Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-09-15
Buyer: Department of Health and Social Care
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 60161000 | 63120000 | 72212430 | 79411000

Technical requirements: NHS Test and Trace is the national organisation under the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) responsible for conducting Covid-19 testing in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The organisation currently operates the end-to-end supply chain and logistics to support all Covid-19 testing activities via various channels. In order to be able to significantly scale up the number of daily tests as well as making the operations more efficient, we are looking for an end-to-end management of all associated supply chain and logistics processes along the chain (4PL services).
The demand for Covid-19 testing is increasing significantly. NHS Test and Trace is seeking to procure 4PL services to manage and co-ordinate the end-to-end supply chain. For the purposes of clarity, by ‘4PL provider’ we mean an organisation who will be responsible for the co-ordination and integration of Logistics between DHSC and multiple logistics service providers. The ambition of NHS Test and Trace is to ensure that everyone who needs a test in the UK has access to one. This is accomplished by an end-to-end supply chain and logistics spanning the following steps:
These services including associated planning and transactional processes needs to be operated at scale and with maximum efficiency. More specifically we are investigating the possibility of a future 4PL partner to undertake the following core activities:
— operating system for all of the above services optional additional activities that are under considerations are:
We intend to hold a supplier event, likely to be a Webinar, on 22 September (Further details will be provided nearer the time). It will provide those who may be interested in delivering the above services an opportunity to understand our requirements further and highlight key areas of consideration and innovations. We would request that organisations determine who would be best placed to attend. Please register with your interest via our e-Procurement System by 18 September where further details of the event will become available. If you are not currently registered on our e-Procurement System, please register via the link and details below. Please note that all future correspondence for the event will be our e-Procurement System.
This PIN is being published for information purposes only (under Regulation 48) in order to notify potential bidders of the supplier event detailed above. All information set out in this PIN, including the nature and extent of the services, could be subject to change. NHS Test and Trace is not liable for any costs incurred by potential bidders in expressing an interest or in participating in the supplier event. NHS Test and Trace reserves the right to cancel or change the market engagement event (or any part of it) at its discretion. 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. How to express interest in this webinar: Select ‘Find Opportunities’ and then select the Covid-19 Home Testing Fulfilment Services opportunity. Once you have selected the Opportunity, press the ‘Register Interest’ button to register your interest. For further assistance please consult the online help, or the eTendering help desk. NHS Test and Trace expressly reserves the rights:
(iii) and in no circumstances will NHS Test and Trace be liable for any costs incurred by potential suppliers.