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Provision of Services for Drugs & Alcohol Testing and Medication Advice Line

NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 16:01.

Opportunity overview

The provision of Drug and Alcohol Testing services: Random Drug & Alcohol testing programme For-cause and post incident/accident D&A testing Drug & Alcohol Support programme active monitoring testing Supply of POCT kits with Medical Review Officer (MRO) service Test the Tester for Network Rail Occupational Health Service employee testers Medication advice line

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.

Abbott Toxicology Ltd

Matched by exact name
Published award value
£8.6m
Awarded
1 Jul 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PRDT-1748-HMPH
Location
Abingdon, UKJ14, OX14 1DY, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
project_44607
Status
complete
Procurement Method
selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
Id
GB-PPON-PNZN-9524-VCQJ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNZN-9524-VCQJ

Address

Street Address
Waterloo General Office
Locality
London
Postal Code
SE1 8SW
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI45

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Abbott Toxicology Ltd
Id
GB-PPON-PRDT-1748-HMPH

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PRDT-1748-HMPH

Address

Street Address
21 Blacklands Way
Locality
Abingdon
Postal Code
OX14 1DY
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ14

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85100000
Description
Health services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
85147000
Description
Company health services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
38544000
Description
Drug detection apparatus
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
85140000
Description
Miscellaneous health services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PRDT-1748-HMPH
Name
Abbott Toxicology Ltd

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Has Options
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
4 Sept 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
20 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends
19 Oct 2036, 23:59

Options

Description
In the event of any future transfer, novation or assignment of the contract to Great British Railways or any successor body, any resulting changes will be managed in accordance with the contract and applicable legal, regulatory and statutory requirements. Such changes may include, but are not limited to, amendments to the geographic scope, service locations, service requirements, and associated safety, performance and KPI obligations.

Value

Including VAT
10,336,220
Amount
8,613,516
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
A-23577
Document Type
contractSigned
Format
application/pdf
Entry 2
Id
093893-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
5 Oct 2026, 14:44
Format
text/html

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
N/A
Description
Please note that, whilst KPIs have been set for this contract, there is no requirement to publish them due to the contract being classified as a Light Touch Contract.

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI45 · SE1 8SW · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

4 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

4 VERSIONS
  1. 000790-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 001259-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 062077-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  4. 093893-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·