Published date: 9 May 2023

Last edited date: 25 May 2023

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: 9 June 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Transport services (excl. Waste transport) - 60000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£5,800,000

Procurement reference

CF-1526500D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

9 May 2023

Closing date

9 June 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 November 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2025

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Contract Project Reference: C166140
Title: Express Freight Service
Description of the service: The Express Freight Service (EFS) is part of the Department of Health and Social Care's (DHSC) National Supply Disruption Response and is a contingency arrangement put in place to help mitigate the impact of disruption to supply of medicines and medical products
Contract term: 17 months with the option to extend for a period or periods of up to further 12 months
Estimated contract value (including extensions): £5,800,000 excluding VAT (£4,800,000 including VAT)

The opportunity will be available on the DHSC Atamis eTendering System. Select this link to access and register your organisation to the Atamis system https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, if you have not already done so.

To find this opportunity in the eTendering system, select "Find Opportunities" and then search by project number or title. Once you have found the Opportunity, press the 'Register Interest' button to register your interest. This will make the project to appear on 'My proposals and quotes'. From there you can review documents, send clarification messages, submit the response, or decline to respond, if you decide not to participate in the opportunity. For full details on the instruction to tender and terms of participations please refer to the Invitation to Tender document.

Deadline for submission: noon 09/06/2023
CPV Codes: 60000000
NUTS Code: UKI32 (Westminster)


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Express Freight Service

  • Opportunity
  • Published 9 May 2023


About the buyer

Contact name

Eve Masters

Address

39 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0EU
GB

Email

ccsinbox@dhsc.gov.uk