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ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04cffe"
title: "Framework Agreement - Courier Services for Oversized and Specialist Shipments"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/framework-agreement-courier-services-for-oversized-and-specialist-shipments-ocds-h6vhtk-04cffe"
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# Framework Agreement - Courier Services for Oversized and Specialist Shipments

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/framework-agreement-courier-services-for-oversized-and-specialist-shipments-ocds-h6vhtk-04cffe). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** CalMac Ferries Limited: "Framework Agreement - Courier Services for Oversized and Specialist Shipments". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [CalMac Ferries Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/calmac-ferries-limited-GB-FTS-6996)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 February 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Multi-modal courier services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/framework-agreement-courier-services-for-oversized-and-specialist-shipments-ocds-h6vhtk-04cffe#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04cffe`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/framework-agreement-courier-services-for-oversized-and-specialist-shipments-ocds-h6vhtk-04cffe#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/framework-agreement-courier-services-for-oversized-and-specialist-shipments-ocds-h6vhtk-04cffe#participate

## Description
CalMac Ferries Ltd (CFL) is looking to appoint a minimum of one supplier(s) to undertake all oversized and specialist courier services within the UK.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 64121000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** 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...

- **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%2F001236-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-14T15:58:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:59:38.153Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04cffe