# Forensic Services

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Greater Manchester Police](/buyers/greater-manchester-police/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Orchid Cellmark Limited \(t/a Cellmark Forensic Services\)
- Award value: £37,747,925
- Tender value: £38,000,000
- Award date: 7 January 2026
- Published: 21 September 2026
- Contract start: 1 April 2026
- Contract end: 31 March 2031
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 05758c20-645b-4a17-810d-accd701d0188-914838
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f255647b-6164-46d5-9dc9-73412cabcd93

## Description

The provision of physical forensic services covering RT Tox, CW Tox, Drugs, Subject DNA, CSDNA, Firearms & Ammunition, Fire Investigation, Noxious Substances, Questioned Documents, Ecology, Marks & Traces, CW Biology\. Procured using the BLC DPS: The aim of the Physical Forensic Services DPS is to deliver a collaborative approach to the next generation of forensics contracts for physical forensics services, providing a nationally standardised specification and terms & conditions to build a cohesive sustainable marketplace environment, where service delivery and capacity meet both the current and future needs of policing and the criminal justice system \(CJS\)\.

## Related contract awards

- [A1329](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-856a7210-d711-4c21-bf58-c0daa4c654e7): Greater Manchester Police
- [Vehicle Recovery Software](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-850e33aa-15ef-408b-83be-491ccdf25564): Greater Manchester Police
- [Prisoner Information Notification System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5b824e3f-6947-423a-ab31-86ed65d942f0): Greater Manchester Police

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/05758c20-645b-4a17-810d-accd701d0188-914838)