal town: Longford
Contact
E-mail: cputenders@irishprisons.ie 📧
Phone: +353 433335100 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-01-28 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-02-19 📅
Publication date: 2014-01-30 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 021-032996
Refers to notice: 2013/S 219-381242
OJ-S issue: 21
Additional information

To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=73393&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

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.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 600 000 💰
1 000 000 💰
Description of options:

The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 12 months with a maximum of 1 such extension or extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority's obligations at law.

Provisional timetable for use of options: 24 months
Number of possible renewals: 1
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 36 months
Duration: 24 months
Reference number: FD/02/05/291
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin and Portlaoise.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: See RFT document.
Economic and financial standing: See RFT document.
Technical and professional ability: See RFT document.
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: to be agreed with successful bidder
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

A group, if successful must be prepared to contract as a single entity, having joint and several liabilities.

Other particular conditions: See sample contract published with the Invitation to Tender (RFT) document.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2014-02-19 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Camillus Farrell

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2013-11-12 📅
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: FD/02/05/291
Notice number in the OJ S: 2013/S 219-381242

Complementary information
Recurrent procurement
2016 to 2017
Source: OJS 2014/S 021-032996 (2014-01-28)

Additional information (2014-02-17)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-02-17 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-03-06 📅
Publication date: 2014-02-20 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 036-059252
Refers to notice: 2014/S 21-032996
OJ-S issue: 36
Source: OJS 2014/S 036-059252 (2014-02-17)

Additional information (2014-03-03)
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-03-03 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-03-10 📅
Publication date: 2014-03-07 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 047-078676
OJ-S issue: 47
Source: OJS 2014/S 047-078676 (2014-03-03)

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