Published date: 16 May 2018

Last edited date: 16 May 2018

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: 20 July 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Road transport services - 60100000

  • Storage and warehousing services - 63120000

  • Warehousing services - 63122000

    • Postal services related to parcels - 64113000

    • Stock-control services - 79991000

Location of contract

PO15 5RR

Value of contract

£3,500,000

Procurement reference

PU-17-0197

Published date

16 May 2018

Closing date

20 July 2018

Contract start date

14 December 2018

Contract end date

31 December 2021

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

This is linked to the Prior Information Notice (PIN) for Field Force Logistics, Supplies and Replenishment (FFSLR) Service with the reference 2017/S 055-101690 which was published in the OJEU on 18th March 2017. Please note that the sourcing of the non technical supplies has been removed from the scope of work leading to renaming the Agreement Field Force Logistics and Replenishment (FFLR) Service.

To support the 2019 Rehearsal and 2021 Census in England and Wales (E&W) and Northern Ireland (NI), the Field Force Logistics and Replenishment (FFLR) Service (the Services) comprises an outsourced, integrated Service. The Service will equip the Field Force with the Materials they require to undertake their role, and to help deliver the operations as required by the Customer, in order to deliver the Programme and Services as described in thise Specification Document.

The objectives of the Service are to:
o provide a flexible, secure and assured FFLR Service to ensure the Field Force staff have all provisions they require to undertake their role throughout the operational period for the 2019 Rehearsal and 2021 Census;
o deliver the FFLR Service using a collaborative approach with a Supplier who is able to demonstrate confidence, assurance and certainty in the outcomes; and
o identify opportunities for wider benefit to be delivered within ONS as a result of the FFLR Service.

The scope of the Service comprises six main elements, the Supplier shall:
o Receive, store and inventory manage all Material;
o Pick and pack all Material in accordance with the Customer Specification;
o Deliver all Material to the Field Force by the required dates;
o Fulfil all replenishment requests for additional/replacement Material throughout the Operational Period. (England & Wales only);
o Collect Material as requested throughout the Operational Period,; and
o Sort, recycle and/or arrange for the return or secure destruction of collected Material.

There are three groups of Material that will be used by the Field Force:
o Non-Technical Material (e.g. stapler, lanyards, clipboards);.
o Technical Material (e.g. laptop, printer, mobile phone).
o Paper Material (e.g. questionnaires, publicity material, cards).

The Supplier will be responsible for the provision of the Services to support the Field Force staff of approximately 500 field staff in the 2019 Rehearsal and approximately 42,000 in the 2021 Census throughout England Wales and Northern Ireland.

More information

Links

Additional text

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

David Widdows

Address

Segensworth Road
Fareham
Hampshire
PO15 5RR
United Kingdom

Telephone

01329 444151

Email

David.Widdows@ons.gov.uk