Published date: 29 January 2021

Last edited date: 9 March 2021

This notice was replaced on 10 September 2021

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Awarded contract (published 10 September 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Courier services - 64120000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£2,000,000,000

Procurement reference

RM6171.

Published date

29 January 2021

Closing date

26 March 2021

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

17 August 2021

Contract end date

16 August 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the authority intends to put in place a Pan Government Collaborative
agreement for the provision of Courier and Specialist Movements to be utilised by central government
departments and all other UK public sector bodies, including local authorities, health, police, fire and
rescue, education, devolved administrations and charities. It is intended that this commercial agreement
will be the recommended vehicle for all courier and specialist movements required by UK public sector
bodies, which include central government departments and their arm's length bodies and agencies, nondepartmental
public bodies, NHS bodies, local authorities, health, police, fire and rescue, education,
charities and devolved administrations. The duration of the framework agreement is four (4) years with
the option to enable customers to let a call-off agreement that may extend beyond the life of the
framework agreement

More information

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Additional text

This Framework Agreement RM6171 Courier and Specialist Movements is for use by Contracting Authorities in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies that exist on 29th January 2021 and which fall into one or more of the following categories:

1. Any of the following:

(a) Ministerial government departments;
(b) Non ministerial government departments;
(c) Executive agencies of government;
(d) Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), including advisory NDPBs, executive
NDPBs, and tribunal NDPBs;
(e) Assembly Sponsored Public Bodies (ASPBs);
(f) Police forces;
(g) Fire and rescue services;
(h) Ambulance services;
(i) Maritime and coastguard agency services;
(j) NHS bodies;
(k) Educational bodies or establishments including state schools (nursery schools,
primary schools, middle or high schools, secondary schools, special schools),
academies, colleges, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), further education colleges and
universities;
(l) Hospices;
(m) National Parks;
(n) Housing associations, including registered social landlords;
(o) Third sector and charities;
(p) Citizens advice bodies;
(q) Councils, including county councils, district councils, county borough councils,
community councils, London borough councils, unitary councils, metropolitan
councils, parish councils;
(r) Public corporations;
(s) Public financial bodies or institutions;
(t) Public pension funds;
(u) Central banks; and
(v) Civil service bodies, including public sector buying organisations.
2. Those listed and maintained by the Government on their website at
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations or any replacement or updated web-
link.
3. Those listed and maintained by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) at

CCS COMMERCIAL PRACTICE NOTE: OJEU NOTICE SCOPE

About the buyer

Contact name

The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (CCS)

Address

9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
LIVERPOOL
L3 9PP
England

Telephone

44 3450103503

Email

supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk