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# Test & Trace: Schools Mass Wholesale Distribution

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/test-trace-schools-mass-wholesale-distribution-ocds-h6vhtk-029f74). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department of Health & Social Care: "Test & Trace: Schools Mass Wholesale Distribution". Published status: active. Published Value: £32,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Mar 2021. Published submission portal: health.atamis.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department of Health & Social Care](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-health-social-care-gov-d12)
- **Published Value:** £32,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 March 2021 at 01:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Mail transport by road, Packaging and related services, Parcel delivery services, Postal and telecommunications services, Storage and warehousing services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/test-trace-schools-mass-wholesale-distribution-ocds-h6vhtk-029f74#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029f74`

## 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/test-trace-schools-mass-wholesale-distribution-ocds-h6vhtk-029f74#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health.atamis.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealth.atamis.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/test-trace-schools-mass-wholesale-distribution-ocds-h6vhtk-029f74#participate

## Description
The 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 60160000, 63120000, 64121200, 79920000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £32,000,000
- **Description:** The 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...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006146-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-25T17:50:40.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T21:02:12.493Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029f74