Published date: 25 October 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 5 December 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Transport services (excl. Waste transport) - 60000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£200,000

Procurement reference

project_17527

Published date

25 October 2017

Closing date

5 December 2017

Contract start date

5 March 2018

Contract end date

31 October 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a suitably experienced provider who is able to provide specialist courier service in compliance with Crown Commercial Services framework RM3799, specifically in connection with LOT 1: Class 6.2 Infectious Substances (Category A and Category B), Non-Infectious Substances, Biological Substances, Blood and Tissue.
UHMBT would like to commission a secure courier service to transport category B Pathology samples to UN3373 standards from sexual health clinics in Essex to the Blood Sciences laboratory at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.
Samples must be collected from multiple clinics in Essex each evening at appropriate times from Monday to Saturday for delivery to Lancaster by 07:00 the next morning, Tuesday to Sunday. Deliveries will be required on bank holidays.
Samples will be collected from unmanned secure SampleSafe boxes and designated manned sites in Essex. Some collections will be time critical.
All sample packages must be tracked and temperature controlled during transport. The courier service would be expected to provide specimen transport boxes which comply with the relevant Transport Regulations.
Additionally we will require a courier service to transport bulk consumables from Lancaster to each of four hub sites in Essex at least four times each year.
The service must be flexible to meet the changing needs of UHMBT and our partner organisation in Essex during the life of the contract e.g. to allow the addition of clinic sites or changes to collection times.

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Please note that only those organisations listed within LOT 1 of Crown Commercial Services Framework RM3799 - Specialist Courier Services will be eligible to apply for this opportunity. The is by Invitation Only.

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Dowell

Address

University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
Westmorland General Hospital
Kendal
LA9 7RG
England

Email

paul.dowell@mbht.nhs.uk