Forensic Services

Our Forensic Department was established in 2004, Bedfordshire Biotech Limited of Companies has three decades‘ experience of providing police forces with high quality, specialist forensic science services. As one of the largest forensic service providers and DNA testing companies in the world, Bedfordshire Biotech Limited has a proven reputation for quality, reliability and service excellence.

Bedfordshire Biotech Limited Forensic Services laboratories are amongst the most advanced analytical facilities in Europe, enabling the company to offer a complete and comprehensive range of independent and innovative forensic testing solutions to police forces, legal and criminal justice organisations throughout the UK and Europe.

Below highlights a selection of our forensic science services, please follow the links for further information or call us confidentially on Tel: +44(0)8703155997 | +44(0)8703163662 or contact us via email.

Our Forensic Services

Bedfordshire Biotech Limited has broad commercial experience from many years at the forefront of forensic science and specialist laboratory analysis in the UK. Employing more than 480 people, we have invested in some of the most advanced forensic laboratories in the world, designed for the rapid delivery of the highest quality forensic testing.

· DNA Services

· Forensic Casework

· AAE and DVI

· Wildlife Forensics

· Training Services

· Consultancy

Comprehensive capability from crime scene to Court

Meticulous evidence recovery, bespoke forensic analysis and expert interpretation from some of the UK’s most experienced forensic scientists. Bedfordshire Biotech Limited provides an extensive analytical capability to support the investigation of a wide range of offences.

DNA Services

Bedfordshire Biotech Limited has three decades’ experience of providing specialist forensic DNA analysis to police forces in the UK and around the world. During this time, we have established a wealth of experience through the DNA analysis of tens of thousands of crime scene samples, and have established a reputation ...

Forensic Casework

With a team of more than 400 forensic scientists, DNA analysts and laboratory support staff we offer a comprehensive forensic assessment, evidence recovery, laboratory analysis, and evaluative interpretation service across a spectrum of scientific disciplines. Our forensic casework teams support the investigation of a wide range of volume and major ...

AAE & DVI

Bedfordshire Biotech Limited has a team of forensic anthropologists and archaeologists to support the location, recovery and identification of human remains and has extensive experience of working with police forces in the UK and overseas in cases of burial, fatal fires and explosions. Dedicated and Experienced Working alongside Bedfordshire Biotech ...

Wildlife Forensics

Bedfordshire Biotech Limited utilises a broad range of casework disciplines and specialist DNA services to assist in wildlife and rural crime investigations, or those involving domestic species. Our animal species identification test provides a high level of discrimination between vertebrates. Wildlife Crime Wildlife crimes involve animals or animal products, and ...

SARC Support Service

Bedfordshire Biotech Limited has developed a SARC Support Service that includes an informative and easy to understand Environmental Monitoring service as well as tailored forensic awareness training to assist SARCs in meeting the FSR’s Code of Practice.Focusing on the Forensic Science Regulator’s Standards The Forensic Science Regulator’s (FSR’s) Code of ...

ID-Secure Service

ID-Secure Service ID-Secure from Bedfordshire Biotech Limited is a personal DNA profiling service that can, when required, help your family or your organisation by significantly reducing the time and difficulty involved in establishing identity, and, in unfortunate circumstances, providing closure. Is the quality of the duty of care you provide ...

Drugs and Toxicology

A wide range of leading Forensic Toxicology services as an Expert Witness for criminal, coronial and civil casework involving alcohol and/or drugs including: Road Traffic Act offences involving alcohol with any associated Alcohol Technical Defence calculations such as would be involved in ‘hip-flask’ and laced drinks defences in drink/driving cases; ...

Fingerprint Services

We specialise in three main areas of fingerprint work, Criminal Defence Case Reviews, Training and Consultancy. Criminal Defence Case Reviews If you have been charged with an offence and there is fingerprint evidence linked to that charge then one of the great strengths of the UK's Criminal Justice System is the ...

Fire Scene Investigation

Bedfordshire Biotech Limited can assist in the full range of fire investigation services, these include: Fire Scene Investigation - Fire Scenes can be attended principally to establish where, how and when the fire started. Gas/Vapour Explosions - The investigating of deflagrations such as mains gas and flammable liquid vapour explosions, including those ...

Firearms Services

Bedfordshire Biotech extensive firearms expertise has seen us instructed in complex, sensitive and high-profile cases in the UK and across the globe. Our expert witness testimony has been pivotal in the full range of firearms offence cases. We have played a vital role in the interpretation of firearms law in ...

Blood Pattern Analysis (BPA)

Blood is commonly shed where violence has been inflicted. When blood has been shed there is a need to assess it appearance and distribution in the context of the case. Blood Pattern Analysis (BPA) is a historical, well-documented, technique that is robust and scientifically based and can provide a wealth ...

Micro-traces

Bedfordshire Biotech Limited offers a micro-trace service which involves the identification and evaluation of fibres, hairs, paint fragments, plastics…indeed, most things microscopic. We have extensive international expertise in all manner of identifying and comparing microscopic particles. In forensic terms this often relates to the transfer and retention of textile fibres ...

Training Services

Bedfordshire Biotech Limited has considerable experience of designing and delivering a broad range of forensic awareness and crime scene recovery training to police and military customers in the UK, as well as to overseas law enforcement clients, and as part of UK university MSc degree courses. Bedfordshire Biotech Limited has ...

Consultancy Services

Through its large team of experienced forensic staff, project consultants and partner scientists, Bedfordshire Biotech Limited delivers a range of forensic consultancy services to police and government agencies in the UK and overseas. In addition to laboratory design and building project consultancy, we offer bespoke forensic training packages in a ...