Published date: 12 August 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 31 May 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Courier services - 64120000

Location of contract

SW1H 0EU

Value of contract

£122,000,000

Procurement reference

CF-0306300D0O000000rwimUAA1

Published date

12 August 2021

Closing date

31 May 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 June 2021

Contract end date

13 May 2022

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

The UK's COVID-19 testing capability is enabled by a nationwide logistics and distribution solution. The overall solution covers the delivery of pre-test kits to various test locations, where test samples are completed and collected, and returned to a network of laboratories for each test to be processed and a test result then issued to the test subject. This contract, awarded by the Department of Health & Social Care, is for one element of this system: the collection of test samples and supporting materials and their transportation to Delivery Points within the United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland). Core requirements include daily scheduled collections from regional and local testing sites, and courier collections by request from mobile testing units, satellite sites (such as care homes) and homes.


More information

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Award information

Awarded date

13 July 2021

Contract start date

1 June 2021

Contract end date

13 May 2022

Total value of contract

£122,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Royal Mail Group

Address

185 Farringdon Road, London, EC1A 1AA

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Operations

Address

39 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0EU
GB

Email

Procurement.operations@dhsc.gov.uk