Express Freight Service · UK public procurement notice

Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)

ServicesAbove threshold

Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60)Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63)Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Planned pipeline value£3,384,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 7 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice

Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We are intending to procure for an express / emergency capability to help maintain the uninterrupted supply of medical products where there is an urgent need and/or where a suppliers' own logistics arrangements may be disrupted. If you would like to register your interest to attend the market engagement event for this procurement, please email Stuart Merritt at the Department of Health and Social Care by 5pm on Monday 2nd June 2025 ([email protected])

CPV: Air transport services · Air-charter services · Cargo handling and storage services · Courier services · Freight transport agency services · Mail transport by road · Multi-modal courier services · Non-scheduled air transport services · Parcel delivery services · Post and courier services · Transport services (excl. Waste transport) · Water transport services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs

Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions

Extensions: Extension options published

60000000 Transport services (excl. Waste transport)60160000 Mail transport by road 60400000 Air transport services 60420000 Non-scheduled air transport services 60423000 Air-charter services 60600000 Water transport services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 28 Apr 2025, 14:56 BST
Last source update: 28 Apr 2025, 14:56 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-017347
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): Air transport servicesAir-charter servicesCargo handling and storage servicesCourier servicesFreight transport agency servicesMail transport by roadMulti-modal courier servicesNon-scheduled air transport servicesParcel delivery servicesPost and courier services
+2 more
Transport services (excl. Waste transport)Water transport services
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050879 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

28 Apr 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates

Planning notice published
28 Apr 2025, 14:56 BST
Market engagement
5 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Market engagement
Tender notice expected
7 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts207 days ago
1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
28 Apr 2025, 14:56 BST
UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DHSC, London

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PMQG-9965-CHZR 39 Victoria Street, London, London, SW1H 0EUContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender28 Apr 2025, 14:56 BST