# Forensic Testing Services Framework

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Somerset County Council](/buyers/somerset-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Lextox
- Award value: £1
- Tender value: £350,000
- Award date: 31 May 2019
- Published: 17 October 2019
- Contract start: 3 June 2019
- Contract end: 2 June 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 189f04f8-b59a-47e8-b290-fae6f9cb8735-320298
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-cb46cc57-6e61-4c0b-888c-b1341774eb4c

## Description

Under the statutory duties of the Children Act 1989, Somerset County Council is required to promote the welfare of children\. In order to carry out this duty, it is from time to time required to commission forensic testing, both in order to establish family relationships and also to establish whether persons connected with those children engaged in substance misuse\.To support the above requirements, Somerset County Council is tendering for a four-year Framework Agreement for the provision of a Forensic Testing Service

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/189f04f8-b59a-47e8-b290-fae6f9cb8735-320298)