Alcohol & Substance Misuse Testing

Leicestershire County Council will be inviting tenders for the provision of ‘Alcohol and Substance Misuse Testing Service’ in accordance with ‘The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime (PSR)) Regulations 2023. This opportunity will be an open (one stage) procedure under PSR Regulation 11 - Competitive Process. The service involves taking tests from employees, who may be based anywhere in Leicestershire however the agency must be able to provide a nationwide service. The employees are based over numerous sites which are currently all within Leicestershire but, testing agencies must be able to travel nationwide at any time (24-hour service) to respond to a need for with-cause testing whilst outside of Leicestershire. Testing is carried out at the roadside or on site depending on circumstances. Random testing is saliva testing but, with-cause / assurance testing is a urine test. Alcohol testing involves the use of an electronic breath-testing device. Leicestershire County Council Testing Policies and Procedures shall be provided within the tender documents.