Report Summary
This report provides members of the Forensic Services Committee with an overview of Drug Driving Update.
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Meeting
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Forensic Services Committee - 3 February 2025
Date : 03 February 2025
Location : Online
Outsourcing
At the time of writing, a range of factors have resulted in the existing procurement framework reducing to a single [external] supplier option. Outsourcing is utilised when internal capacity requires augmented, and an annual budget is in place to manage the anticipated demand.
Recently, the external conditions have changed with, ‘the market’ being more unpredictable in relation to its ability to accommodate high numbers of cases. This remains the subject of ongoing engagement and has been registered as an increasing risk within Forensic Services.
The most recent engagement with the FS external supplier provides assurance in relation to outsourcing requirements up to 100 samples per month. Additional capacity is likely to be available however, this will require pro-active engagement on a month-to-month basis and is not fully guaranteed at this time.
External supplier engagement remains ongoing with short and medium term options subject to further discussions and, dependant on available budget.
From a cost perspective, outsourcing a batch of 50 cases results in a financial committment of approximately £15k.
