Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-07-01
Buyer: Department of Health and Social Care
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 60000000 | 60100000 | 60161000 | 60200000 | 60400000: Air transport services
Estimated value: 3000000 GBP

Technical requirements: The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is looking to engage an express distribution service with full track and trace capability for the movement of medicines and medical products (consignments ranging from small packages through to full pallets) between continental Europe and the United Kingdom.
DHSC intends to run a procurement exercise to secure access to express parcel services between continental Europe and the United Kingdom (import and export), for the movement of parcel consignments of health care products.
The services required will need to be able to accept products from various consignor locations across Europe and provide a full international express transport service with delivery to end consignee locations in the UK on a 24-hour service basis. Access will also be required for the same services between locations in the UK and Europe. The service provider must also be able to provide full customs and excise support services as required to facilitate the movement of consignments. The solution may utilise any mode of transport, subject to these being compatible with the transit timescale requirements, conditions of carriage, and the effective mitigation of foreseeable disruption to services.
The nature of the majority of goods for which the Authority wishes to facilitate transport will be standard, non-temperature controlled, non-hazardous, and require no extra security measures.
The service(s) will need to be fully operational by 1.9.2019. The Authority will need to be able to test the operation up to ten days in advance of the go live date.
DHSCs intends to engage with the market prior to the posting of contract and invitation to tender to further inform the specification of requirements, conditions of contract and commercial model. Further details of how suppliers may participate in the market engagement exercise are included in Section VI.3) (additional information) at the end of this notice.
DHSC intends to run a procurement exercise to secure access to pallet services between Europe and the United Kingdom (import and export), for the movement of pallet consignments of health care products.
The services required will need to be able to accept product from various consignor locations across Europe and provide a full international express transport service with delivery to end consignee locations in the UK on services providing delivery between 1 (next working day) and 4 working day delivery. Access will also be required for the same services between locations in the UK and Europe. The service provider must also be able to provide full customs and excise support services as required to facilitate to the movement of consignments. The solution may utilise any mode of transport, subject to these being compatible with the transit timescale requirements, conditions of carriage, and the effective mitigation of foreseeable disruption to services.
The nature of the majority of goods for which the Authority wishes to facilitate transport will be standard, non-temperature controlled, non-hazardous, and require no extra security measures.
The service(s) will need to be fully operational by 1.9.2019 The Authority will need to be able to test the operation up to 10 days in advance of the go live date.
DHSC intends to engage with the market prior to the posting of contract and invitation to tender to further inform the specification of requirements, conditions of contract and commercial model. Further details of how suppliers may participate in the market engagement exercise are included in Section VI.3) (Additional Information) at the end of this notice.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is looking to engage an express distribution service with full track and trace capability for the movement of medicines and medical supplies that require special delivery conditions and would normally fall outside of your standard service. This could range from:
— hazardous materials (such as but not limited to: medical gases, radioactive isotopes, flammable liquids)
— active temperature-controlled products (e.g. frozen -20 to -10º c; chilled 2 to 8º C; controlled 2 to 25º),
The successful provider for this lot, would need to be GDP compliant and able to transport goods with the abovementioned characteristics. The service(s) will need to be fully operational by 1.11.2019. The Authority will need to be able to test the operation up to ten days in advance of the go live date.


Award value: 3000000