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title: "Specialist Courier Services_ Pathology & Pharmacy"
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# Specialist Courier Services_ Pathology & Pharmacy

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-courier-services-pathology-pharmacy-ocds-h6vhtk-03966c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** CORNWALL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST: "Specialist Courier Services_ Pathology & Pharmacy". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £5,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [CORNWALL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cornwall-partnership-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rj8)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £5,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Courier services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03966c`

## 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/specialist-courier-services-pathology-pharmacy-ocds-h6vhtk-03966c#tl-md)

## Description
This PIN seeks to engage with the specialist courier suppliers with experience in pathology and pharmacy transportation services, to understand the market capacity and capability to cope with our requirements.
Should you be interested in this tender, please contact us to request a copy of the Market Questionnaire by emailing Patty Campos at patty.campos@nbt.nhs.uk. The deadline to return the questionnaire is 30/01/2023.
The purpose of the questionnaire is to enable BWPC to complete a Market Research stage, which will be used to shape the tender for courier services for NBT and UHBW requirements.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Combined Pathology and Pharmacy
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 64120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** High-level Pathology requirements:
The Authority requires the transport of the following:
1.	Pathology specimens from a range of collection points to the Pathology Sciences laboratories at Southmead hospital site.
•	A pre-agreed schedule of collectio...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000758-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-01-11T09:09:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T09:21:56.602Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03966c