Notice Information
Notice Title
Specialist Courier Services_ Pathology & Pharmacy
Notice Description
This PIN seeks to engage with the specialist courier suppliers with experience in pathology and pharmacy transportation services, to understand the market capacity and capability to cope with our requirements. Should you be interested in this tender, please contact us to request a copy of the Market Questionnaire by emailing Patty Campos at patty.campos@nbt.nhs.uk. The deadline to return the questionnaire is 30/01/2023. The purpose of the questionnaire is to enable BWPC to complete a Market Research stage, which will be used to shape the tender for courier services for NBT and UHBW requirements.
Lot Information
Combined Pathology and Pharmacy
High-level Pathology requirements: The Authority requires the transport of the following: 1. Pathology specimens from a range of collection points to the Pathology Sciences laboratories at Southmead hospital site. * A pre-agreed schedule of collections must be met +- 10 minutes * Specimens are to be delivered within 4 hours of collection 2. Deliveries of Blood taking consumables, blood, liquid nitrogen and documents between the laboratories at Southmead and customers of the Authority. * These customers are primarily local General Practitioners and local NHS Providers * Next day delivery of these items is required 3. There is a requirement to provide, ad hoc transport services, weekdays between 8am and 6pm, to support the transport of urgent samples as well as routine overnight transport to a range of UK locations. * All ad-hoc routine blood products movements need to be collected within 45 minutes of booking. * Pathology samples to be transported in validated temperature-controlled vehicles or transports containers * Maintenance of accurate records in compliance with good documentation practice for GDP requirements High-level Pharmacy requirements: The Authority requires the transport of the following: 1. Distribution of consignments in accordance with GDP requirements - Guidelines on Good Distribution Practice of Medicinal Products for Human Use (2013/C 343/01). * Transport of Consignments to Pharmacies and/or other registered premises and/or home addresses / or bona fide customers from the Contract Giver's storage locations or other specified locations (within and without out of hours) * Maintenance of accurate inventory records in compliance with good documentation practice for GDP requirements * Initiate emergency same day requests within 1 hr of receipt of call. Pharmaceuticals to be transported in validated temperature controlled vehicles only (no temperature controlled shippers to be used) In both instances, the services must be compliant with the relevant regulatory bodies, which may include temperature control and security measures. The implementation of a tracking system will be paramount for the success of the contract. DBS'd drivers to support deliveries to patient home addresses. Drivers are required to undertake training for GDP and any other relevant regulatory guidance. The anticipated contract term is an initial term of 3 years, followed by 2 potential annual extensions
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03966c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000758-2023
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
-
- CPV Codes
64120000 - Courier services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £5,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Jan 20233 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Mar 2023Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS SOUTH WEST - ACUTES
- Contact Name
- BWPC Patty Campos
- Contact Email
- patty.campos@nbt.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1174145050
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- SOUTHWESTREG ION
- Post Town
- Not specified
- Country
- Not specified
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- Not specified
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- Not specified
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- Not specified
- Delivery Location
- TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Not specified
- Electoral Ward
- Not specified
- Westminster Constituency
- Not specified
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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