Opportunity overview
The provision of physical forensic services covering RT Tox, CW Tox, Drugs, Subject DNA, CSDNA, Firearms & Ammunition, Fire Investigation, Noxious Substances, Questioned Documents, Ecology, Marks & Traces, CW Biology. Procured using the BLC DPS: The aim of the Physical Forensic Services DPS is to deliver a collaborative approach to the next generation of forensics contracts for physical forensics services, providing a nationally standardised specification and terms & conditions to build a cohesive sustainable marketplace environment, where service delivery and capacity meet both the current and future needs of policing and the criminal justice system (CJS).
Awarded to
Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.
Forensic Access Limited
- Shared published award value
- £37.7m
- Awarded
- 7 Jan 2026
- Suppliers
- One of 3 awarded suppliers
- Award ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f255647b-6164-46d5-9dc9-73412cabcd93-1
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 5107377
Key Forensic Services Limited
- Shared published award value
- £37.7m
- Awarded
- 7 Jan 2026
- Suppliers
- One of 3 awarded suppliers
- Award ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f255647b-6164-46d5-9dc9-73412cabcd93-1
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 1194776
Orchid Cellmark Limited (t/a Cellmark Forensic Services)
- Shared published award value
- £37.7m
- Awarded
- 7 Jan 2026
- Suppliers
- One of 3 awarded suppliers
- Award ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f255647b-6164-46d5-9dc9-73412cabcd93-1
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 4045527
Classification
- CPV90700000 — Environmental services
Documents and notices
- Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗