Official UK procurement notice
International Cold Chain Shipping Services
Authority: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Education)
Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£324,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Framework period 3 yrsends 2 Nov 2028 · up to 2 Nov 2030 with extensions · starts 3 Nov 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLSTM Group are looking to appoint a supplier (or suppliers) for the provision of warehousing and shipping services for international and national cold chain shipments of a variety of healthcare and laboratory related equipment and substances. It is anticipated that LSTM will most likely award this tender to a ranked framework of suppliers.
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CPV: Courier services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs from 3 Nov 2025
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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).
What this means for your bid
- “International Cold Chain Shipping Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Aug 2025, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Aug 2025, 12:05 BST
- Authority reference
ET147- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051566- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058e7eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
27 Aug 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published27 Aug 2025, 12:05 BST
- Market engagement5 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Expected tender publication date 8/9/25
- Contract starts359 days ago3 Nov 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Aug 2025, 12:05 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender