Toxicology Testing Service Pre-Market Engagement

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<p style="margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Liverpool City Council Coroners Service is seeking a supplier, or suppliers, to provide toxicology testing services to support investigations to determine the potential role of drugs and alcohol in a person’s death.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">HM Coroner would require the ability to analyse for a wide range of substances (including the latest New Psychoactive Substances) being mindful of changes in drug markets and associated trends.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Contract Term: Likely to be five years.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Further information can be obtained from: https://procontract.due-north.com from 5pm on 4 April 2023.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Tender submission deadline: Noon on 21 April 2023.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Please download the full application and supporting documents from Procontract.</span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Your company will need to register on Procontract (Due North) to be able to receive the opportunity. The documents will only be available on Procontract (available via the Due North site).</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Once you have registered you will need to go to the “<em>my opportunities” </em>section<em> </em>on the home page of Procontract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">To register your organisation on Procontract click on the following link </span><a href="../../register"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">https://procontract.due-north.com/register</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">, go to suppliers’ area and click on “register free”.</span></p>
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