Toxicology Services

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  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-FTS-139613",
    "name": "Birmingham City Council"
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  "date": "2025-10-09T12:22:24+01:00",
  "id": "063687-2025",
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        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "Birmingham",
        "postalCode": "B1 1BB",
        "region": "UKG31",
        "streetAddress": "Council House, 1 Victoria Square"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "etendering@birmingham.gov.uk",
        "name": "Commercial and Procurement Services"
      },
      "details": {
        "url": "http://www.birmingham.gov.uk"
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      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "Birmingham City Council",
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      "name": "Birmingham City Council",
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            "newValue": {
              "text": "This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts\nRegulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the most suitable provider process"
            },
            "oldValue": {
              "text": "This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 29th\nSeptember 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR."
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              "section": "VI.3"
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    "classification": {
      "description": "Laboratory services",
      "id": "71900000",
      "scheme": "CPV"
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    "description": "To deliver Toxicology Services.\nThe Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (s1) places a duty on the coroner to investigate certain deaths, s14 of the Act allows the coroner to order a suitable post-mortem examination, to enable the coroner to decide if Section 1 applies. \nA pathologist carries out the post-mortem and they or the Coroner request various toxicological testing to support investigations to establish the cause of death. \nToxicology analysis will be undertaken on those cases where there is reason to suspect the death may be related to a toxicological substance or substance misuse. (Toxicology is defined by the Oxford Languages dictionary as \u0027the measurement and analysis of potential toxins, intoxicating or banned substances, and prescription medications present in a person\u0027s body.\u0027)",
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    "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
    "title": "Toxicology Services"
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