Official UK procurement notice
Test & Trace: Schools Mass Wholesale Distribution
Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Test & Trace programme requires a logistics solution that can provide storage, picking, packing and outbound distribution of boxes of tests and associated guidance/PPE to schools (primary, secondary, further education, early years and independent) across the UK. This contract will support the Government’s objective of undertaking ongoing regular testing of both school staff and students. The contract requires UK wide delivery coverage to approximately 32,000 sites across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
CPV: Mail transport by road · Packaging and related services · Parcel delivery services · Postal and telecommunications services · Storage and warehousing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£32,000,000
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
- Closed
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 25 Mar 2021, 17:50 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Mar 2021, 17:50 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Apr 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-006146- Accelerated
- Urgency of the services needed
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029f74Find a Tender
- Review procedure
The Department for Health and Social Care will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. Appeals must be lodged in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) as amended.
Publisher note: Suppliers instructions: The opportunity will be available on the DHSC Atamis eTendering System. Select this link to access and register your organisation to the Atamis system https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, if you have not already done so. Select “Find Opportunities” and then select the “Schools Mass Wholesale Distribution” opportunity. Once you have selected the Opportunity, press the ‘Register Interest’ button to register your interest. As you select the Opportunity, you can review documents, send clarification messages, submit the response, or decline to respond, if you decide not to participate in the opportunity. For further assistance please consult the online help, or the eTendering help desk. NHS Test and Trace expressly reserves the rights:(i) to use a reverse auction;(ii) to cancel this procurement at any stage;(iii) to not award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;(iv) and in no circumstances will NHS Test and Trace be liable for any costs incurred by potential suppliers.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://health.atamis.co.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 31 Mar 2021
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 12 Apr 2021, 15:00 BST
Timeline
25 Mar 2021 → 12 Apr 2021 · 3 dates- Notice published25 Mar 2021, 17:50 GMT
- Submission deadline31 Mar 2021
- Bids opened12 Apr 2021, 15:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria