Ministry for Primary Industries

O-C0038745-Drug & Alcohol Testing

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) workforce operates across a wide range of functions including agriculture, biosecurity, fisheries, food, and forestry. To ensure the safety of employees and others where MPI work is undertaken, individuals in safety sensitive roles are required to undergo drug and alcohol testing.
Given the diversity and geographical spread of MPI’s operations, drug and alcohol testing must be available at many MPI sites across New Zealand. The objective of this procurement is to secure a supplier capable of delivering comprehensive drug and alcohol testing services to MPI staff nationwide. The supplier must provide, at minimum, the following:
• Onsite pre-employment drug and alcohol testing for safety sensitive roles
• Nationwide coverage
• 24/7, 365 days per year, on call testing
• IANZ, ISO, and AS/NZ compliant testing
• Reasonable cause, post incident and accident testing
• Provide alcohol breath testing and drug testing using both urine and oral fluid samples that support our required testing regimes.
• Testing panels must include at minimum the following substances: Amphetamines, Sedatives, Benzodiazepines, Barbiturates, Cannabis, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Opiates and Opioids, Synthetic Cannabis and Fentanyl.
• Provide expert technical advice
• Provide a secure, real-time, online booking and results reporting system.
• Provide full chain of custody management across the entire testing process
• Deliver initial screening results within 20 minutes, with any positive initial screening results to be laboratory confirmed within 48 hours of the initial test.
• Removal and safe disposal of all medical and non-medical waste

Department/Business Unit: Corporate Services