Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement - Courier Services for Oversized and Specialist Shipments
Authority: CalMac Ferries Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCalMac Ferries Ltd (CFL) is looking to appoint a minimum of one supplier(s) to undertake all oversized and specialist courier services within the UK.
- Recurrence: This requirement will be re-tendered 6 months prior to the expiry of this Agreement.
CPV: Multi-modal courier services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 2 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The supplier(s) must provide a guaranteed end-to-end freight forwarding service for…Renewal
The supplier(s) must provide a guaranteed end-to-end freight forwarding service for all CalMac oversized and specialist domestic shipments. This must include status updates for orders in transit and explanations and/or mitigations for any unavoidable delays. The successful supplier(s) must provide a range of different transport options along with timed delivery options.
The successful supplier(s) must have capacity to handle oversized and specialist freight, their transport vehicles must be equipped with suitable cranage equipment or additional cranage must provided by the supplier due to operating ports being unequipped to unload goods. The supplier must also have the ability to tow equipment.
Examples of items (but not limited to):
- 20-foot container
- Large spare parts / pallets of spares
- Engines
- Hydraulic cylinders
- Voith propulsion unit (7 tonnes)
- Schottel propulsion unit (7 tonnes)
- Rescue/lifeboats.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 40
- Price: 60
- Suitability
The relevant selection criteria can be found in the SPD module of this Procurement Exercise on the Public Contracts Scotland - Tender portal.
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Framework Agreement - Courier Services for Oversized and Specialist…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 2 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · This requirement will be re-tendered 6 months prior to the expiry of this Agreement.
- First published
- 14 Jan 2025, 15:58 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Jan 2025, 15:58 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-001236- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cffeFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this PQQ exercise. The Project code is 28189. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:787558)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 17 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
Timeline
14 Jan 2025 → 28 Feb 2025 · 3 dates- Notice published14 Jan 2025, 15:58 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown17 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected28 Feb 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Greenock Sherift CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria