Published date: 29 May 2018

Last edited date: 29 May 2018

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


Closing: 25 November 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Courier services - 64120000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£9,000,000

Procurement reference

RD1000099

Published date

29 May 2018

Closing date

25 November 2016

Contract start date

27 January 2017

Contract end date

31 August 2018

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The purpose of this contract is the provision of tracked and traced overnight courier services for the collection of packages of completed examination scripts from centres in England and their delivery to either residential markers or scanning bureaus, as requested by the Awarding Organisations. The supplier must provide a helpdesk and web booking service for centres to request collection slots. The number of packages collected annually ranges from 800k-900k, with the majority resulting from the General Qualifications Summer Series that runs May-June each year. Qualifications within the scope of this service include GCSEs, AS Levels, A Levels, BTECs, Functional Skills and others that meet the criteria.

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Additional text

The initial term was to 31/08/2017 but the option to extend was taken so the effective end date is 31/08/2018.

Award information

Awarded date

1 November 2016

Contract start date

27 January 2017

Contract end date

31 August 2018

Total value of contract

£9,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Parcelforce Worldwide ltd

Address

100 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0HQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

53-55 Butts Road, Earlsdon Park,
Coventry
CV1 3BH
England

Email

jonathan.bryan@education.gov.uk