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Storage, fulfilment and worldwide freighting

Buyer: UK Hydrographic Office →

BuyerUK Hydrographic Office
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£3,500,000
Published21 May 2026

What is being bought

Storage, fulfilment and worldwide freighting of our Nautical Book Publications, comprising of: Stock management and handling •Receive stock deliveries from multiple print suppliers. •Securely store approximately 450–500 unstacked pallets of publications. •Maintain accurate stock records through a front-end system that provides live reporting on stock holdings. Fulfilment objectives •Daily orders will be provided by the Authority via email as XML files, with one XML file per order. Order quantities may be as low as a single item. •Orders must be packed in bespoke cartons with a maximum weight of 30kg and sealed using the Authority’s branded packing tape. Each consignment must include a branded packing list detailing the items ordered. •Items are predominantly A4 book publications. Other fulfilled items include A4 ring binders, A2 spiral-bound catalogues, and similar items of the same size or smaller. •Where required, customs documentation must be issued directly to customers by email. •Provide a front-end system capable of reporting on orders in hand and orders despatched, with tracking details available to support progress visibility. Delivery •Orders must be fully traceable, with customs documentation completed where required to support global distribution. •A supplementary rush-order service is required to provide same-day despatch for orders received before midday, on an occasional basis. •Standard delivery options, selected according to customer requirements at the point of order, are as follows: oBritish Forces Post Office – orders allocated to HM Ships and other recipients via their unique BFPO number. oExpress courier – same-day despatch with worldwide coverage. oCollect – customers may appoint their own agents to collect from the premises from the next working day. The contractor must provide a release note to the customer by email during fulfilment, to be exchanged for the goods on collection. oEx works – customers manage their own arrangements with the contractor for onward delivery by land, air, or sea, according to their requirements. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Taunton:-Storage-and-warehousing-services./SXV8NE64DA To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/SXV8NE64DA

Delivery location

UKK23, GB

Categories

Storage and warehousing services 63120000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 21 Mar 2027 to 20 Mar 2031

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Storage and warehousing servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 63. The category anchor is Storage and warehousing services (63120000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 636943 median · 10.3 average (166 of 694 with a bid count)3.3 average (196 of 694 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer4Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKK231Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)6522 median · 22 average (1 of 65 with a bid count)6 average (1 of 65 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Desktop research and engaging with the suppliers identified as a result Offering virtual meetings on a one to one basis to any interested potential supplierengagement5 Jun 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-069e7f
Latest release ID046811-2026
Latest release timestampThu May 21 2026 08:58:20 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£3,500,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
21 May 2026planning046811-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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