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Provision of customs clearance and freight forwarding services - BHC Lusaka

No classification published
Location not published
Official notice
Published value
£40,000
Submission deadline 16 Jan 2026, 13:00 GMT
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: "Provision of customs clearance and freight forwarding services - BHC Lusaka". Published status: complete. Published value: £40,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Jan 2026, 13:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
16 Jan 2026, 13:00 GMT
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£40,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4.3Bids / Report
12.5% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Adam Smith International LtdTop vendor: 49.7% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 343 active published awards; 32 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Adam Smith International Ltd1 win£8,669,631
KPMG Advisory Services Limited1 win£4,000,000
AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO SA1 win£1,323,935
JORDAN MODERN OIL & FUEL SERVICES CO. LTD.1 win£1,250,000
DEC Property Management I Pvt Ltd1 win£851,440
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published4 Jun 2026, 14:49 BST
Last source update4 Jun 2026, 14:49 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05fe7c
What is being bought
The British High Commission (BHC) Lusaka wishes to enter in a contract with a competent service provider to manage their customs clearance and freight forwarding to obtain cost efficiencies from economies of scale while ensuring great quality of service. The service provider shall provide the facilities, qualified staff, expertise, and other means required to undertake customs clearance, freight forwarding, and related services in line with best commercial practice. The contract will be for 3 years with an option to renew for 12 months subject to satisfactory performance of the appointed service provider.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    4 Jun 2026, 14:49 BST
  2. tender value changed
    4 Jun 2026, 14:48 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    4 Jun 2026, 14:48 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    4 Jun 2026, 14:48 BST
  5. Submission deadline changed to published date
    4 Jun 2026, 14:48 BST
  6. Published value updated to £40,000
    31 Dec 2025, 11:15 GMT
  7. Status changed to active
    31 Dec 2025, 11:15 GMT
  8. Official notice release published
    31 Dec 2025, 11:15 GMT
  9. Submission deadline changed to 16 Jan 2026, 13:00 GMT
    31 Dec 2025, 11:15 GMT
  10. Buyer information updated
    31 Dec 2025, 11:15 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    4 Jun 2026, 14:49 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    16 Jan 2026, 13:00 GMT
  3. Award active
    30 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST · ZMW 1,021,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
AGS Frasers International Removals Zambia
ZMW 1,021,000 · 30 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST · active
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statistics
bids: 2 (lot 1)
finalStageBids: 2 (lot 1)
smeFinalStageBids: 2 (lot 1)
vcseFinalStageBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PXRR-8771-PHVX
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  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PXRR-8771-PHVX
    King Charles Street, London, UKI32, SW1A 2AH, GB
    goitse.mlangeni@fcdo.gov.uk

  • AGS Frasers International Removals Zambia
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PMLN-8595-BQZX
    Plot 10936 off Mukatasha Road, Lusaka, ZM, H7R7+62, ZM
    manager-zambia@agsmovers.com
Award and contract changes
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