Published date: 5 January 2023

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


Closing: 21 September 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Warehousing services - 63122000

Location of contract

CV8 2LZ

Value of contract

£140,000 to £560,000

Procurement reference

tender_310370/1146478

Published date

5 January 2023

Closing date

21 September 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

30 April 2023

Contract end date

30 April 2027

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

AWARDED - AHDB is made up of four individual sectors and a cross sector for shared responsibilities under the one AHDB central organisation, these. These sectors run separate budgets and accounts. All activities are detailed, recorded and invoiced by purchase orders from each sector. We are a publisher of a wide spectrum of technical, research and marketing resources. The publications and marketing materials are delivered to the warehouse facility either directly from source or via AHDB, entered into inventory and stored. All goods arriving will be clearly labelled with SKU, description of contents, number of boxes and quantity per box.
These are then available on a call off basis to AHDB levy payers .Requests for publications are made to the Bureau team at AHDB and in some cases directly to the warehouse. The requests from AHDB are then forwarded to the warehouse facility via a portal ordering system for fulfilment and despatch to the requesting end user.
The warehouse also assembles marketing, promotional and educational kits, to meet AHDB requirements. Mailing data is provided via a secure file transfer site to the warehouse facility from the AHDB Customer Relationship Management (CRM) team for all warehouse mailing activities.
Under the existing contract, a sole supplier provides all warehousing, mailing and fulfilment services for AHDB under the existing tender agreement. Storage of printed matter, from single sheet flyers, multi-page brochures and any marketing aids and tools are entered into an inventory according to the ordering AHDB sector.
Estimated contract start date is 30th April 2023, the initial contract is for 2 years with the option to extend for a further 2 periods of 12 months each.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Warehousing, mailing fulfilment and distribution services

  • Opportunity
  • Published 29 July 2022

Attachments

Additional text

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender and respond to the opportunity

1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue'
Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete
You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)

2. Express an Interest in the tender
Login to the portal with the username/password
Click the ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant ITT to access the content.
Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page.
This will move the ITT into your 'My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'ITT Details' box

3. Responding to the tender
Click 'My Response' under 'ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining)
You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT
There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help.


Award information

Awarded date

14 November 2022

Contract start date

30 April 2023

Contract end date

30 April 2027

Total value of contract

£560,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Partridges UK Ltd

Address

Kettering

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Waters

Address

AHDB, Stoneleigh Park
Kenilworth
CV8 2LZ
England

Email

procurement@ahdb.org.uk

Website

https://ahdb.org.uk