Published date: 8 January 2025

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: 28 January 2025, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Post and courier services - 64100000

  • Courier services - 64120000

  • Multi-modal courier services - 64121000

Location of contract

Rest of the World

Value of contract

£1,800,000 to £2,100,000

Procurement reference

ITT1021659

Published date

8 January 2025

Closing date

28 January 2025

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

29 March 2028

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

Courier Services
Through this invitation to tender (ITT) British Council is looking to hire a professional courier company to provide efficient and cost-effective delivery solution for business-critical service, who can manage the complete courier operation in SSA within local markets and the Region.
2.2 The purpose and scope of this ITT and supporting documents is to explain in further detail the requirements of the British Council and the process for submitting a tender proposal.
2.3 The objective is to create a framework of supplier(s) for British Council who can provide courier services within International, local markets and the Region most effectively to ensure value for money. The tendering process is to create a framework of supplier(s) for our services;
International Courier Services
Local and Regional Courier Services


2.4 How the framework Contract is expected to be structured:
The Framework Contract is a 3-split in 3 different Clusters within SSA. Further information around what general service requirements under this framework can be found in section 7 of this document. For clarity each of the Lots are as below: Lot Number
Lot 1

Lot 2 International Courier Services

Local & Regional Courier Services Southern Africa Cluster-Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Botswana, Mauritius, South Africa
Lot 3 Local & Regional Courier Services East Africa Cluster-Kenya, Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia
Lot 4 West Africa Cluster-Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Senegal

More information

Attachments

  • Invitation to Tender (ITT) - SSA Local & Regional Courier Services.pdf
  • Tender notice
  • 1 The primary objective of this project is to contract capable service providers for end-to-end delivery of British Council consignments/ couriers. They include confidential materials such as (but not exclusively) exams papers that British Council conducts on behalf of respective boards and bodies. This is to be done in a timely, sufficiently fast, secure, effective and efficient manner while deriving saving from the quantities for the British Council. The contracted service providers will be expected to introduce further efficiencies, standardisation and scalability in the delivery process. The service provider shall ensure security checks are done for the courier personnel who will working on BC assignments. All this shall be delivered under secure and confidential conditions, meeting British Council and Examinations Boards standards, which shall be shared with the successful suppliers.
  • Invitation to Tender (ITT) - SSA Local & Regional Courier Services.pdf
  • Tender notice
  • The primary objective of this project is to contract capable service providers for end-to-end delivery of British Council consignments/ couriers. They include confidential materials such as (but not exclusively) exams papers that British Council conducts on behalf of respective boards and bodies. This is to be done in a timely, sufficiently fast, secure, effective and efficient manner while deriving saving from the quantities for the British Council. The contracted service providers will be expected to introduce further efficiencies, standardisation and scalability in the delivery process. The service provider shall ensure security checks are done for the courier personnel who will working on BC assignments. All this shall be delivered under secure and confidential conditions, meeting British Council and Examinations Boards standards, which shall be shared with the successful suppliers.
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About the buyer

Contact name

Sandra Banda

Address

1 Redman Place,
London
E20 1JQ
UK

Telephone

+44 1619577886

Email

Richard.Hulme@britishcouncil.org

Website

http://www.britishcouncil.org/