Gardaí tender for €1.5m service to test its members for drugs

The service provider will be expected to react rapidly operable outside normal working hours, on weekends, and on bank holidays

The service provider will be tasked with running on-site operations that include testing both urine and hair samples to detect a wide range of substances, including cocaine, amphetamines, cannabinoids, benzodiazepines, ketamine, and opiates.

An Garda Síochána is planning to spend up to €1.5 million on workplace drug-testing services to screen recruits, probationers, and serving officers for illicit substances, medicinal products, and psychoactive drugs.

The organisation is currently seeking tenders from prospective contractors to carry out comprehensive workplace substance misuse assessments across the country over an initial three-year term, with options to extend for a further two years.