Published date: 13 January 2021

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: 10 February 2021, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Courier services - 64120000

Location of contract

CB2 0QQ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_258992/918110

Published date

13 January 2021

Closing date

10 February 2021

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 June 2021

Contract end date

31 May 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Authority requires a courier and warehouse service to provide both regular scheduled deliveries and collections to GP surgeries and other clinical establishments and ad-hoc deliveries and collections. Due to the nature of the services provided by the Authority the ad-hoc courier requirements could be at any time 24 hours, 365 days per
The Authority requires courier services, as a minimum, for the following types of goods:

- Pathology Samples
- Blood Products
- Controlled Drugs
- Medicine
- Medicinal Products (Leaches/Maggots)
- Packages on Dry Ice
- Patient cells in vapour phase liquid nitrogen "dry-shippers"
- Medical Equipment
- Medical correspondence
- GP Services consumables
- International deliveries
- Make collections/deliveries to Patients/Carers
- Frozen lines
- Ultra low temperature items
.
Warehouse services are also required

More information

Links

Additional text

The Authority will assess the information which you provide with your SSQ response (responding to sections 1.2, 4.1 and 5), in conjunction with the financial risk report obtained from Dun & Bradstreet or equivalent, and provided to the Authority, to determine whether the Tenderer (or its guarantor) has the necessary economic and financial standing to deliver the contract in accordance with the Authority's requirements. Supplier must have a D & B (or equivalent credit rating report) of Low or Low/Moderate Overall Business Risk, and be able to pass the following financial factors.

In making this assessment, the Authority will consider the following factors, in combination, as measures of the Tenderer's (or its guarantor's) financial standing:

1. Financial stability: Whether the Tenderer (or any guarantor) can demonstrate stable trading and strong net assets position, including whether it has consistently made a profit over the last two financial years (or the number of years of trading if less than two years);
2. Liquidity and cash position: Whether the Tenderer (or any guarantor) can demonstrate a low risk liquidity and cash position, typically showing a current ratio value of >1 over the last two financial years (or the number of years of trading if less than two years);
3. Scale: That the indicative contract value does not form a disproportionate proportion of the Tenderer's (or any guarantor's) business, typically that the Tenderer's annual turnover is at least twice the indicative contract value
4. Other financial concerns: Whether the financial report obtained from Dun & Bradstreet or equivalent in relation to the Tenderer (or any guarantor) or other financial information relating to the Tenderer which is in the public domain, identifies any other material concerns as to the Tenderer's financial standing or stability.
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender~: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://eoecph.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 'PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. - This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ 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 'PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender - Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ ITT Detail

About the buyer

Contact name

Susan Mulcock

Address

Hills Rd
Cambridge
CB2 0QQ
England

Telephone

+44 1223 274305

Email

susan.mulcock@addenbrookes.nhs.uk

Website

http://www.cuh.org.uk