Published date: 6 May 2025

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


Closing: 5 August 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Storage and warehousing services - 63120000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£1,900,000,000 to £4,200,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_333399/1477504

Published date

6 May 2025

Closing date

5 August 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

2 May 2025

Contract end date

1 May 2032

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS Supply Chain manage the sourcing, delivery and supply of healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales. NHS Supply Chain currently manages more than 8 million orders per year, across 94,000 order points and 17,465 locations and delivers over 28 million lines of picked goods to the NHS annually. Its systems consolidate orders from over 930 suppliers, saving trusts time and money by removing duplication of overlapping contracts.
As part of the future Operating Model of the NHS Supply Chain, the Authority is seeking to award a contract for the provision of a Logistics Service Provider.
The Authority intends to enter into contractual arrangements under which it will be entitled to appoint a Logistics Service Provider to operate on behalf of NHS Supply Chain. Under this contractual agreement, the Logistics Service Provider will supply the services that are critical for the delivery of NHS Supply Chain goods procured under the CMSP frameworks which are available to:
1) any NHS Trust;
2) any other NHS entity or healthcare provider (including private organisations, primary care, community settings, doctors premises, other
clinical facilities and social care);
3) any government department, agency, or other statutory body (including Devolved Authorities, Crown Dependencies and/or Pandemic Planning
Programmes),
4) any private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector on behalf of a public-sector organisation listed in 1) to 4) above and/or
5) any private residence.

Supply Chain Coordination Limited is seeking a Logistics Service Provider to manage:
Warehousing at Dedicated Sites
Dedicated Fleet and Transport Operations
Inbound Logistics & Transhipment (currently a subcontracted service)
Inventory Management
Carriers and Sub-contracted Transport
Operational Finance and internal audit services
Customer Services
Systems and applications including the implementation of a Warehouse Management
System (WMS)
Facilities Management Services
International Inbound Freight Services

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

NHS Supply Chain Logistics Services Provider

  • Opportunity
  • Published 29 June 2023

Links

Additional text

Warehousing at Dedicated Sites
Dedicated Fleet and Transport Operations
Inbound Logistics & Transhipment (currently a subcontracted service)
Inventory Management
Carriers and Sub-contracted Transport
Operational Finance and internal audit services
Customer Services
Systems and applications including the implementation of a Warehouse Management
System (WMS)
Facilities Management Services
International Inbound Freight Services

Award information

Awarded date

2 May 2025

Contract start date

2 May 2025

Contract end date

1 May 2032

Total value of contract

£4,200,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

GXO

Address

Building 1, 9 Haymarket Square, Edinburgh, EH3 8RY

Reference

Companies House number: SC037270

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Guy Jennings

Address

Wellington House,133-155 Waterloo Rd
London
SE1 8UG
England

Email

guy.jennings@supplychain.nhs.uk