Contract

Toxicology Services

  • West Northamptonshire Council

UK7: Contract details notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-032640

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05495f

Published 16 June 2025, 2:46pm



Scope

Description

Coroner duties in relation to deaths Under

Section 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009

(CJA 2009) requires that a senior coroner "who

is made aware that a body of a deceased

person is within that Coroners area must as

soon as practicable conduct an investigation

into the persons deaths" if any of the following

apply: (a) the deceased has

died a violent and unnatural death (b) the

cause of death is unknown, or (c) the

deceased died while in custody or otherwise in

state detention Northamptonshire Coroners

Service Northamptonshire Coroner's Service is

a countywide service provided by WNC, as the

'relevant authority'. Toxicology is sometimes necessary to

determine a cause of death.

Last calendar year there was 359 deceased

persons that required toxicology tests for the

Pathologist to determine a medical cause of

death.


Contract 1. Toxicology Services

Supplier

Contract value

  • £260,000 excluding VAT
  • £312,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

14 September 2024

Contract dates

  • 14 September 2024 to 31 March 2026
  • 1 year, 6 months, 17 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 85111800 - Pathology services

Contract locations

  • UKF2 - Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - without competition


Supplier

Toxicology UK

  • Companies House: 10018044

Mazars, First Floor, Two chamberlain Square

Birmingham

B3 3AX

United Kingdom

Region: UKG31 - Birmingham

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. Toxicology Services


Contracting authority

West Northamptonshire Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PGDV-8944-CMBP

Angel Street

Northampton

NN1 1ED

United Kingdom

Region: UKF24 - West Northamptonshire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government