Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Courier and Warehouse Services
Authority: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority requires a courier and warehouse service to provide both regular scheduled deliveries and collections to GP surgeries and other clinical establishments and ad-hoc deliveries and collections. Due to the nature of the services provided by the Authority the ad-hoc courier requirements could be at any time 24 hours, 365 days per year.
- Recurrence: 5 to 7 years
CPV: Courier services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Authority requires courier services, as a minimum, for the following types of goods:AwardedRenewal
The Authority requires courier services, as a minimum, for the following types of goods:
- Pathology Samples
- Blood Products
- Controlled Drugs
- Medicine
- Medicinal Products (Leaches/Maggots)
- Packages on Dry Ice
- Patient cells in vapour phase liquid nitrogen “dry-shippers”
- Medical Equipment
- Medical correspondence
- GP Services consumables
- International deliveries
- Make collections/deliveries to Patients/Carers
- Frozen lines
- Ultra low temperature items
.
Warehouse services are also required
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 sub-criteria (3)
- Mandatory General Requirements: 35%
- Mandatory Specific Requirements: 30%
- price: 35%
Published award criteria (3)
- Mandatory General Requirements: 35%
- Mandatory Specific Requirements: 30%
- Price: 35%
- Economic & financial standing
The Authority will assess the information which you provide with your SSQ response (responding to sections 1.2, 4.1 and 5), in conjunction with the financial risk report obtained from Dun & Bradstreet or equivalent, and provided to the Authority, to determine whether the Tenderer (or its guarantor) has the necessary economic and financial standing to deliver the contract in accordance with the Authority’s requirements. Supplier must have a D & B (or equivalent credit rating report) of Low or Low/Moderate Overall Business Risk, and be able to pass the following financial factors.
In making this assessment, the Authority will consider the following factors, in combination, as measures of the Tenderer’s (or its guarantor’s) financial standing:
- Financial stability: Whether the Tenderer (or any guarantor) can demonstrate stable trading and strong net assets position, including whether it has consistently made a profit over the last two financial years (or the number of years of trading if less than two years);
- Liquidity and cash position: Whether the Tenderer (or any guarantor) can demonstrate a low risk liquidity and cash position, typically showing a current ratio value of >1 over the last two financial years (or the number of years of trading if less than two years);
- Scale: That the indicative contract value does not form a disproportionate proportion of the Tenderer’s (or any guarantor’s) business, typically that the Tenderer’s annual turnover is at least twice th…
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 5 to 7 years
- First published
- 7 Jan 2021, 23:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Feb 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-026199- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028885Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed
Publisher note: Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender~: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://eoecph.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register - Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue' - Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the 'PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. - This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender - Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) - You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT - There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk. The estimated contract value per annum would not be greater than £1,600,000 (ex VAT)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Feb 2021, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 10 Feb 2021, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
10 Feb 2021 → 19 Oct 2021 · 3 dates- Submission deadline10 Feb 2021, 13:00 GMT
- Bids opened10 Feb 2021, 13:00 GMT
- Notice published19 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete19 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Service Group LtdSME | £8,200,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Courier and Warehouse Services · Global Service Group LtdSME
- Signed
- 19 Aug 2021
- Value
- £8,200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Global Service Group LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.