# Toxicology Services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL](/buyers/essex-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust](/contract-winners/sheffield-teaching-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £189,000
- Tender value: £189,000
- Award date: 10 September 2019
- Published: 20 September 2019
- Contract start: 1 October 2019
- Contract end: 30 September 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 1383a065-6a77-45c7-a8df-34dbac05c571-314873
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7e69fb2c-ba2c-4111-801d-7fce6a45a270

## Description

Where a death occurs within the Essex Jurisdiction and: a\) that death is unexpected or violent; or b\) the cause of death is not known; or c\) the death has occurred in custody, HM Senior Coroner for Essex has a duty to investigate the death\. Where such a death occurs, part of this responsibility is to instruct that Post Mortems and forensic testing are undertaken to assist with HM Coroner's investigation\.

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- [CO0346 Employee Assistance Programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a93a9b88-f390-429a-afc6-5837332dd27e): Essex County Council
- [Award of Payroll Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a10d42b4-c1ba-4fdc-be77-0ab2189eed6b): Barnsley Hospital NHSFT
- [Provision of Forensic Toxicology Services - LCC41838](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5be2f92d-fac2-428f-987e-8737aadd11c0): Lancashire County Council
- [2324-03-SPCC-JB Occupational Health Service for Students](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ae2ffbbe-7ddf-4a67-9988-81656e7d4fd4): Sheffield Hallam University

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1383a065-6a77-45c7-a8df-34dbac05c571-314873)