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title: "Courier Services for Hampshire Scientific Services"
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# Courier Services for Hampshire Scientific Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/courier-services-for-hampshire-scientific-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06c216). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Hampshire County Council: "Courier Services for Hampshire Scientific Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £628,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Sept 2026, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Hampshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hampshire-county-council-ons-e10000014)
- **Published Value:** £628,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 September 2026 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Courier services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH14, UKJ3, UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/courier-services-for-hampshire-scientific-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06c216#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06c216`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/courier-services-for-hampshire-scientific-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06c216#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fhampshire%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/courier-services-for-hampshire-scientific-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06c216#participate

## Description
Hampshire County Council (the Authority) is tendering a contract for courier services to support Hampshire Scientific Services ("HSS").
HSS provides scientific advisory and analytical services to UK public authorities and is accredited to high quality standards required by Government. Under the Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority (SCPHA) arrangements, HSS coordinates the transport of time‑critical food and feed enforcement samples from East Suffolk ports to designated laboratories in Kent and Hampshire. These samples are collected for enforcement testing and are highly time‑critical, with some requiring collection, delivery, and analysis within a strict 24 hour window. Maintaining chain of custody, sample integrity, and timely delivery is critical to statutory enforcement work.
The purpose of this procurement is to appoint a suitably capable same‑day courier to deliver a robust, reliable and responsive service. The supplier will be required to provide secure, direct transport that preserves chain of custody and sample integrity, avoiding hub consolidation or processes that add delay or risk, and to provide scalable capacity to meet weekday demand with occasional weekend requirements.
The contract will be for an initial period of 19 months, with the option to extend for up to 2 additional 12-month periods. The Authority reserves the option to reduce the 19 month term by 7 days (1 week), so that the initial term would end on 29th June 2028. Any additional periods would then also reflect that amended date. This is to ensure this contract is co-terminus with the Authority's underlying contracts with the ports set out in the Specification.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 64120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH, UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £628,000

- **Contract Period:** 07/12/2026 to 06/07/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F080477-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-24T14:39:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T13:52:00.666Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06c216