Published date: 27 February 2017

Last edited date: 27 February 2017

This notice was replaced on 27 February 2017

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 27 February 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.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Pharmaceutical products - 33600000

  • Transport services (excl. Waste transport) - 60000000

  • Courier services - 64120000

Location of contract

EX1 2ED

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

LGM24443

Published date

27 February 2017

Closing date

13 December 2016

Contract start date

1 April 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust's MHRA licensed prepacking unit Exeter Pharmaceutical Services (EPS) is seeking a courier company to provide a temperature monitored, dedicated, responsive and reliable next working day courier service as and when required to deliver / collect pharmaceutical products to / from other trusts and healthcare organisations within the UK when required Monday to Friday. All of the items are medically critical and confidential and loss of an item or failure to deliver on time and/or to the correct recipient could put patients at risk. The successful contractor will therefore need to be highly responsive, be able to deliver promptly, safely and efficiently.
The winning contractor must have an MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) WDA licence.

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Additional text

This formal tender has failed to establish effective competition and as such the Trust is unable to continue with the procedure.

About the buyer

Contact name

Michelle Whittaker

Address

Leaseguard Group Ltd
Unipart House
Garsington Road, Cowley
OX4 9PG
England

Telephone

01865 340800

Email

leaseguardEOI@leaseguardgroup.co.uk