Published date: 17 December 2020

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: 14 January 2021, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Transport services (excl. Waste transport) - 60000000

  • Road transport services - 60100000

  • Railway transport services - 60200000

    • Air-charter services - 60423000

    • Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services - 63000000

    • Transport agency services - 63520000

Location of contract

SW1H 0EU

Value of contract

£96,000,000

Procurement reference

CF-0087500D0O000000rwimUAA1

Published date

17 December 2020

Closing date

14 January 2021

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

23 February 2021

Contract end date

23 March 2022

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

The contracting authority is tendering a multi-lot procurement for the provision of international freight and logistics services to support the importation of medical products into the UK from international sources.

The contracting authority is tendering for the following five lots:
1. Air freight charters;
2. Air freight and ground handling services;
3. Sea freight services;
4. Rail freight services;
5. Road freight services.

This will be zero-volume commitment contract. Each Contract will be for an initial 12 month period with an option to extend for up to a further 12 months in multiples of 3 month increments. The Authority will inform the Successful Supplier no less than 3 months before end of contract term on any decision to extend the Contract. The total contract value for Year 1 will be £96,000,000, with the option to increase contract value in the event that the contract is extended. Any increases in contract value will be in line with Public Contract Regulations 2015.

A high-level description of services to be provided under each Lot can be found in the attached word document "DHSC International Freight and Logistics Solutions Procurement - Lot Descriptions".

The contracting authority intends to use the Department of Health and Social Care Atamis eTendering system to manage the tender. Information relating to the tender is available within Atamis. Select this link to access the Atamis system: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Select 'Opportunities' and then select the DHSC International Freight and Logistics Solutions opportunity. A document that sets out the process can be selected from the opportunity at the 'View Documents' area. If you wish to register an interest, if you have not done so already, register your organisation as a supplier from here https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Once registered, press the 'Register Interest' to login and register your interest. Once you have registered your interest, you may submit clarification requests. Correspondence must be through Atamis. The deadline for clarification questions is 05/01/2021.

Please note that this notice details an erroneous submission deadline of 14 January 2021 00:00. The correct deadline for submissions via the Atamis system is 14 January 2021 11:00.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

International Freight Team

Address

39 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0EU
GB

Email

InternationalFreightProcurement@dhsc.gov.uk